MCSI aims to catalyze and expand Pitt’s research capacity to accelerate solutions to pressing sustainability challenges. With our faculty partners, MCSI creates research that informs policies, practices, and technologies that promote sustainability at the campus, local, regional, and global scales. View a complete list of affiliated faculty partners.
Through a deliberate and collaborative process, we have identified four core research areas that build on Pitt’s current sustainability strengths while looking toward developing strengths as we solve our pressing societal challenges. Importantly, environmental and climate justice guide all of the core areas and is a touchstone of our research.
Reach out to us at MCSI@pitt.edu to explore how you can get involved.
The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation provides a variety of funding programs designed to help Pitt faculty and students engage in sustainability research, education and outreach.
Research Seed Grants seek to support convergent research teams who are focused on sustainability and associated solutions. Seed Grant recipients span a variety of disciplines and work to crucially enhance sustainability education and research, as well as further Pitt’s national recognition in sustainability and the visibility of sustainability research and education on campus.
Learn about the variety of research opportunities for students at both undergraduate and master's levels through MCSI, including the annual summer research program.
Learn more about the main areas of focus for MCSI's research.
MCSI is concerned with how our supported research impacts society, a focus on the Broader Impact than just collecting data in communities. Utilizing the framework published by Advancing Research in Society (ARIS) better guides research to align with National Science Foundation (NSF) standards.