The Pitt Momentum Funds are a collaboration between the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and the Office of the Provost and support researchers and scholars in fields from creative arts and humanities to the social sciences, to STEM and the health sciences.
The three-tiered structure of the awards makes it possible to fund work at all stages of the research cycle:
The Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grant Recipients for Spring 2024 have been announced and include two Dietrich School Faculty.
Jamie Hanson, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences was just published in The Conversation on March 8. Hanson’s article, Teenagers often know when their parents are having money problems − and that knowledge is linked to mental health challenges, new research finds, explores the psychology behind household income and child development.
Chloë Glover, a Department of Geology and Environmental Science Ph.D. Candidate in the Dietrich School has been awarded the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mendenhall Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Glover will be working with the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center on the project titled Integrated geophysical and structural analysis to identify 3D critical mineral resources and tectonic context of NE Washington.
A research team in conjunction with the James Webb Space Telescope have just published their findings on the smallest galaxies in the early universe.
Tuning in for the Oscars? Adam Lowenstein, professor in the Dietrich School's Film and Media Studies Program, tells NPR why it's rare for horror movies to win the most prestigious awards.
Amy Williams, professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Music, is among four composers to receive a 2024 award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (AAAL). The $10,000 prize acknowledges artists who have arrived at their own voice. Williams will also receive an additional $10,000 grant to fund a recording of her work, which will also be presented during a spring concert at the AAAL library.
Dietrich School Department of Biological Sciences faculty members Justin Kitzes and Corinne Richards-Zawacki, conduct avian and amphibian research using hundreds of sensors that track and record sound.
Candace Burgess, a doctoral student in the Dietrich School's Department of Music, sat down with NBC's Harry Smith to talk about her graduate work focusing on the lives and legacies of Black classical composers, singers historical Black Classical music communities as seen in Brazil, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Arthur Kosowksy, professor and chair of the Dietrich School's Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2024-2025 for Chile.
