Graduate student funding would combine both Research Fellowships and Teaching Fellowships for a total of four years of funding from Pitt sources. Research Fellowships will be awarded during the first and last years. In other years, Teaching Fellowships give students experience teaching within specific departments.

In addition, students will receive one summer fellowship to offer research opportunities and language improvement in Europe (students may also supplement traditional summer fellowship amounts with research and travel funds from other sources such as the European Studies Center and the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, when necessary).