Brackenridge Sustainability Scholars

Summer 2026 Brackenridge Fellowship

Open to all Pitt undergraduates.

Applications will launch in Spring 2026.

The Frederick Honors College Brackenridge Fellowship is an interdisciplinary, $4,000 award which annually supports undergraduate students seeking to complete research or a creative project over the summer. To enhance this undergraduate opportunity, the Mascaro Center has collaborated with the Honors College to provide an additional $500 of support to students conducting research in areas related to sustainability.

Past Recipients

• 2025
  • Jacob Halka, Molecular Biology
    Using CURE-Based Labs to Investigate Environmental Stress Response Genes in the Grain Crop Sorghum
• 2024
  • Kayleigh Phillips, Chemistry
    Unraveling Poison Ivy's Response to Climate Change: A Historical Analysis of Toxicity
  • Olivia Carson, Environmental Science
    Polyploid Population Establishment and Bioremediation Potential in Duckweed