The University of Hawaiʻi has set another record in extramural funding for the fourth year in a row, bringing in $734 million in fiscal year 2025. This is up 20% from last year’s $615 million, which set its own record.
U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda stated that this funding provides nearly 10,000 jobs across the system and noted the importance of keeping local talent and knowledge at home.
“We must make sure that we can make the case again and again that Hawaiʻi matters, that all people matter, that science and fact matter,” Tokuda said. “It creates the opportunity for kids (to not feel) like they have to leave Hawaiʻi to make their mark.”…