{"id":157243,"date":"2022-04-04T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=157243"},"modified":"2022-04-04T08:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:54:00","slug":"strategic-investment-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/04\/strategic-investment-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Provost\u2019s multidisciplinary initiative competition accepting proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manoa-2022-provost-stratetic-investment-initiative.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-157261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manoa-2022-provost-stratetic-investment-initiative.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manoa-2022-provost-stratetic-investment-initiative-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manoa-2022-provost-stratetic-investment-initiative-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/provost\/initiatives\/strategic-investment-initiative\/\">Provost Strategic Investment Initiative<\/a>, a campus-wide competition designed to increase cross-unit and cross-disciplinary collaboration in strategic areas, is now accepting proposals. This year, $1.5 million in funding has been allocated to the competition, themed &ldquo;Building on Lessons Learned through the Pandemic.&rdquo; <strong>The deadline for submissions is May 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions for the competition may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Innovations in online and hybrid course and program delivery;<\/li>\n<li>Attracting and retaining new learners (including transfers, non-traditional students);<\/li>\n<li>High-impact practices that support student success and close achievement gaps;<\/li>\n<li>Holistic support for students, faculty and staff (including wellness, career development, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/provost\/initiatives\/strategic-investment-initiative\/\">2002 Provost Strategic Initiative Investment page<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We&#8217;ve seen many innovative proposals come through this competition, which led to successful and very impactful outcomes since their startups<br \/>&#8212;Michael Bruno<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/13\/initiative-to-address-challenges-facing-hawaii-launches\/\">inaugural competition, launched in 2017<\/a>, provided start-up funding for a diverse set of initiatives. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/18\/provost-strategic-investment-competition\/\">second competition in 2020<\/a> focused on innovation in lower-division course delivery and integrating the university\u2019s top faculty and researchers into the undergraduate experience.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third time the strategic investment initiative is being offered, which has since provided nearly $3 million toward 24 multidisciplinary integrated research and education projects that help produce transformational change across the university. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;ve seen many innovative proposals come through this competition, which led to successful and very impactful outcomes since their startups,&rdquo; said <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong>. &ldquo;Our faculty and staff have certainly persevered through a multitude of challenges in their respective areas during the pandemic and it will be interesting to see how we can turn those lessons into a collaborative approach that can impact student retention and engagement, program delivery and support for everyone in our campus community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Impactful projects funded<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154314\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-life-sciences-cmaiki-waimea-valley-nsf-grant-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people sifting through soil and sand\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-life-sciences-cmaiki-waimea-valley-nsf-grant-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-life-sciences-cmaiki-waimea-valley-nsf-grant-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-life-sciences-cmaiki-waimea-valley-nsf-grant.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>C-M\u0100IKI<\/abbr> researchers perform microbiome research in Waimea Valley. (Photo credit: Scott Nishi, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among previously funded projects include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-maiki.org\/\">Center for Microbiome Analysis through Island Knowledge and Investigation<\/a> (<abbr>C-M\u0100IKI<\/abbr>), which was funded with an initial investment of $700,000. Since that initial investment, <abbr>C-M\u0100IKI<\/abbr> has generated more than $11 million in extramural funding to support research and curriculum development. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the latest on <abbr>C-M\u0100IKI<\/abbr>\u2019s research: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/14\/food-chain-microbiome-research\/\">$2.5M for food-chain microbiome research could impact agriculture, biofuel systems<\/a>, January 14, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154314\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-symphony-hawaiian-birds-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-87145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-symphony-hawaiian-birds-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-symphony-hawaiian-birds-4-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-symphony-hawaiian-birds-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Symphony Orchestra performed concerts at the Neal S. Blaisdell concert hall in May and November 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/ovcr\/sii-abstracts\/symphony-of-the-hawaiian-birds\/\">Symphony of Hawaiian Bird<\/a> project is another example that incorporates both science and music, to help educate the community about Hawaiian birds and the ongoing extinction crisis faced by native forest bird species. In 2018, the partnership with the Hawai\u02bbi Symphony Orchestra included performances that brought together thousands of students, teachers, parents, scientists, educators, composers, artists and conservationists to celebrate Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s endangered native forest birds and hear their songs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em>糖心Vlog官方 News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/05\/symphony-of-the-hawaiian-birds-performance\/\">Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds merges science, education, music and art<\/a>, November 5, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for submissions for the 2022 Provost Strategic Investment Initiative is May 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-157243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157243"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157277,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157243\/revisions\/157277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}