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Funding innovative ideas to fuel great discoveries

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center, a research enterprise affiliated with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has received a $547,500 anonymous planned gift to provide ongoing funding for early-stage projects in novel and promising areas of study.

UH Foundation's Upside Fund Launches Protekai, Inc.

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The Upside Fund, a venture capital fund managed by the UH Foundation in conjunction with the Hawaiʻi Strategic Development Corporation and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi (RCUH) has invested $100,000 to help launch Protekai, Inc. Formed by Omar S. Sultan, Protekai Inc. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is pleased to announce that Robert Saarnio has joined the development team as the major gifts officer for the College of Engineering at U » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Dr. Lawrence K. W. Tseu of Honolulu has established the Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K.W. (BoHing Chan) Tseu Endowed Scholarship in Nursing at the UH Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (SONDH) with a $100,000 gift. This fund will provide scholarship assistance to students in the Masters Entry Program in Nursing.

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Former professor and director of the Architectural Practicum program, in the School of Architecture at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Donald Goo and his wife Laura, have established the endowed School of Architecture Practicum Fund with their $150,000 gift. With this gift, they are also providing funds for a related expendable fund. » More

Endowed fund in memory of husband will help bring research results to bedsides

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Local philanthropist Betty Funayama has established the Warren T. Funayama Endowed Fund at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center in memory of her late husband Warren. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has received $20,000 from the Monsanto Fund, a private foundation and the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, to support salaries and materials for "Gene-ius Day." Gene-ius Day is a special program that introduces students from grade 4 through 12 to ba » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — In commemoration of their 40th anniversary, PBR Hawaii & Associates Inc. have created the PBR Hawaii Scholarship Endowment at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's School of Architecture. President Thomas Witten and Founder/Chairman Emeritus Frank Brandt joined by principals Russell Chung, R. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation has received a $1,634,025 realized bequest from the estate of the late Isamu Shinshiro to create an endowment establishing the Isamu Shinshiro Scholarship for Sustainable Technology Education and Training Fund. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Honolulu business executive Sharon Weiner hopes to encourage entrepreneurial activity at the University of Hawaiʻi through the establishment of The Sharon Weiner Startsmart Entrepreneurship Endowment at the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE). » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Thanks to a $1 million anonymous gift, the John A. Burns School of Medicine's Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR) will be better equipped to fulfill its research mission to better understand, prevent and treat heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The Nakasone family celebrated Tsuruko Nakasone's 100th birthday by creating the Matsuro and Tsuruko Nakasone Endowment Fund at the Center for Okinawan Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. » More