Pitt Momentum Funds

These are annual competitions for internal research development funds for faculty. To enable research that is responsive to the needs of the local Pittsburgh community, the Funds are designed so that collaborators from government agencies or local organizations recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) public charity that have the capacity to join Pitt in large-scale, follow-on funding proposals as coinvestigators may participate as co-investigator on Teaming or Scaling proposals.

Pivot Funding Database

PittResearch’s Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) subscribes to Pivot, a comprehensive database of funding opportunities accessible to the campus community through the OSP website and the ULS databases. The database includes funding opportunities for faculty, postdocs, grad students, and undergraduates. OSP offers regular workshops explaining how to use Pivot and how to set up custom alerts for funding opportunities.

Team-based Research

A recent book, The Strength in Numbers: The New Science of Team Science, by Barry Bozeman and Jan Youtie, surveys the scholarship on research collaboration and provides a “how-to” guide for consultative collaboration research management. The book is available as an e-book through the Pitt library and for purchase on Bookshop and other vendors.

Grantsmanship

Grant-writing handbooks are widely available. One, New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding, by Mike Cronan and Lucy Deckard, can be found via web search or purchased from the author’s website.