Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship program seeking summer session proposals

January 23, 2025 Purdue Today

Purdue faculty are invited to submit project proposals for the summer 2025 session of the Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship program. DUIRI supports faculty-led undergraduate teams in investigating problems within the strategic areas of global security, global health and global sustainability.

Project proposals should focus on these thematic areas. Each project should involve two or more distinct academic disciplines (represented by faculty from different departments and ideally colleges) and two undergraduate students. Student teams will be responsible for pursuing their research projects, culminating with a poster presentation and one-page summary of their results. Assuming all requirements are met, each participating student will earn a $5,000 summer scholarship from the DUIRI program. This will consist of $1,666 in cost-sharing from the faculty project supervisor(s) as well as $3,334 in support from DUIRI.

Faculty can submit project abstracts via the DUIRI website using their Purdue Career Account credentials. The deadline for submission is Feb. 7. Faculty will be notified of project selections by Feb. 17.

Undergraduate students may then apply for one eligible project from Feb. 19 to March 4. Faculty project supervisors will review all eligible student applications before making final selections. The deadline for selecting students will be March 21.

This summer, DUIRI will partner with the Institute for a Sustainable Future. ISF will sponsor select projects in global sustainability that align with their current research areas. Projects suitable for partnering with ISF should explicitly state “ISF” in the title. Faculty actively engaged with a partnering institute will receive priority consideration in the corresponding research areas.

For more information, visit the DUIRI website.