Money is available for Maui County students who are interested in designing and building local solutions for water harvesting and sustainable food production.

Selected teams may receive up to $2,000 in reimbursable funds for materials and other project-related expenses from the Empowering Youth through Innovation for Maui Nui’s Future grant program, which is being offered through the University of Hawaii at Manoa College.

Supported by a grant from the Maui County Department of Agriculture, middle school, high school and undergraduate students are being challenged to develop small-scale projects that can capture, store or reuse water, particularly from the air, or that reimagine food production through vertical or container-based agricultural systems.

All participants must be guided by a mentor, such as a teacher, parent or professional with engineering or agriculture experience. The deadline to apply is March 31. For more info, go to tinyurl.com/pp6jvr56.