FY20 Funded Projects

The HISC annually requests proposals from government agencies within the State of Hawaii, including the University of Hawaii system, and county and federal partners, for projects that address interagency invasive species issues. HISC-funded projects complement existing programs within state agencies and are those that 1) Fill gaps between agency mandates or existing agency programs, and/or 2)Advance our collective knowledge through research and development of new tools.

The legislature appropriated $5,750,000 to the HISC for FY20. Of this total, 10% ($575,000) was restricted by the Department of Budget and Finance, and 5.7% ($327,750) was provided as overhead to the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife as the administrative host of the HISC. The HISC Support Program budget (including temporary staff positions, supplies, web application development for an online pest reporting system, and other programmatic costs) totaled $437,412.

For the remaining grant funds totaling $3,639,387; HISC received 50 applications totaling $8,476,285. The Resources Working Group evaluated each proposal based on its applicability to the newly released Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan (HIBP), the HISC Strategic Plan, and priorities of the Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and Hawaii.

On August 30, 2019, the HISC approved the recommended budget from the Resources Working Group detailing funds for thirty-six (36) projects addressing interagency prevention, control, outreach, and research needs. 

Project Title

Agency, Division

Funded Amount

Hawaii Ant Lab core funds

UH, PCSU, Hawaii Ant Lab

$276,302

Detection and Control of Invasive Species in Maui County

UH, PCSU, Maui & Molokai Invasive Species Committees

$723,923

Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species

UH, PCSU, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species

$50,000

Public Engagement in Invasive Species Control on the Island of Hawaii

UH, PCSU, Big Island Invasive Species Committee

$190,970

Early Detection, Control & Eradication for Priority Invasive Species on O’ahu

UH, PCSU, O’ahu Invasive Species Committee

$623,330

Invasive Species Outreach and Education in Maui County

UH, PCSU, Maui & Molokai Invasive Species Committees

$132,640

Early Detection and Rapid Response to Rapid Ohia Death on Hawaii Island

UH, PCSU, Big Island Invasive Species Committee

$73,356

Public Outreach and Education on Kauai

UH, PCSU, Kauai Invasive Species Committee

$113,285

Kauai Invasive Species Committee Early Detection and Control

UH, PCSU, Kauai Invasive Species Committee

$579,500

Invasive Species Outreach on O’ahu

UH, PCSU, O’ahu Invasive Species Committee

$107,279

Little Fire Ant Control Program for Maui

UH, PCSU, Maui & Molokai Invasive Species Committees

$61,200

Detection and Control of Invasive Species on the Island of Hawaii.

UH, PCSU, Big Island Invasive Species Committee

$493,000

Coqui Frog Control and Monitoring Program on Maui

UH, PCSU, Maui & Molokai Invasive Species Committees

$83,000

Pest Response O’ahu

UH, PCSU, O’ahu Invasive Species Committee

$108,317

The Hawaii Alien Plant Informatics Project: informing invasive plant management decisions with interconnected data

UH, PCSU

$30,000

Landscape Scale Mosquito Control Project Coordination

DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife

$24,274

Laying the groundwork for landscape-level mosquito suppression to protect endangered forest birds and human health from mosquito borne disease in Hawaii

DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife

$92,646

Trap development and biological assessment of Acalolepta aesthetica (an invasive longhorn beetle attacking cacao)

USDA-ARS, Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center

$32,527

Hawaii Ballast Water and Biofouling

DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources

$86,034

Increasing Awareness and Community Support for Albizia Related Projects on Oahu

UH, PCSU, Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership

$23,000

The Future Bee: Protection of Hawaii’s bee stock from invasive Africanized honey bees

UH CTAHR

$41,130

Regional Eradication is Feasible: Continuing Albizia Control in The Upper Waiawa Watershed

UH, PCSU, Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership

$19,000

Waipahoehoe Management Unit Feral Ungulate Removal

UH, PCSU, Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance

$72,822

Biological control of invasive Rubus spp.

USDA Forest Service

$31,000

Mongoose toxicant bait station development and evaluation

USDA APHIS WS National Wildlife Research Center

$21,070

The Plants of Hawaii online species information system

Bishop Museum

$66,025

Investigating a novel method to extirpate Hawaii’s most prolific marine invasive, leather mudweed Avrainvillea lacerata.

UH, Department of Botany

$45,000

Biocontrol of Hedychium gardnerianum

USDA Forest Service

$9,159

Evaluating natural enemies of albizia as potential biocontrol agents

USDA Forest Service

$180,000

Continued control of Tibouchina herbacea on Oʿahu

UH, PCSU, Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership

$30,000

The efficiency of different trap types in controlling the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) in Hawaii

DLNR, Division of Forestry and Wildlife and USDA National Wildlife Research Center

$48,548

Wolbachia Outcrossing, Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Testing, and Colony Maintenance for Hawaii Lineage Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus Mosquitoes

HDOH, Environmental Health Services Division, Vector Control Branch

$61,989

Biocontrol of invasive melastomes

USDA Forest Service

$74,000

Detection and invasive potential of Arcte coerula (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a new potential pest of mamaki in Hawaii.

UH, CTAHR

$15,535

Mosquito Rearing Technician

DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife

$17,477

Cats are Heroes – Public Relations Campaign

DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife

$10,000

Total

 

$4,647,338

 

 

FY20 Call for Proposals

The FY20 Call for Proposals and online application form for interagency funding from the Hawaii Invasive Species Council is available at: https://hiscfunding.formstack.com/forms/fy20
This year’s Call for Proposals is focused on 10 priority areas based on the new Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan, as well as the HISC Strategic Plan, HISC Resolutions, and the Regional Biosecurity Plan. These priority areas, and potential projects that address them, are presented in the Call for Proposals.

Applications can be completed online and must be finalized by 5pm on June 9. If you have any questions, please contact Randy Bartlett at [email protected]

 

Reporting Guidelines for FY20 Funded Projects Data