The Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy is pleased to offer opportunities for grants for faculty, students, and law school students.
A grant of up to $2000 will be awarded to enable faculty to enlist student research in the Dick Thornburgh archives for the benefit of a new or existing course. The student will gain valuable experience working with primary source material.
The J. Evans Rose, Jr. Prize for Government Service, will be presented to a student whose goal is to pursue a career in government service, whether at the local, county, state, federal or international level. And The Dick Thornburgh Prize for Legal Service will be presented to a student who has worked in the field of legal services for low-income individuals through a legal services organization
Candidates for this award may be nominated by a University of Pittsburgh faculty member or staff member or they may apply themselves. The applicant may or may not have a disability. The winner is selected by a review committee of University of Pittsburgh administrators.
The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy and the University Honors College founded the Dick Thornburgh Summer Fellowships in 2011 to support undergraduate research into issues of governance addressed in Governor Dick Thornburgh’s long and eminent service in national and international leadership.