2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 18. EDUCATION
304A. University of Hawaii System
304A-3001 Establishment of the research corporation; purpose.

§304A-3001 Establishment of the research corporation; purpose. (a) There is established as a body corporate, the research corporation of the University of Hawaii. The research corporation shall be a public instrumentality and shall be a part of the University of Hawaii for administrative purposes pursuant to section 26-35.

(b) The purposes of the research corporation shall include, but not be limited to, the promotion of all educational, scientific, and literary pursuits by:

(1) Encouraging, initiating, aiding, developing, and conducting training, research, and study in the physical, biological, and social sciences, humanities, and all other branches of learning;

(2) Encouraging and aiding in the education and training of persons for the conduct of the training, investigations, research, and study;

(3) Furnishing of means, methods, and agencies by which the training, investigation, research, and study may be conducted;

(4) Assisting in the dissemination of knowledge by establishing, aiding, and maintaining professorships or other staff positions, fellowships, scholarships, publications, and lectures;

(5) Engaging in other means of making the benefits of training, investigations, research, and study available to the public; and

(6) Taking any and all other actions reasonably designed to promote these purposes in the interest of promoting the general welfare of the people of the State. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2]