WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye announced today that the University of Hawaii at Manoa has been awarded a federal grant of nearly
$25 million for the construction of a laboratory that will conduct biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research.

“This grant is important to not only to the University of Hawaii and our community, but also to the entire nation,” Senator Inouye said. “The research that will be done at this regional biocontainment laboratory will be vital to developing the shields and a coordinated response to biological and chemical attacks or emerging infectious disease threat that may possibly occur in Hawaii or the United States in the future.”

The federal agency awarding the grant is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.