Investing in Multidisciplinary University Activities through Hawaii EPSCoR

夏威夷大学提出了一项研究基础设施改进（RII）计划，其总体主题是“综合环境中的生物多样性”。该项目涉及夏威夷大学马诺阿分校和希洛分校的合作。这项工作将集中在三个研究重点领域，这些领域与国家对以负责任的岛屿生态系统管理为目标的研究议程的承诺相一致：进化遗传学、生态系统和环境研究的信息技术。研究议程将集中在夏威夷的本地和引进的入侵物种，并考虑人类活动对生态系统功能和生物多样性的影响。夏威夷研究人员将使用新的分子和技术方法来研究及时和实质性的环境研究问题。与卡美哈美哈学校的伙伴关系将使研究人员、教育工作者和学生能够进入这片具有巨大多样性的土地，以丰富研究和教育经验。将建立一个环境信息技术研究网络，以储存和检索空间数据，这些数据可用于模拟整个夏威夷群岛的生态系统过程，并作为生物资源数据集的中央交换中心。夏威夷生物多样性研究所的努力将加强和增加本州研究人员之间以及与美国大陆研究人员之间的互动和合作，并将生物多样性研究与教育和推广活动结合起来。K-12学生和教师将与大学研究人员在实地工作中进行互动，旨在提高夏威夷青年，特别是夏威夷土著学生对数学和科学的兴趣和学习。基础设施支持还将包括为教师和学生旅行提供资金，为新教师提供启动资金，为促进研究人员之间的竞争合作提供“种子资金”，并为社区大学生的研究经验提供支持。

The University of Hawaii has proposed a plan for Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) with the overarching theme of "Biodiversity in an Integrated Environment". The project involves the collaboration of the University of Hawaii campuses at Manoa and Hilo. The effort will be directed at three research thrust areas that are consistent with the state's commitment to a research agenda that targets responsible stewardship of its island ecosystems: evolutionary genetics, ecosystems, and information technology for environmental research. The research agenda will focus on Hawaii's native and introduced invasive species and consider the impact of human activities on ecosystem functionality and biological diversity. Hawaii investigators will use new molecular and technical approaches to study timely and substantive environmental research questions. A partnership with Kamehameha Schools will enable researchers, educators and students access to land of tremendous diversity for enriched research and educational experiences. An Environmental Information Technology Research Network will be established to store and retrieve spacial data that can be used to model ecosystem processes throughout the Hawaiian Islands and serve as a central clearinghouse for biological resource datasets.Hawaii's RII effort will strengthen and increase interactions and collaborations among researchers within the state as well as with US mainland researchers and integrate research in biodiversity with educational and outreach activities. K-12 students and teachers will interact with university researchers in field work designed to increase math and science interest and learning in Hawaii's youth, particularly Native Hawaiian students. Infrastructure support will also include funding of faculty and student travel, start-up funding for new faculty, "seed funding' to promote competitive collaborations among investigators and support for research experiences of community college students.