Center Requirements

To achieve recognition as an approved Center of Purdue University, the center organizers must first get approval from the appropriate dean(s) and department head(s). A request must then be made to the Associate Vice President for Research in charge of Centers and Institutes (Jon Harbor).

Click on this link to open the request template. Please send the completed form via email to Rhonda Hostetter.

The formal request will be reviewed by the OVPR and submitted to the Provost. The Provost will make the final decision.

If the proposed Center is lacking requirements necessary to be an approved center it may be granted “center pending” status until the requirements are fulfilled.

The “center pending” status will also be granted for center proposals being submitted to various agencies.

Approved centers will be listed on the OVPR web site with a link to the center web site. Centers must submit a short annual report in order to maintain approved status.