Office of Engagement and Community Affairs & the Community Engagement Centers

• Discover Pitt’s Office of Engagement and Community Affairs (ECA), a central hub fostering effective collaborations between communities, leaders, faculty, staff, and students. ECA leads Pitt’s commitments in key neighborhoods through designated listening and amplifying regional impact.
• Explore the Community Engagement Centers (CECs) in Homewood and the Hill District, which are vibrant spaces supporting community partnerships and enriching student experiences.
• Reach out to learn more and explore partnership opportunities!

About Pitt Research

The Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, or “Pitt Research,” provides a collaborative, team-oriented set of services and offerings to aid and enhance your research and scholarship. These include special funding opportunities like the Pitt Momentum Funds, honorific awards such as the Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards for Research, and Big Proposal Bootcamp training for developing large-scale, multidisciplinary grant proposals.

David C. Frederick Honors College

The David C. Frederick Honors College provides teaching and mentorship opportunities for faculty who are passionate about undergraduate education and want to bridge intellectual disciplines and reimagine the world around them. The mission of the Frederick Honors College (FHC) is to meet the academic and experiential needs of the University’s most highly motivated, intellectually curious, and socially conscious undergraduates by providing enriching and creative educational opportunities while fostering a nurturing community. The FHC offers three options for undergraduates to affiliate with the FHC formally: the Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) Degree, the Honors Degree, and the Honors Distinction and provides a variety of opportunities for students to participate in undergraduate research, contribute to engaged scholarship, pursue national scholarships, lead Scholar Communities, and join in academically focused programming that develops competencies within the Honors Outside the Classroom Curriculum while taking Honors courses.