Proposals being accepted for fall 2023 Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship program

Proposals are now being accepted from faculty on the West Lafayette campus for the Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship program, which 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 fall 2023 should focus on these thematic areas. Each project should involve two or more distinct academic disciplines (represented by faculty from different departments) and undergraduate students. No faculty cost-sharing will be required.

DUIRI also will be partnering with the Institute for a Sustainable Future, which will be sponsoring multiple projects in global sustainability that align with their current research areas. For more information on these areas, see the ISF website. Projects suitable for partnering with ISF should explicitly have “ISF:” in the title. Faculty actively engaged with the institute will receive priority consideration.

Interested faculty can submit abstracts for individual projects at the DUIRI website using their Purdue Career account credentials to log on. The deadline for proposal submissions is June 9.

Undergraduate students may then apply for one project from June 26 through July 13. Faculty project supervisors will review all eligible student applications before making final selections. The deadline for selecting students will be July 28. During the fall term, which starts Aug. 21, students 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 semester fellowship from the DUIRI program that is credited to their bursar account.

More information is available on the DUIRI website. Faculty should direct any questions about the program to Peter Bermel at pbermel@purdue.edu. Students should contact Kate Mitsch at kmmitsch@purdue.edu.