Research

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. 

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.

A collection of NIH-specific proposal resources. 

A variety of resources for grant and proposal writing are available to Pitt researchers, both inside and outside of the University.

The Pitt Research Navigator can help connect you to the campus-based resources and experts who can answer a wide-range of research-related questions.