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UniversitiesHawaiiFiscal year 2025

Federal funding for universities in Hawaii

7 universities and colleges in Hawaii received $372.9 million in federal awards in FY2025. University of Hawaii (Honolulu) received the most ($291.7 million).

The largest recipients in Hawaii

Federal awards, FY2025.

University of Hawaii (Honolulu) HI$292M
University of Hawaii Systems HI$32M
University of Hawaii (Hilo) HI$19M
Hawai`i Pacific University HI$8.6M
University of Hawaii (Pearl City) HI$8.4M
Chaminade University of Honolulu HI$7M
University of Hawaii (Kahului) HI$6.1M

Source: USAspending.gov, awards to each institution's registered UEIs.

All 7 institutions

7 institutions
#InstitutionLocationFY2025 totalGrants
1University of Hawaii (Honolulu)Honolulu, HI$291.7M$246.6M
2University of Hawaii SystemsHonolulu, HI$32.1M$1.6M
3University of Hawaii (Hilo)Hilo, HI$19.0M$14.0M
4Hawai`i Pacific UniversityHonolulu, HI$8.6M$3.1M
5University of Hawaii (Pearl City)Pearl City, HI$8.4M$1.1M
6Chaminade University of HonoluluHonolulu, HI$7.0M$1.6M
7University of Hawaii (Kahului)Kahului, HI$6.1M$3.0M

All federal money to Hawaii

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.