Undergraduate Awards and Scholarships
General Information
Up-to-date guidelines for the department and university awards listed below should always be obtained from the administrative center responsible before applying. Students may also compete for various national prizes and graduate fellowships. Our undergraduate advisors, faculty including the Chair of the Undergraduate Awards Committee, and administrators in Honors College may have helpful suggestions about such national opportunities.
George B. Anderson Awards
Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette drama critic and member of the English Dept. since 1968, annually sponsors up to three monetary awards each for the best published theater reviews by college students. Any undergraduate in any college in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area is eligible. This year's deadline is May 10, 2001. For information, contact cchr@pitt.edu or crawson@post-gazette.com or telephone him at 412-263-1666.
Brackenridge Undergraduate Fellowships
Over forty university fellowships for interdisciplinary summer study projects under the direction of a faculty member, each carrying a monthly stipend of $1,000, are awarded annually by Honors College, with an application deadline midway through spring semester; consult Honors College, CL 3500, for details.
Burkhart / Alumni Scholarship
Upon faculty nomination over $2,500 is awarded each year to outstanding senior majors in English literature. The Undergraduate Awards Committee normally announces these awards in the fall.
Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Ten university fellowships of approximately $600 are awarded each semester for independent study projects by sophomores, juniors, and seniors, with application deadlines toward the end of Fall and Spring semesters for fellowships the following Spring or Fall semester. Consult Honors College, CL 3500, for details.
Chancellor's University Teaching Fellowships
Each term ten university fellowships of approximately $600 support sophomores, juniors, and seniors in one-term research or analytic projects that assist faculty members in the instruction of their courses. Application deadlines are late each Fall and Spring semester for fellowships for the following Spring or Fall terms, and Honors College administers the awards.
CWES / REES Undergraduate Research Symposium
Pitt's Centers for West and East European Studies sponsor a competition for undergraduate research papers on any aspect of European culture within the humanities, social or natural sciences, so papers on British or other European literature and history are eligible. Abstracts of papers are due in January, with finalists chosen to present their papers orally at an April conference where eight prizes totaling $2000 have been awarded to entries judged best for both written and oral presentation. For entry guidelines consult the Center for West European Studies at 412-624-7405.
McDowell Award in Non-Fiction
To honor the late Pittsburgh television newsman Al McDowell a prize of $1,000 in tuition remission goes upon faculty nomination to the best undergraduate non-fiction writing major.
Nationality Rooms Scholarships
Seven scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $4,000 are awarded annually for accredited summer study abroad at institutions in England, Scotland, Ireland, Africa, and any other foreign country relevant to English Department interests. The Nationality Rooms Program (CL 1209) administers applications, with a deadline in mid-January.
Provost's Scholarships for Study Abroad
Undergraduates with QPAs of better than 2.75 in the College of General Studies or in six other undergraduate professional schools, as well as minority undergraduates in any school, may apply for ten $1,000 scholarships for summer, semester, or year-long study abroad, with a May deadline for fall study, a November deadline for spring study, and a March deadline for summer study; consult the Study Abroad Office for details, 802 William Pitt Union.
Research Abroad Program Assistantships
UCIS and Honors College cosponsor summer assistantships of $3,000 for honors undergraduates working abroad under the on-site direction of a faculty member pursuing a research project abroad. Students may not apply directly except by bringing this to the attention of a faculty member planning foreign research for four to eight weeks, who may request a grant to cover his and three student assistants' expenses. Applications due in March; consult UCIS for details.
USX or Toretti Undergraduate Research Awards
Several awards of $3,000 to support summer research projects. The terms of the awards are similar to the Brackenridge Undergraduate Fellowships, and winners will participate in the Brackenridge summer program at Honors College. But USX/Toretti awards have an earlier application deadline in February of spring semester and may favor projects with proposed research bibliographies of secondary scholarship rather than primary readings. For details consult the office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, 140 Thackeray Hall.