Mellon College of Science
Science is ready for a revolution. The pace of discovery is accelerating, and the problems that face the world are growing more complex. Meeting those challenges begins with individuals who are both forward-looking scientists and innovative collaborators.
Carnegie Mellon University’s Mellon College of Science — home to biological sciences, chemistry, mathematical sciences and physics — is uniquely positioned to reimagine and transform how science is done, accelerating life-changing research.
At MCS, we’re bringing together collaborative, cross-disciplinary teams in areas ripe for breakthrough discoveries: Cosmology, Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, Computational Finance, Quantum Computing, Neuroscience, Sustainability Science, Materials of the Future, and Life Sciences Breakthroughs.
The people of the Mellon College of Science have a passion for discovery and a hunger to do transformational science for the good of the world.
With your support, we will accelerate and transform discovery in the foundational sciences through the application of new technologies (including machine learning and automation), the work of talented faculty and researchers, and the education of future scientists in all of our departments.
What will you and the Mellon College of Science

Creating an environment for foundational science and interdisciplinary research.
By collaborating with partners from across campus and using machine learning, engineering and data analytics, our scientists will accelerate both the process and the impact of scientific research. Your support will unleash discovery and accelerate innovation.

Pioneering new scientific fields.
By giving acclaimed researchers and educators a community that challenges them and nurtures their talent and creativity, we help make the impossible possible. Your support is an investment in the members of our outstanding faculty that will spark discovery for generations.

Educating and equipping future scientists.
Encouraging students to understand both the process and the consequences of scientific discovery allows them to fully grasp the implications of their work — and makes sure they’re ready to take the lead in the lab, in their communities and in the world. Your support will make the undergraduate years a time of bold discovery.
Creating new methodologies. Driving breakthroughs.
Help us make it possible.
With your support of an environment for foundational science and interdisciplinary research, we will:
Create discovery hubs to solve complex problems
Construct new spaces for science
Advance and expand our use of automation
- Maker Spaces
Establish maker spaces in Mellon Institute and Doherty Hall that
will provide students and faculty access to advanced simulation and fabrication tools, so that they can create custom scientific instruments and design novel experiments while integrating engineering and computer science into their work. - Department & Equipment Funds
Provide our departments with the ability to secure the latest technology and address other areas of critical need, giving students and researchers the resources to explore new questions.
With your investment in talented researchers and educators who pioneer new scientific fields, we will:
Strengthen and deepen our research
Increase seed funding for bigger ideas
Boldly recruit and retain new faculty
- Endowed Professorships
Fund faculty to empower their research and teaching, and help us to recruit and retain the best professors and scholars. - Postdoctoral and Doctoral Fellowships
Bolster the efforts of up-and-coming researchers by funding studies and projects that will serve as the basis for their future careers. - Entrepreneurs-In-Residence
Spur innovation at MCS with experts who can help students and faculty realize their ideas and turn breakthroughs into businesses. - Breakthrough Funds
Support promising ideas with critical early-stage funding, encouraging researchers to push boundaries and take risks that could lead to leaps forward in their fields.
With your support of future scientists, we will:
Give undergrads even greater research opportunities
Develop well-rounded scientists
Invest in advising and skills development for students
- Undergraduate Research and Enrichment Funds
Enhance and diversify the classroom experience and enable undergraduate students to pursue their own lines of creative inquiry. - Scholarships
Secure an MCS education for tomorrow’s talented scientists, regardless of their financial circumstances, and help build a student body that reflects the world they will influence. - Program Support
Strengthen our diversity initiatives, student advising programs and student training and development programs, which impact the MCS experience for all of our scholars and ensure their success in the classroom, laboratory and beyond.
Discover what you can make possible in our departments
Funding and naming opportunities in Biological Sciences:
- Life Sciences Breakthroughs discovery hub
- Neuroscience Institute
- Computational Cancer Research Center
- Biology Laboratory Automation Project
- Endowed Chairs
- Career Development Professorships
- Post-Doctoral Fellowships
- Doctoral Fellowships
- Biological Sciences Department Fund (Graduate and Undergraduate)
- Undergraduate Research Funds
- Equipment Fund
Funding and naming opportunities in Chemistry:
- Materials of the Future discovery hub
- Sustainability Science discovery hub
- Artificial Chemical Intelligence
- Computational Cancer Research Center
- Instrumentation Classroom
- Chemistry Laboratory Automation Project
- Endowed Chairs
- Career Development Professorships
- Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Funding and naming opportunities in Mathematical Sciences:
- Mathematical Foundations of AI discovery hub
- Center for Non-Linear Analysis
- Math Olympiad Summer Program
- Endowed Chairs
- Career Development Professorships
- Post-Doctoral Fellowships
- Doctoral Fellowships
- Fellowships & Scholarships
- Undergraduate Research Funds
- Innovation Fund for Mathematical Sciences
- Steve Shreve Fund for Computational Finance
- Martin Endowed Fund for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics
Funding and naming opportunities in Physics:
- Cosmology discovery hub
- Quantum Computing discovery hub
- Black Hole Initiative
- Quantum Lab in Wean Hall
- Endowed Chairs
- Career Development Professorships
- Post-Doctoral Fellowships
- Doctoral Fellowships
- Undergraduate Research Funds
- Physics Department Improvement Fund