Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship program seeking faculty summer session proposals

Purdue West Lafayette faculty are now welcome to submit project proposals for the summer 2021 term of Discovery Park’s Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) program. DURI supports faculty-led teams of undergraduates to investigate problems in the strategic areas of global security, global health and global sustainability.

Faculty project proposals for the summer 2021 term 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.

Interested faculty can submit abstracts for individual projects at the DURI website, using their Purdue career account credentials to log on. Projects should be able to be run remotely if needed, based on circumstances. The faculty deadline for proposal submissions is Feb. 19.

Faculty will be notified of their project selection by March 8. Undergraduate students may then apply for one eligible project from March 8 to March 24. Faculty project supervisors will review all eligible student applications before making final selections. The deadline for selecting students will be April 9. 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 $4,500 summer scholarship from the DURI program. This will consist of $1,500 in cost-sharing from the faculty project supervisor(s) and $3,000 in support from DURI.

More information is available on the DURI website. Faculty should direct any questions about the program to Peter Bermel at durifaculty@purdue.edu. Students with questions about the program should contact Kate Mitsch at duristudent@purdue.edu.