The following are detailed program pages for select awards, grants, and fellowships of interest to Pitt faculty. Each includes program overviews, eligibility requirements, key dates, and strategic intelligence to help you determine fit and prepare a strong application. Pages are added on a rolling basis — check back regularly or contact researchdev@pitt.edu to suggest a program. Some opportunities appear in more than one category. Each profile links to the same page. For support in applying for prestigious and honorific awards, please visit our Honorific Awards Training Course.
* - indicates a limited submission opportunity requiring an institutional nomination or designation.
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Carnegie Fellows Program* - Prestigious humanities and social sciences award
ORAU Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards* - Seed funding for early-career assistant professors
Biomedical and Life Sciences
- DOW Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) - Grants for research equipment and instrumentation supporting defense-relevant research
- Keck Research Program* - High-risk, high-reward research in science and engineering
- ORAU Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards* - Seed funding for early-career assistant professors
- Pew Biomedical Scholars* - Biomedical research awards for promising early-career investigators
- Rita Allen Scholars* - Pain, immunology, and neuroscience research for early-career faculty
- Searle Scholars Program* - Early-career biomedical and chemistry research awards
STEM
- DOW Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) - Grants for research equipment and instrumentation supporting defense-relevant research
- Keck Research Program* - High-risk, high-reward research in science and engineering
- NSF S-STEM* - Scholarships and institutional support to advance students in STEM
ORAU Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards* - Seed funding for early-career assistant professors