A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, B.S. in Biology, class of 1936, Dr. Norman H. Horowitz established this endowment in recognition of the role undergraduate research played in his own decision to pursue graduate training in science and with the desire to provide similar opportunities to undergraduates at his alma mater. The fellowship is available to a student in the senior year or one who has completed a substantial amount of research. The student is expected to work about 40 hours per week for 12 weeks during the summer term and present a talk at the departmental Undergraduate Research Symposium at the end of the summer. Work must be done in a research lab in the Department of Biological Sciences. The stipend is ~$3000 for the summer.
Dr. Horowitz was a Professor of Biology, Emeritus at Caltech before he died in June 2005. As a geneticist, Dr. Horowitz worked on genome organization, devised tests for the famous one-gene-one-enzyme hypothesis, and was a member of the scientific teams for the Mariner and Viking missions to Mars. Dr. Horowitz was member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Previous winners of the Norman H. Horowitz Fellowship:
| Academic Year | Horowitz Fellow | Laboratory |
| 2018-2019 | Swapna Subramanian | Dr. Martin Turcotte |
| 2017-2018 |
Adam Leventry Gabrielle Gentile |
Dr. Jeff Hildebrand Dr. Graham Hatfull |
| 2016-2017 |
Sarah Post Wei Ng |
Dr. Jon Boyle Dr. Graham Hatfull |
| 2015-2016 | Natalie Dall | Dr.Mark Rebeiz |
| 2014-2015 | Victoria Schneider | Dr. Graham Hatfull |
| 2013-2014 | Rebecca Dalton | Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman |
| 2012-2013 | Brittany Charsar | Dr. Joseph Martens |
| 2011-2012 | Clare Kohler | Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman |
| 2010-2011 | Andrew Savinov | Dr. Graham Hatfull |
| 2009-2010 | Samantha Bell | Dr. Jeffrey Brodsky |
| 2008-2009 | Brigid Jensen | Dr. Jeffrey Brodsky |
| 2007-2008 | Reem Hanna | Dr. Jeffrey Hildebrand |
| 2006-2007 | Amanda Foltz | Dr. Valerie Oke |
| 2005-2006 | Katherine Petri | Dr. Craig Peebles |
| 2004-2005 | Allison Lynch | Dr. Lewis Jacobson |
| 2003-2004 | Oanh Pham | Dr. Linda Jen-Jacobson |
| 2002-2003 | Sohka Nhek | Dr. Valerie Oke |
| 2001-2002 | Martina Lefterovaz | Dr. Linda Jen-Jacobson |
| 2000-2001 | Christopher Farrell | Dr. Susan Gilbert |