Scaling Grants
These grants support the detailed project planning, gathering of proof-of-concept results, and reduction of technical risk so that teams can competitively pursue large, complex extramural funding. Congratulations to this year's awardees!
- César Escobar-Viera: Examining Psychosocial Correlates of Loneliness and Perceived Isolation Among Marginalized Youth
- Shannon Wanless: Linking University-Community Initiatives to Promote a Child's Thriving Pipeline Across Early Developmental Stages
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Team members include:
- Shannon Wanless (team lead), School of Education
- Daniel Shaw, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
- James Huguley, School of Social Work
- Elizabeth Votru, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Teaming Grants
These grants support the early-stage planning and capacity building of large multidisciplinary projects. Congratulations to this year's awardees!
- Ann Sinsheimer: Testing the Effectiveness of Faculty as Facilitators of Psychosocial Resilience Interventions for Students in Professional and Graduate Program
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Team members include:
- Ann Sinsheimer (team lead), School of Law
- Omid Fotuhi, Learning Research and Development Center
- Ming-Te Wang, formerly of University of Pittsburgh School of Education
- Andrele Brutus St. Val, School of Law
This is a Year of Emotional Well-Being project.
- Rachel Robertson: Supporting Mental and Physical Wellbeing in Autistic Adults through Community-Based Mindful Movement
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Team members include:
- Rachel Robertson (team lead), School of Education
- Marissa Vogel, Open Up Pittsburgh
- Caitlin Conner, School of Medicine
- Carla Mazefsky, School of Medicine
- Sally Sherman, School of Education
This is a Year of Emotional Well-Being project.
Priming Grants
These grants (formerly Seeding) provide up to $25,000 per year and support significant and innovative scholarship by individual or small groups of faculty at all ranks at the University of Pittsburgh. In constructing each year’s portfolio of awards, attention is given to supporting early career faculty and areas where opportunities for extramural funding are extremely limited. Proposals are reviewed in four tracks: Creative Arts, Performing Arts and Humanities; Engineering, Technology, Natural Sciences, and Mathematical Sciences; Health and Life Sciences; and Social Sciences, which includes business, policy, law, education, and social work. Congratulations to this year's awardees!
Anthropocene Stewardship: Linking Ecological Sustainability, Social Justice, and Well-Being in Settler-Colonial Hawai’i
Tomas Matza, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: Anthropocene Stewardship: Linking Ecological Sustainability, Social Justice, and Well-Being in Settler-Colonial Hawai’i
This is a Year of Emotional Well-Being project.
Measuring the Prevalence of Earnings Manipulations: A Novel Approach
Nicole Cade, Katz Graduate School of Business
Joshua Gunn, Katz Graduate School of Business
D-Scholarship: Measuring the Prevalence of Earnings Manipulations: A Novel Approach
Resisting Racist Police Violence: An Oral History of the Ferguson Rebellion
Joshua Bloom, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: Resisting Racist Police Violence: An Oral History of the Ferguson Rebellion
The Labor of Commoning: Women Against Authoritarian Populism in Hungary
Gabriella Lukacs, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: The Labor of Commoning: Women Against Authoritarian Populism in Hungary
The "New" New York: Race, Space, and Power in Gentrifying Brooklyn
Amanda Boston, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: The "New" New York: Race, Space, and Power in Gentrifying Brooklyn
Unpacking Racial Disparities in the Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment of Youth and Young Adults in Allegheny County
Catherine Greeno, School of Social Work
Nev Jones, School of Social Work
D-Scholarship: Unpacking Racial Disparities in the Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment of Youth and Young Adults in Allegheny County
Imagination PLAYce: Towards Critical Liberatory and Digitally Mediated Pedagogies of Higher Education
Veena Vasudevan, School of Education
Bea Dias, School of Education
Tinukwa Boulder, School of Education
D-Scholarship: Imagination PLAYce: Towards Critical Liberatory and Digitally Mediated Pedagogies of Higher Education
Investigating the Environmental Exposure Risks of Asthma
Peng Gao, Graduate School of Public Health
D-Scholarship: Investigating the Environmental Exposure Risks of Asthma
Enhancing Resilience and Healthspan Through Listening Sessions with Community Engagement Centers
Rose Constantino, School of Nursing
Willa Doswell, School of Nursing
Betty J. Braxter, School of Nursing
Mario C. Browne, School of Pharmacy
Claudia M. Kregg-Byers, School of Nursing
D-Scholarship: Enhancing Resilience and Healthspan Through Listening Sessions with Community Engagement Centers
This is a Year of Emotional Well-Being project.
