UH Hilo Research Council

The UH Hilo Research Council is the primary recommending body on research for the administration. The Chancellor appoints members of the university units for three-year terms. The Council administers the intramural grant programs, proposes policies and procedures for extramural grant activities, and advises the administration on matters concerned with research and grant activity.

Faculty members applying for grants:
Please review Extramural Funding links in the menu (sidebar) and contact your college/unit Research Council member.

• Learn more about grant development:
  • Introduction to proposal development at UH Hilo: Slides (Powerpoint, updated January 2024) & Q&A (PDF )
  • Workshop recording about The Implementation Group (TIG)

Research Training and Revolving Funds (RTRF) Reports

Members

2025-2026

• Maria Haws, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management
• Efren Ruiz, Mathematics, College of Natural and Health Sciences
• Sukhwa Hong, College of Business and Economics
• Margary Martin, Education, College of Arts and Sciences
• Patsy Y. Iwasaki, Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
• Lisa Hadway Spain, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language
• Karen Pellegrin, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
• Armando García-Ortega, Graduate Council
• Jim Mellon, Student Affairs
• Brian Bays, Library
• Becky Ostertag (ex officio), CNHS, Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science Program
• Sharon Ziegler-Chong, (ex officio), OVPRI
• Bruce Mathews, (ex officio), CTAHR