Strategic initiatives
PPRI drives impactful inquiry through strategic collaborations that support evidence-based solutions. By working alongside government, industry and global research partners, we help inform decisions that lead to meaningful societal outcomes and long-term change.

Turning insight into action
PPRI leads and partners on research projects that build capacity for data-driven decision making. We focus particularly on projects that result in discoveries that can inform policy and positively affect the human condition.
PPRI partners in this festival of Irish and American politics and culture held in Ireland.
Innovation at the Purdue Center on AI for Digital, Autonomous and Augmented Aviation
Topics and availability vary per semester. Email ppri@purdue.edu for more information.
This global engagement program allows Colombian students to study at Purdue.
This career and resource fair is open to students from all majors who want to make a positive public impact in advocacy, administrative or service positions.
PPRI supports the One Health strategic focus on life science challenges by partnering with Health Policy master’s students for their practicum. These students create policy briefs, op-eds, annotated bibliographies, and policy landscape reports.
Enhance the impact of your research by enhancing your writing skills
Boosting influence through collaboration
The Purdue Policy Research Institute develops rich relationships bridging expertise across government, industry and academia.
- U.S. State Department
- U.S. Strategic Command
- U.S. Space Command
- Lewis-Burke Associates, government relations firm
- Greg Ballard, former Indianapolis mayor, current PPRI advisor
- U.S. Space Force
- Space Development Agency
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee staff
- Sandia National Laboratories