In 2023, Pitt Research grew from $1.07 to $1.16 billion in research expenditures. Faculty are forging ahead, joining forces to expand the possibilities of knowledge in areas of health sciences, technology, history, and public art. Explore our research in the 2022-2023 annual report highlights.
BE STEM is launching a study of pre-college STEM experiences – crucial to NSF’s aims to boost college enrollment by underrepresented students.
Angela Stewart received a $1.3 million STEM Education award. The grant focuses on empowering Black girls ages 9-14 as artificial intelligence (AI) creators to incorporate diverse perspectives and have greater influence on how AI is created.
The Senior Vice Chancellor for Research provides strategic vision, leadership, and partnership expertise that helps University of Pittsburgh faculty and students advance their world-class research, scholarship, and innovation. Pitt Research couples the research efforts of faculty and students to funding agencies, corporate sponsors, other institutions, and government entities, and assures integrity, compliance, and excellence.
Rob A. Rutenbar is responsible for advancing Pitt’s mission to expand the frontiers of knowledge and positively impact the world through collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches to research. He leads six offices focused on the full breadth of the research enterprise -- from pursuing and securing sponsorships and funding, through ensuring adherence to the highest standards to research conduct, and providing cutting-edge resources to researchers, to creative collaborations that lead to successful commercialization.
