The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has been awarded seven Title VI International Education grants from the U.S. Department of Education, keeping the campus within an elite group of U.S. universities with a dominant presence in international studies, especially in the Asia and Pacific region.
For the first year, the seven grants total $1,766,750. It is anticipated that the grants will be for a four-year cycle (2014–2018), with a combined total of $7,067,000.
The Title VI International Education grants are:
- The National Resource Center for East Asia, National Resource Center for the Pacific Islands and National Resource Center for Southeast Asia
- The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for East Asia, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for the Pacific Islands and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Southeast Asia
- The Language Resource Center
“These grants recognize UH Mānoa’s world-class programs in languages and area studies, especially of Asia and the Pacific,” said UH Mānoa Chancellor Robert Bley-Vroman. “Our university is the world leader in scholarship in these areas, and we play a key role in connecting Hawaiʻi with the rest of the world.”
Read the School of Pacific and Asian Studies news release for more information.
