ABOUT

The University of Guam, or Unibetsedåt Guåhan, is a four-year, land-grant institution in the Western Pacific which serves as the primary center for higher education and research in Micronesia, maintaining strong ties with the regional community colleges that provide associates’ degrees and professional training. The majority of the 3900 students (graduate and undergraduate) enrolled at UOG are from under-represented communities (94% are of Asian-Pacific Islander ethnicity). PI-CASC at UOG works with federal and local partners to expand the opportunities for the whole region, including Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. UOG serves as a key research institution in the Pacific with many research capabilities relevant to PI-CASC, including environmental sciences, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), marine biology, natural resource management, impacts of coastal development and use, and Micronesian and social science research on impacts of climate and land-use changes on island communities.

UOG has several on-site research facilities, such as the Water and Environmental Research Institute (WERI), Marine Laboratory (ML), UOG Sea Grant, and the Micronesian Area Research Center. Because of its small size and limited funding, UOG seeks to leverage funds from PI-CASC with other federally funded programs such as NSF and NASA EPSCoR, and grants received from NOAA, USGS, and DOI Office of Insular Affairs.