Research Accelerator

• Required. The location of learning community housing will be determined based on the incoming size and needs of the learning community. 
• A signed housing contract is required to apply to this learning community. Once a housing contract is completed, you will indicate your learning community housing preference within the learning community application. Applications received by the priority deadline will be considered first. 
• If you want to be placed with a preferred roommate and be admitted to a learning community with a required residential component, both you and your roommate must apply (and be accepted) to the same learning community. Students admitted to learning communities with a required residential component cannot be paired with students admitted to learning communities with an optional residential component. 
• For specific question regarding learning communities, email learningcommunities@purdue.edu.  
• Completing a housing contract is a separate process from applying to a learning community. If you have questions about housing, contact University Residences (https://www.housing.purdue.edu/) at housing@purdue.edu.

Fall: (required)

HONR 19900 - Research Thinking (2 credits) (16-week course)

This course will give members of the Research Accelerator LC an overview of research methods and practical experience doing creative research. In this course students will learn how to ask research questions, apply appropriate research methods, design research projects and share them with a community of fellow researchers.  This class provides a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment, making it an ideal first step at Purdue for students looking to transform the world with their ideas.  Students will engage in a collaborative research project, present their research in a public forum, and design individual trajectories for their own futures as a part of Purdue's world-class research environment. 

Spring: (optional)

HONR 49900: Public Powered Research (3 credits)

Students will start the process of developing a community-engaged research project.  These community-based research opportunities will be instructor and student initiated around a variety of issues that matter to individual scholars and the cities of Lafayette/West Lafayette.

John Martinson Honors College Direct Admit: Upon successful completion of the Research Thinking and Public Powered Research courses, Research Accelerator scholars have the opportunity for direct admission to the John Martinson Honors College

Every fee eligible student involved with a learning community (LC) at Purdue will be assessed the $200 LC fee to their university account.  These funds support activities and travel, signature LC events, housing assignments and/or course registration and instructor stipends.

• Social events
• Field trips
• Visiting scholars program, up-close encounters with
• Purdue resource exploration and tours: research groups, labs, fabrication facilities, archives and more
• Scholarship, fellowship, and grant workshops