Hawai`i EPSCoR
Mission Statement
Collaboratively expand and sustain Hawaii’s competitiveness in new areas of environmental science and technology research and education, while improving relationships amongst researchers and the local community.
Vision Statement
A prosperous and sustainable Hawaii that is powered by innovations flowing from the latest transformative scientific ideas, with a diverse workforce among the most scientifically and technically competent in the world
Strategic Goals
The broad specific goals of the IMUA III include the following:
- Integration of diverse new geo-spatially referenced data acquisitions related to the ecological functionality, genomics and metabolomics of endemic, heritage and invasive species;
- Data manipulation including comprehensive data management, advanced data visualization, and modeling;
- Expanding high speed and capacity of Cyber-connectivity;
- Integration of diverse existing geo-spatially referenced data sets related to the ecological functionality and genomics of endemic, heritage and invasive species; State-wide coordination of STEM pre-college education and undergraduate research experiences;
- Educating a new and ethnically diverse generation of citizens trained in science and technology;
- Increasing the quality and quantity of the Hawaii's science and technology workforce, with more women and underrepresented minorities contributing to these increases;
- Increasing the quality and quantity of the Hawaii's science and technology workforce, with more women and underrepresented minorities contributing to these increases;
- Changing institutional organization infrastructure such that the standard conduct of the university research enterprise will include pro-active local community outreach and integration with socio-cultural dynamics of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander.
