Hawai`i EPSCoR Planning 2002

夏威夷EPSCoR计划拨款继续评估夏威夷目前研发系统的优势和劣势，并设计一项NSF研究基础设施改进项目，以实质性地加强该州学术机构在具有国家和地方重要性的研究领域的竞争力。两所主要大学，夏威夷大学马诺阿分校和夏威夷大学希洛分校，已经建立了一个小组，正在对EPSCoR规划工作采取全系统的方法。这一过程还包括夏威夷的社区学院系统，以增加进入科学、技术、工程和数学职业的轨道。规划过程旨在：(1)协助州政府更好地将夏威夷大学系统的优先事项与NSF EPSCoR目标保持一致；(2)使用其他州的适用最佳做法；(3)更好地协调所有联邦EPSCoR计划，以最大限度地提高其在夏威夷的影响；(4)选择对夏威夷非常重要的研究重点领域，并在马诺阿和希洛校区之间发展强有力的合作关系；以及(5)就在选定的研究重点领域建立国家认可的项目的最佳战略提供建议。这些目标将导致全州范围内的协调努力，以提高目标学科的学术研发能力，加强对科学和工程学生的培训和教育，并加大努力，促进州立大学向夏威夷私营和公共部门转让技术。*

The Hawaii EPSCoR Planning grant continues to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the current R&D system in Hawaii and design an NSF Research Infrastructure Improvement project to materially strengthen the competitiveness of the State's academic institutions in research areas of national and local importance. The two major universities, the University of Hawaii-Manoa and the University of Hawaii-Hilo, have established a team that is taking a system-wide approach to the EPSCoR planning effort. The process also encompasses Hawaii's system of Community Colleges to increase entry into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career tracks.The planning process is designed to: (1) assist the state in better aligning University of Hawaii system priorities with NSF EPSCoR goals; (2) use applicable best practices from other states; (3) better coordinate all Federal EPSCoR programs to maximize their impact in Hawaii; (4) select research focus areas that are of high importance to Hawaii and where a strong collaborative relationship can be developed between the Manoa and Hilo campuses; and (5) advise on the best strategies to build nationally-recognized programs in the selected research focus areas. These goals will result in a coordinated state-wide effort to improve academic R&D capabilities in targeted disciplines, enhance training and education for students in science and engineering, and increase efforts to promote transfer of technology from the state's universities to Hawaii's private and public sectors.***