Purdue’s Office of Industry Partnerships announces new faculty fellowship program
The Office of Industry Partnerships (OIP) has established a Faculty Fellowship of Industry Partnership program designed to enhance Purdue’s partnerships with industry and is seeking faculty applicants for the fellowships, which provide $5,000 per year in discretionary funding for faculty members to further their missions.
Associate and full professors (including clinical faculty, research faculty and faculty of practice) in West Lafayette or Indianapolis from all of Purdue’s colleges are welcome to apply, especially those who have demonstrated success in collaboration with industry, are willing to engage with faculty members across the campus as well as researchers from Purdue’s industry partners, and are interested in leading new initiatives and partnerships with industry.
Faculty from recently booming areas are encouraged to apply, among them (but not limited to) AI, robotics, healthcare, agriculture, autonomy, computing, energy, manufacturing, science and veterinary medicine, as well as communication, interdisciplinary studies, policy, sociology, and more.
Faculty interested in applying to the Faculty Fellow of Industry Partnership program should email a single PDF of all required application documents to angie@purdue.edu by Monday, March 24, 2025. Please use “Application for Faculty Fellow_Last Name” as the email title.
Required documents include a single cover page summarizing research success and experience engaging with faculty colleagues and collaborating with industry, as well as a plan to fulfill the responsibilities that come with a fellowship. Applicants also need to include their full CV.
Applicants should be willing to:
- Identify industry critical needs and align Purdue’s strengths to develop programs and initiatives with strategic priority for Purdue and potential industry partners
- Develop, cultivate, and grow relationships with specific potential industry partners.
- Promote faculty success and significant contributions to enhancing Purdue’s collaboration with industry.
- Develop a strategic roadmap and execution strategy for establishing large-scale industry programs.
- Leverage Purdue-Industry partnerships to win major grants.
- Other activities to be specified by the vice president of OIP.
Details about specific projects and expected time commitment will be discussed between the faculty fellow and OIP. The initial appointment will be for one year starting from May 2025 or earlier. The appointment may be renewable upon approval by the vice president for OIP.
The Office of Industry Partnerships connects corporate partners with the full breadth and depth of resources at Purdue University, with numerous opportunities for research and joint programs; commercialization, industry partnerships and licensing; co-location; recruitment; executive and online education; and sponsorships and philanthropy.