This program is designed to further the University's strategic planning initiatives through the hiring of individuals who will contribute to the institution's goal of preeminence. This includes the hiring of individuals who will contribute to Purdue’s diversity.

The program provides partial, temporary funding to the hiring department of such candidates and the spouses or partners of newly hired faculty and key staff in faculty positions. For spouse/partner hires, typically the department making the initial faculty hire also contributes to the spouse/partner's salary, as does the department hiring the spouse/partner. Usually each area, including the Provost Office, contributes one-third of such salary for up to two years, at which point the spouse/partner's department assumes the full cost.

This program is geared toward spouses and partners of newly hired faculty and key staff, not established faculty or staff.