Office of Undergraduate Research

OUR Reporting of Undergraduate Research Experiences

Reports available to the Purdue campus community (Duo login required for dashboards) are listed below. 

  • How do I cite OUR Reports? Please use the citation listed in this website for each report.
  • How do I cite OUR Dashboards? Please use the citation within the opening memo of each dashboard.

Purdue University Office of Undergraduate Research (2024). At a glance: the Office of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2017 to present. Accessed from https://www.purdue.edu/undergrad-research/ (Note: Updated annually.)

Zywicki, C., & Childress, A.L. (2023). Defining undergraduate research at Purdue University West Lafayette: Process, outcomes, and implications, Version 2023.1. Accessed from https://www.purdue.edu/undergrad-research/

Childress, A.L., Sadler, J.J., & Zywicki, C. (2025). Undergraduate research conference longitudinal talking points: Fa 2017 to Fa 2024. Accessed from https://www.purdue.edu/undergrad-research/ (Note: Updated after each event.)

The following dashboards are accessible as noted. When first accessing any report, please carefully read the opening memo, and let us know your questions. All reporting is aggregate/deidentified, except for the lists. 

Division Summary

These summaries quantify undergraduate research for all students, and their mentors, by division (e.g., college or school). 
  • Access: All Deans and their delegates (Do you need access for a clear business purpose? Send an email to your dean to request their permission to access these reports for your division.)  
  • Data Limitations: Data for primary appointments of mentors are missing for many cases. These cases will be corrected if new information is available.

Division Lists: by Students or by Mentors

Names are inconsistently reported, making it difficult to identify and use a consistent and correct name in every case. Some people may appear by different names, including: nicknames, preferred names, misspellings, etc. However, for valid business cases, we will work with Divisions to share identified lists. For example, while conference information are available within conference programs and abstract booklets, we have these data in lists (by student, by project, or by mentor). 

CURE – Purdue Student Surveys 

The purpose of these dashboards are to provide CURE – Purdue Fellows a summary of the survey data collected from their Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs).  
  • Access: CURE – Purdue Fellows only.  
  • Limitations: Reporting available (on an item-level) where 5 or more students responded.

The following dashboards, about the research conferences hosted by the OUR, are accessible as noted. When first accessing any dashboard, please carefully read the opening memo and let us know your questions. All reporting is aggregate/deidentified, except for the lists. 

Conferences Summary

This dashboard quantifies participation in the undergraduate research conferences.

  • Access: Any person with a current valid Duo login.

Conference Judging Results for College Review

The purpose of this dashboard is to facilitate college representatives review of judging results/feedback for the most recent conference.

  • Access: Only members of the UR Conference Committee can access these results. (Do you need access? Send an email to your UR Conference Committee representative to request their permission to access these reports for your division.)  

Conference Judging Results for Review by Students/Mentors

These dashboards are designed to facilitate the dissemination of judging results and feedback from on-campus conferences sponsored by the Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research. Both student presenters and their mentors can review results for their presentation(s).

  • Access: Any student presenter or mentor with a current valid Duo login.
  • Limitations: Access based on information provided during conference applications, and some invalid e-mails were provided. Only e-mails matching the username of Duo logins will work. (Not working e-mails include: invalid e-mails, Purdue vanity e-mails, and any e-mail based on a domain other than @purdue.edu.) 

OUR Programs 

The purpose of these dashboards is to provide OUR staff summary reporting about each program. 
  • Access: OUR staff and a limited list of delegates.  

OUR GS/ILS Course Evaluations 

The purpose of these dashboards is to provide instructors of the OUR courses access to view aggregate descriptive data about each course. 
  • Access: OUR staff and OUR course instructors only. 

CURE-Purdue Faculty Participant Surveys 

The purpose of these dashboards is to provide the CURE-Purdue leadership team with a summary participants' survey responses.

  • Access: OUR staff and CURE-Purdue Leadership Team.

CURE-Purdue Participant Motivation (EVT)

The purpose of these dashboards is to provide the CURE-Purdue leadership team with a summary participants' motivations.

  • Access: OUR staff and CURE-Purdue Leadership Team