Training Health Sciences Faculty to Deliver the Pitt Personal Wellness Program to Graduate Students
Laura Dietz, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
D-Scholarship: Training Health Sciences Faculty to Deliver the Pitt Personal Wellness Program to Graduate Students
Distributional Equity Analysis of Residual Risk for National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) and Stakeholder Engagement
Christina Ndoh, Graduate School of Public Health
D-Scholarship: Distributional Equity Analysis of Residual Risk for National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) and Stakeholder Engagement
Exploring New Metallic Quantum Spin Liquid in Intermetallic Compounds
Xin Gui, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: Exploring New Metallic Quantum Spin Liquid in Intermetallic Compounds
Bringing Mobile Health to the Underdeveloped World
Longfei Shangguan, School of Computing and Information
D-Scholarship: Bringing Mobile Health to the Underdeveloped World
The Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Braganca and Morais Massifs of Northern Portugal: Examining Islands of Rock to Understand How Mountains are Built
Ryan Kerrigan, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
D-Scholarship: The Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Braganca and Morais Massifs of Northern Portugal: Examining Islands of Rock to Understand How Mountains are Built
Experimental Studies and Kinetic Modeling of Co-pyrolysis of Biomass and Plastic Wastes with the Combined Scheme of Kinetics and Machine-Learning
Hui Liu, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
D-Scholarship: Experimental Studies and Kinetic Modeling of Co-pyrolysis of Biomass and Plastic Wastes with the Combined Scheme of Kinetics and Machine-Learning
Improving Quantum Sensing Using Variational Quantum Optimization Algorithms
Kaushik Seshadreesan, School of Computing and Information
Gurudev Dutt, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: Improving Quantum Sensing Using Variational Quantum Optimization Algorithms
Preserving Fairness of Deep Learning Under Environmental Changes
Xiaowei Jia, School of Computing and Information
Hassan Karimi, School of Computing and Information
D-Scholarship: Preserving Fairness of Deep Learning Under Environmental Changes
Freshwater Bivalve Shells as Monitors of River Contaminant Sources Over Time: Application of Barium Isotopes
Brian Stewart, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: Freshwater Bivalve Shells as Monitors of River Contaminant Sources Over Time: Application of Barium Isotopes
Synthetic Tuning of Ligand Field for Precise Control of Molecular Zero-Field Splitting
Wesley Transue, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: Synthetic Tuning of Ligand Field for Precise Control of Molecular Zero-Field Splitting
Toward the Two-Way Coupling of Swimmer and Surface Gravity Waves
Lei Fang, Swanson School of Engineering
D-Scholarship: Toward the Two-Way Coupling of Swimmer and Surface Gravity Waves
Emission-Management for Sustainable Computing Systems
Stephen Lee, School of Computing and Information
D-Scholarship: Emission-Management for Sustainable Computing Systems
Hemispheric Conversations Urban Art Project
Caitlin Bruce, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Oreen Cohen, Independent Artist
Shane Pilster, Rivers of Steel
Max Gonzales, Rivers of Steel
D-Scholarship: Hemispheric Conversations Urban Art Project
Reconstructing the Early Career of Jorge Luis Borges as a Public Speaker: Talks and Courses from 1949 to 1955
Daniel Balderston, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: Reconstructing the Early Career of Jorge Luis Borges as a Public Speaker: Talks and Courses from 1949 to 1955
Archive of Pittsburgh Language and Speech
Daniel Villarreal, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: Archive of Pittsburgh Language and Speech
War Risks: Understanding War Trauma through a Comprehensive Study of War Risk Insurance Claims by American Veterans of the First World War
Bridget Keown, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
D-Scholarship: War Risks: Understanding War Trauma through a Comprehensive Study of War Risk Insurance Claims by American Veterans of the First World War
This is a Year of Emotional Well-Being project.