Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI) Excellence in Research Awards - call for submissions
The Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI) is pleased to announce the Excellence in Research Awards recognizing policy-related research that makes a significant contribution towards interdisciplinary understanding of a 21st Century problem.
Research awards are given each year in three categories:
· Faculty
· Graduate students
· Undergraduate students
Faculty and student winners will receive a certificate, a small monetary prize, and will be recognized at the awards ceremony.
Application Procedure:
Nominees should submit (1) a published paper, book, exhibit or some other evidence of specific scholarly accomplishment in research; (2) a statement about how it contributes to our understanding of a 21st Century problem and to interdisciplinary research (maximum one page); (3) a C.V. or resumé.
Any faculty member, graduate student or undergraduate student at Purdue University may be nominated, and self-nominations are encouraged. Nominators should include a sentence about why the scholar and work in question constitutes a significant contribution to the finding viable alternatives to wicked problems.
Please send nominations to [email protected] by February 15, 2017, with the subject heading “PPRI Research Award Application.” Materials will be reviewed by the PPRI Faculty Advisory Committee, with decisions announced in March 2017.
For more information about PPRI or the research awards, please visit PPRI’s webpage at: https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/ppri/index.php. Contact PPRI Director, Laurel Weldon, at [email protected] with any further questions.