Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship program seeking fall session proposals

Purdue faculty in West Lafayette are invited to submit project proposals for the fall 2025 term of the Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship (DUIRI) 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 undergraduate students. Student teams will be responsible for pursuing their research projects, culminating with a poster presentation and one-page abstract/summary of their results. Assuming all requirements are met, each participating student will earn a $1,000 fall scholarship from the DUIRI program.

Faculty can submit project abstracts via the DUIRI website using their Purdue Career account credentials. The deadline for submission is June 6. Faculty will be notified of project selections by June 20.

Undergraduate students may then apply for up to three eligible projects from June 30-July 14. Faculty project supervisors will review all eligible student applications before making final selections. The deadline for selecting students is July 25.

This fall, DUIRI will partner with the Institute for a Sustainable Future. ISF will sponsor select projects in global sustainability that align with its 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.

Faculty inquiries: Contact Peter Bermel at pbermel@purdue.edu.

Student inquiries: Contact Pramukh Gowda at duiri@purdue.edu or pramanna@purdue.edu.