Opportunities

International Research and Other Opportunities

Partners First

Purdue University engages with nearly every country globally and has various formal, country-level partnerships. Visit this site to learn more. These partnerships require expert teams across all disciplines. Purdue's academic units include some of the highest-ranked in the world, including the College of Engineering, College of Agriculture, Daniel's School of Business, College of Education, and College of Pharmacy. Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute also has extensive experience working internationally.  Purdue University puts partners first by customizing programs that engage these world-class resources to advance research solutions to overcome global challenges.  

Purdue's College of Engineering is among the largest in the US and consistently ranks among the top in the US and globally. The Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships Office (GEPP) supports faculty and student interests in international research, exchange, and project opportunities. The Shah Family Global Innovation Lab uses engineering innovations for global sustainable development.

Faculty Opportunities

Please see below for current opportunities offered to faculty. 

POSTECH faculty research appointments - ongoing. See details here. 

 

Student Opportunities

University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS) 2025 - a global leadership program focused on social change. See more information here. 

 

Specifically the GEPP Office:

 
Identified and created relationships with funders and international partners
 
Provided Monitoring and Evaluation Services
 
Identified funding opportunities drafting and editing proposals
 
Identified strategies to scale solutions and support research transition
 
Provided project management and program delivery support
 
Aligned Purdue capabilities with donor expectations in sole-source situations including identifying activities and results that could be achieved.

The GEPP Office identified and worked with 56 partner organizations in pursuit of these proposals and other programs. This includes representing everyone’s interests in order to build trust between partners and Purdue. GEPP partner organizations include:

Non-Profits 35%
Universities 24% (11 Foreign, 4 US)
Private Orgs. 24%
Government 17%


The GEPP Office works across campus to leverage all of Purdue’s capabilities when engaging with partners. Below is a breakdown of proposals and partnerships GEPP supported, by region.

  Latin America & Caribbean Africa Middle East Europe/Eurasia \East Asia South & Southeast Asia
Partners 4 10 5 2 11
Proposals 1 11 5 3 8
Potential Funding $5 million $52.4 million $10.5 million $67,000 $316 million

Our work is centered on engaging partners and funders in order to provide sustainable and scalable opportunities to faculty and students.  Interested collaborators, partners, and funders should contact gep@purdue.edu