If the words “competitive grants” strike fear in your novice grantwriting skillset, the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative feels your pain. AFRI’s competitive grants program, part of the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, has plenty of funding opportunities ahead for new researchers – and plenty of webinars starting March 1 to guide you through the processes. The webinars are designed to provide information about AFRI programs, introduce new NIFA staff to applicants, and answer questions. “Here is an excellent opportunity to learn more about funding opportunities in the NIFA AFRI competitive grants program,” says Walter Bowen, CTAHR Associate Dean for Research. “Please note that registration is required to participate in these webinars.”

Exquisite, delicate and full of positive vibrations! You can still get some really pretty plants for your holiday dining table – and support our budding scientists (graduate students) – at the Dept. of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences’ Christmas Plant Sale.

Mahalo! to Aloun Farms for donating a dozen large pumpkins so that students, staff and faculty could display their creatively crafted cuts at the Dept. of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciencesʻ annual Pumpkin Carving Contest!

Note to self... get UH to support my research! Thatʻs right, every year, UHM provides $400,000 in project and presentation funding directly to undergraduate students to engage in research and creative work.

Want to social distance at the absolute height of Island design? Feel good knowing that 20% of net proceeds will be donated to the Hawai‘i Food Bank? Then check out Fighting Eel’s new line of unique local-print scrubs and face masks, designed by Fashion Design and Merchandising alumna Lan Chung.