Hawaii Grants

Top Hawaii grants right now

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach Grants

  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYUp to $75Mopen

  Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach Grants is sponsored by ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. The objective of the grant program is to impro...

  waste_managementenvironmental_educationpublic_healthrecyclingcomposting

• Community Reinvestment Program (CRP)

  Washington State Department of CommerceUp to $60Mopen

  The Community Reinvestment Program (CRP) is a grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce that funds community-designed initiatives to crea...

  community_developmenteconomic_developmenturban_planningcommunity reinvestmenteconomic development

• University of Hawaii, R/V Kilo Moana Ship Operations 2024-2028

  Up to $11MDeadline: Dec 31, 2028open

  This provides funding for continued operations of R/V Kilo Moana, a research vessel owned by the US Navy and operated by University of Hawaii as part ...

• SCIPE: Cyberinfrastructure Pacific Professionals (CI-PP)

  Up to $6.5MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Led by the University of Hawaii (UH) System, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Chaminade University of Honolulu, University of Guam and the Texas Advanced...

• SFS AI + Cybersecurity: Securing America's Future Through AI-Empowered Cyber Talent

  Up to $4.1MDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  Cybersecurity has become the foundation for many functions of our society. The growing need for a strong cybersecurity workforce is an increasingly ur...

• Navigating Hypertension and Food Insecurity: A Produce Prescription Program to Improve Health Outcomes for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities

  National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesUp to $2.8MDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  Over half of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) adults are diagnosed with hypertension (HTN), which is the strongest, modifiable risk factor ...

• University of Hawaii - University of Washington PREM: Materials Research and Education Consortium (MRE-C)

  Up to $2.1MDeadline: Feb 28, 2031open

  The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) and University of Washington (UW) Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) partnership, Mate...

• Environmental Protection and Green Grants

  Up to $1.4Mopen

  The Environmental Protection & Green Grants, administered by Maui County's Environmental Protection & Sustainability Division, support sustainability ...

• SCC-IRG: Edge AI, Biofabrication, and Data Science for Disaster Preparedness and Community Wellbeing in Hawaii

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: Dec 31, 2028open

  Communities in Hawaii and similar remote, rural, and austere regions often face dynamic local conditions that can impact public infrastructure and wel...

• Wetlands Restoration Grants

  Up to $1.2Mopen

  The Wetlands Restoration Grants, administered by Maui County's Environmental Protection & Sustainability Division, support the efforts of organization...

• Equipment: MRI: Track 1 acquisition of a state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope for research and training

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  An award is made to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to enable the purchase and commissioning of a new Transmission Electron Microscope equipped wit...

• Opening Doors to Scientific Careers for Economically Challenged Students

  Up to $1.0MDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention...

• CAREER: An integrative framework for modeling coral adaptive potential

  Up to $1000KDeadline: Jun 30, 2030open

  The survival of coral reef ecosystems depends on their capacity to adapt to rapidly warming oceans. This project aims to understand and predict these ...

• CORAL REEF RESPONSES TO CLIMATE-INDUCED WILDFIRE DISTURBANCE

  Up to $850KDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  Wildfires are increasing globally in both frequency and severity, including on tropical islands adjacent to coral reefs. Burned materials from urban a...

• Collaborative Research: Explorations: Developing A Diverse STEM Workforce through Experiential Learning Opportunities and Immersive Internships

  Up to $829KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  “Ma ka hana ka ʻike” translates to “Learn by doing” in the Hawaiian language. This concept is important and reflects a history of hands-on, practical ...

• Collaborative Research: CHIPS-UHWO & Kauai CC Partnership in Advancing Computational Thinking (PACT)

  Up to $825KDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional...

• Cosmology in the Local Volume with Hawai'i Supernova Flows

  Up to $788KDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  The origin and evolution of the Universe on the largest scales is one of the most profound questions in astrophysics today. A team of scientists at th...

• Collaborative Research: PurSUiT: Global Diversity, Distribution and Evolution of Pucciniomycotina Yeasts Inferred from a Tropical Oceanic Hotspot

  Up to $767KDeadline: Dec 31, 2028open

  Yeasts are important in industry, impact human health and food safety, and play critical roles in ecosystems. Yeasts’ simple body shape, and unique fo...

• An Experimental Investigation of the Synthesis of Complex Organic Molecules in Interstellar Analog Ices

  Up to $721KDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  This research project will investigate the formation of complex organic molecules (COMs) containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen atoms on in...

• CAREER: Climate Variability in Hawaii through Scientific and Indigenous Approaches

  Up to $700KDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  The Hawaiian Islands are one of the most remote archipelagos in the world. Their rich ecosystems and local populations are particularly vulnerable to ...

Where Hawaii grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov, filtered for opportunities that fund work in Hawaii.
• Hawaii state portal — state-administered grant programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations active in Hawaii, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated foundation directories.
• Corporate giving — a curated set of corporate philanthropy programs that explicitly fund Hawaii-based work.

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Qualify Hawaii grants before you write

Most of the time it takes to win a grant isn't writing — it's research and qualifying. Before you commit a week to a full proposal, qualify the opportunity with a 1–2 page Letter of Inquiry. Our guide walks through the structure that gets a yes: