The Pitt Sustainability Awards recognize Pitt faculty, staff, and students who are making an extraordinary impact on campus sustainability. These individuals or groups could have demonstrated their impact in any of the 3 categories of the Pitt Sustainability Plan (Stewardship, Exploration, and/or Community and Culture) via ideas, talents, and passions that contribute to a thriving culture of sustainability at Pitt.
Pitt students: Take advantage of these funding opportunities for a sustainability-based project, and learn more about student and affiliate organizations at the University.
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 or gmk9@pitt.edu or go to giveto.pitt.edu.
To help take the University's sustainability journey to the next level, the Pitt Sustainability Challenge was established to catalyze integrated, impactful, durable, and feasible solutions to advance carbon neutrality with lasting benefits for the Pitt community. On September 14, 2023, the Challenge awarded $300,000 to Ecotone Renewables for their proposal to install anaerobic digesters at Pitt.