Signature Programs

Our faculty and students want to have a real impact within our community and seek industrial, non-profit and community partners to address real world sustainability challenges. Click to learn more about MCSI's external partners.

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If you would like to make a gift to support the research, education and outreach programs housed within the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, please contact Gena Kovalcik at 412-624-9698 / gmk9@pitt.edu or go to www.giveto.pitt.edu. 2021 Pitt Day of Giving is February 23, 2021. Details about giving to Pitt Sustainability and MCSI are coming soon!

Day of Giving

Faculty Fellows are expected to contribute to intra- and inter-disciplinary research as well as help to team-teach sustainability courses as part of the university’s undergraduate sustainability certificate and M.S. degree in Sustainable Engineering. Faculty members from all disciplines across the University of Pittsburgh are encouraged to apply.

Seed grants are designed to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows enabling them to focus on high-quality research projects in sustainability. The goals of the grants are: (1) catalyze the formation of interdisciplinary synergistic research teams focused on sustainability (2) fund projects capable of obtaining external funding upon completion; and (3) enhance Pitt’s national recognition in sustainability and the visibility of interdisciplinary sustainability research on campus.

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The Undergraduate Summer Research Program provides students with full-time sustainability research that goes beyond classroom curriculum enabling students working on hands-on research under the guidance and mentorship of sustainability focused faculty and graduate students.

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In order to more broadly promote Pitt sustainability research as well as provide opportunities for associated students to learn about cutting edge research and educational programs throughout the country and abroad, MCSI allocates funds to support undergraduate and graduate student participation at conferences.

Aimed at making our campus and community more sustainable, these funds are intended to support student groups who are initiating programs, activities or events that cover the broad topics of sustainability and help to advance Pitt’s Sustainability Plan.

Partnering with PittServes, the Office of Sustainability and Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, MCSI has trained student volunteers to provide sustainability presentations within first year seminars. These presentations are a great way to introduce students to the range of sustainability initiatives and the many ways they can engage with sustainability on campus. Click to view a recording of the 2020-2021 academic presentation.

The Sustainability Attribute Codes provide students with multiple methods of engagement and levels of commitment. Students can use attribute codes provide a way for pairing Pitt courses/Faculty expertise with student interest in Sustainability. Specifically, these codes allow students to quickly identify Sustainability courses as they select their classes each semester.

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The distinction aims to provide students with a mechanism to gain recognition and “credit” for their outside-the-classroom endeavors and thus broadening the number of undergraduate students participating in sustainability activities throughout campus.

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The Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability provides undergraduate students the opportunity to enhance their education by including sustainability in their course of study. This certificate program transcends existing Schools and Departments at the University of Pittsburgh, capitalizes on ongoing Sustainability-growth opportunities in teaching and research at the University of Pittsburgh, and utilizes the framework of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (MCSI) to execute the certificate.

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