Research & Creative Fellowships

Get funding for your research

Not just in a lab! Lead an investigation in any major — or even add an academic lens to your artistic projects and community service.

It's your project, but you'll get 1-on-1 guidance from a faculty mentor, and join a community of peer scholars from other majors and backgrounds.

Applications are open for the following programs through November 4, 2024:

Martinson Applied Projects applications are due December 2, 2024. 

Students and faculty who have questions about FHC Research opportunities may contact the Office of Research staff at fhcresearchinfo@groups.pitt.edu.

Academic Year Programs

Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Fellowships

The Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Fellowship is intended to support student involvement in independent research under the direction of a faculty mentor. Awards of up to $800 are offered to encourage the enrichment of the students' experience in defining objectives and selecting methodologies appropriate to original research in their chosen field of study. The fellowships are available for one term, either fall or spring, and are open to all Pitt undergraduates.

Apply here.

Chancellor's Undergraduate Teaching Fellowships

These fellowships are offered to encourage the enrichment of course offerings and to improve teaching through the collaboration of faculty members with students in the planning and implementation of creative teaching projects. The fellowships are available for one term, either fall or spring. Approximately ten $800 undergraduate teaching fellowships, awarded for joint student-faculty teaching projects and administered by the Frederick Honors College (FHC), are available for each term and open to all Pitt undergraduates.

Apply here.

Community Research Fellowship

The Community Research Fellowship (CRF) supports undergraduate University of Pittsburgh students who are working with a community leader and faculty mentor to develop a research project that explores various issues of importance to the community. The mission of the CRF is to provide an experiential learning opportunity to students as they engage with curriculum concepts to create a socially responsible, mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources with community partners, to foster civic engagement. Students can work with a nonprofit partner or focus on an issue which they are passionate about. The results of the research are intended to inform actions for positive social change surrounding a specific issue or on a broad scale.

Apply here.

For more information, contact Dr. Catherine Cordova, catherine.cordova@pitt.edu.

Frederick Honors College Research Fellowship

Take the lead on your own independent research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. It can be any research, scholarship, or creative work related to your studies, or even an interdisciplinary project. You'll be part of a community of Honors research scholars from different fields and gain a broad perspective of what research looks like across disciplines. Each week, you’ll develop your research skills by learning foundational research concepts, attending group meetings, and sharing your work with other fellowship awardees. FHC RFs award up to $1,000 per semester and require enrollment in a 1-credit seminar.

Apply here.

Martinson Applied Projects

The Martinson Applied Projects (MAPs), formerly known as research hubs, are team-based research experiences sponsored by the David C. Frederick Honors College (FHC) designed to provide small groups of undergraduate honors students across disciplines the opportunity to work on applied research projects throughout the Pitt community. Led by Pitt researchers across disciplines, research MAPs allow students to gain experiential credit while working on projects that create new knowledge, inform action, and advance the public good.

Apply here by December 2, 2024.

Summer Programs

Applications for summer programs will open in early Spring 2025.

Community Research Fellowship

The Community Research Fellowship (CRF) supports undergraduate University of Pittsburgh students who are working with a community leader and faculty mentor to develop a research project that explores various issues of importance to the community. The mission of the CRF is to provide an experiential learning opportunity to students as they engage with curriculum concepts to create a socially responsible, mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources with community partners, to foster civic engagement. Students can work with a nonprofit partner or focus on an issue which they are passionate about. The results of the research are intended to inform actions for positive social change surrounding a specific issue or on a broad scale.

For more information, contact Dr. Catherine Cordova, catherine.cordova@pitt.edu.

Brackenridge Fellowships

The Brackenridge Fellowship provides summer-term funding for any form of research, scholarship, or creative work. Conduct an independent research or creative project full-time over the summer under the guidance of a Pitt faculty member or qualified research mentor. Brackenridge Fellowships support projects in any field or major — analytic, or purely creative.

Applicants to the Brackenridge may elect to be considered for these special awards that are jointly administered by FHC and the sponsoring program.

Creative Arts Fellowship

Broaden your artistic scope as you bring your own idea to life (under the guidance of a faculty mentor). Join a diverse group of creative scholars from different specialties for workshops and discussions. Film, writing, studio works, theatre, music — all creative projects are welcome, especially interdisciplinary concepts. Open to all majors.

Health Sciences Research Fellowships

Health Sciences fellows dedicate themselves full-time to conducting an independent Health Sciences research project under the mentorship of faculty members in any of the six schools of the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences. Research topics cover a broad range within the health sciences, from cell and molecular biology to public health and the medical humanities and health-related social sciences.

SHURE-Grid

The Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Experience: Electric Grid Securing and Storytelling (SHURE-Grid) program is an interdisciplinary, summer research experience focuses on applying cyber informed engineering and policy to the create new knowledge and inform action related to cyber security and power system operation. The Frederick Honors College, Swanson School of Engineering, and Pitt's Office of Research offer this unique opportunity in collaboration with the Idaho National Laboratory.

 

Getting Started in Research

The Frederick Honors College Office of Research helps students conduct research of impact in any major as early as their first semester.

Have more specific questions? Schedule a meeting with your FHC Advisor or the Office of Research.