Training Grant

The purpose of Kawehena Project's Training Grant is to provide current Kawehena participants with financial support to help them engage in professional development such as unpaid internships. Funds are extremely limited; therefore, we also highly encourage you to seek funding from other sources. 

While this award is open to all full-time enrolled upper-division (60+ credits completed) undergraduate and first-year graduate student Kawehena participants in good standing, priority will be given to:

• alumni of the following target high schools on O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Island: Hilo, Ka‘ū, Kaimukī, Kea‘au, Leilehua, Nānākuli, Pāhoa, or Wai‘anae

• students who have already secured a semester/ summer internship

• students who are expected to graduate within a year

We will also consider professional development training or selective graduate student programming relevant to TEACH-related* disciplines. Should you be awarded and accept this funding, you will be expected to share your experiences with Kawehena by submitting a short reflection and/or through some other previously-agreed-upon method. In addition, you agree to maintain timely communication with Kawehena Project (ex. responding to emails, submitting required documentation, signing paperwork. etc.).

Review of applications is on a rolling basis. Please feel free to contact us at kpuhm@hawaii.edu if there are any questions.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Kanaka ‘Ōiwi/ Native Hawaiian

• undergraduate students at UH Mānoa enrolled in TEACH-related* disciplines who have earned 60+ college credits

• first-year graduate students at UH Mānoa enrolled in TEACH-related* disciplines

• full-time classified enrollment

• is a current Kawehena Project haumana

Documentation Needed:

to be submitted via Kawehena's Dropbox (PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THESE ITEMS TO US)

• proof of Native Hawaiian ancestry

  • • birth certificate, OHA Hawaiian Registry card, Kamehameha Schools Ho‘oulu Database verification letter, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) lease

• if applying for funds for internship: internship information flyer, participant placement confirmation letter

• if applying for funds for research project: research project overview flyer, itemized budget and narrative for project, intended outcomes of project

• if applying for funds for conference travel: conference information flyer, itemized budget and narrative for participation, intended outcomes of participation

Apply here for an Internship Grant!