To support Hawaiʻi’s new generation of climate change researchers, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Institute for Sustainability and Resilience (ISR) received $950,000 from the Healy Foundation to support a five-year cohort of Healy Climate Fellows.
“The $950K will significantly move forward ISR‘s research program as well as mentoring of climate change researchers focused on Hawaiʻi,” said ISR Director Makena Coffman.
The Healy Fellows program will support three graduate student research assistants annually, coupled with a program for faculty mentorship and professional development opportunities, such as attending and presenting at leading conferences in the field.
“ISR leads applied research programs aimed at climate solutions, both for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and adaptation,” said Coffman. “The Healy Climate Fellows program will uplift this work as well as increase capacity for outreach to a range of decision-makers, stakeholders and community groups.”
ISR provides campus-wide leadership and coordination for interdisciplinary education, research and outreach related to climate change, environmental sustainability and community resilience in Hawaiʻi and abroad. ISR’s mission is to equip students to meet the critical environmental challenges facing the Earth and humanity—where climate change in particular poses existential threats to livelihoods, ways of being, Earth systems and security.
