Faculty

This site focuses on providing strategic support to help faculty find funding, develop competitive proposals, and earn prestigious recognition. Find funding and proposal resources, explore limited submission opportunities, and view details on honorific and prestigious awards. 

This page includes everything you need to develop and refine a strong proposal, including information about how to receive a letter of support from OSVCR, proposal training opportunities, and more. Navigate the funding landscape with confidence. 

Explore internal Pitt funding programs alongside tools and resources to help you identify external opportunities. Start your search here.

Get help applying for an NIH Institutional Training Grant at this site, which contains application support, proposal development resources, and more to help you succeed. 

Do you need assistance to speak with your mentor? Are you expecting to have a difficult conversation with a colleague or student? Is your lab team suffering from an open or hidden conflict? Do you have a question about the application of a policy, but don’t know whom to ask? The Health Sciences Ombuds Office can help you with any type of conflict or concern, big or small.

This page developed by University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Communication has everything you need to deliver your next presentation with confidence. Browse the site for tips on planning a presentation, speech writing, practicing your presentation, and coping with public speaking anxiety.

The Oral Communication Lab, located in the Department of Communication in the Cathedral of Learning, offers in-person and virtual public speaking coaching appointments for Pitt students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. You can get advice on research presentations, interviews, press conferences, and other types of speeches. Consultants can work with you at any stage of the process from analyzing audience needs to organizing presentations to practicing delivery skills and coping with speech anxiety.

Visit their webpage to learn more and schedule an appointment.

The Writing Center, located in 317B O’Hara Student Center, offers in-person and virtual writing coaching appointments to Pitt students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. You can get advice on dissertations, article manuscripts, the narrative portions of grant applications, and professional writing such as cover letters, resumes, and CVs. Writing consultants can work with you at any stage of the process—from beginning a writing project to the final read through before submission, and all points in between.

Visit their webpage above to learn more and schedule an appointment.

The Honorific Awards Training Course is an online, self-paced workshop for Pitt faculty, designed to provide an in-depth overview of tactics and strategies to successfully compete for honorific awards. 

The Office of the Provost hosts an annual summit that convenes mentors, advisors, and coaches to discuss new trends and best practices in mentoring and advising.

The summit focuses on specific tools, techniques, theories, and concepts that support students as they chart clear goals and direction for the future, develop enduring networks of colleagues and mentors, and sustain their pursuit of success after graduation.