← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
$3,589,605,512
Total funding
5,558
Grants
Funding over time
peak $335.2M · FY2005–26$500M$375M$250M$125M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$1,521,695,907 · 3109
NIH$968,188,584 · 942
DOE$419,628,050 · 297
DOD$380,530,097 · 565
USDA$166,174,870 · 359
NASA$114,584,370 · 246
FDA$7,395,034 · 18
AHRQ$6,614,954 · 10
CDC$4,793,645 · 9
SAMHSA$0 · 3
By mechanism
—$2,602,613,295 · 4576
R01$562,549,814 · 353
R21$72,067,445 · 186
R35$47,045,330 · 27
U01$30,776,052 · 18
P30$27,532,874 · 44
Investigators at Purdue University
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Largest grants
NEES Operations$100,615,648
· FY2009 · ENG
Emerging Frontiers of Science of Information$48,897,080
· FY2010 · CSE
Engineering Research Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources - CISTAR$39,155,236
· FY2017 · ENG
TAS::89 0227::TAS RECOVERY; NEW: RECOVERY ACT - CENTER FOR DIRECT CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF BIOMASS TO BIOFUELS (C3BIO) -- EFRC; PI - MAUREEN CAROLINE$39,035,101
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
Category I: Anvil - A National Composable Advanced Computational Resource for the Future of Science and Engineering$31,497,100
· FY2020 · CSE
Network for Computational Nanotechnology Cyber Platform$30,792,392
· FY2012 · ENG
ADVANCING ARMY MODERNIZATION PRIORITIES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE ENERGETIC MATERIALS RESEARCH$24,950,221
· FY2020 · Department of the Army
INSTITUTE FOR NANOELECTRONICS AND COMPUTING$16,850,000
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SSC SCINTILLATING CALORIMETRY MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS R&D & A SCINTILLATING FIBER TRACKING RES. PROGRAM FOR THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER.$15,945,939
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
AN EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS PROGRAM$15,315,000
· FY2012 · Department of Energy
THE RESILIENT EXTRATERRESTRIAL HABITATS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (RETHI) WILL HARNESS PROMISING NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TO OVERCOME THE GRAND CHALLENGE OF DEEP SPACE HABITATION. BY LEVERAGING WORLD-LEADING EXPERTISE IN DEVELOPING CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSIVE TO CATASTROPHIC NATURAL HAZARDS AND MERGING IT WITH LEADERS IN THE FIELDS OF MODULAR AND AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS PLATFORMS SMART BUILDINGS HYBRID SIMULATION COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND DIAGNOSTICS AND PROGNOSTICS WE WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE THE TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES NEEDED TO DESIGN AND OPERATE RESILIENT DEEP SPACE HABITATS THAT CAN ADAPT ABSORB AND RAPIDLY RECOVER FROM EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED DISRUPTIONS TO DEEP SPACE HABITAT SYSTEMS WITHOUT FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN FUNCTION OR SACRIFICES IN SAFETY. TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION THE RETHI TEAM WILL PURSUE THE FOLLOWING TIGHTLY-INTEGRATED RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: 1) ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT RESILIENT DESIGN OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT WHILE ANTICIPATING A HABITAT THAT EVOLVES AND GROWS OVER TIME; 2) CONDUCT THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH SMART HABITATS THAT AUTONOMOUSLY SENSE ANTICIPATE AND RESPOND UNDER A VARIETY OF MANNED AND UNMANNED CONFIGURATIONS; 3) DEVELOP DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUES THAT CAN WEIGH ALTERNATIVES FOR COMPLEX INTERCONNECTED INTERDEPENDENT HABITAT SYSTEMS WHILE ALSO UNDERSTANDING AND WHEN NECESSARY COMBATING THE NATURAL HUMAN INSTINCT TO INTERFERE OR OVERRIDE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; AND 4) CONTRIBUTE TO THE NASA MISSION TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS WHILE BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH US INDUSTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER NATIONS AND GENERATE DATA PRODUCTS THAT WILL INFORM AND GUIDE FUTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS WE WILL EMPLOY THE LATEST APPROACHES IN RESILIENT DESIGN AUTOMATED AND COORDINATED ROBOTICS MACHINE LEARNING INTELLIGENT SYSTEM MONITORING AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL. THESE PARALLEL BUT INTERCONNECTED EFFORTS WILL CONVERGE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CYBER-PHYSICAL TESTBED THAT INTEGRATES PHYSICAL MODELS WITH VIRTUAL MODELS TO SYSTEMATICALLY DEVELOP DEPLOY AND VALIDATE PRINCIPLES OF RESILIENCE AND AUTONOMOUS DETECTION AND CORRECTIVE CAPABILITIES. RETHI S HEADQUARTERS WILL BE AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY S DISCOVERY PARK. PARTICIPANT UNIVERSITIES WILL INCLUDE THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO. THROUGH THIS INTEGRATED EFFORT RETHI WILL FACILITATE DEEP SPACE HABITATS WITH EMBEDDED AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITIES THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE IN BOTH MANNED AND UNMANNED CONFIGURATIONS RAPIDLY AND SAFELY TRANSITIONING BETWEEN THOSE STATES WHEN NEEDED. RATHER THAN EVALUATING SUBSYSTEMS OR COMPONENTS INDEPENDENTLY RETHI WILL ESTABLISH A NEW APPROACH SYSTEM RESILIENCE THAT WILL BE THE TURNING POINT IN ACHIEVING PERMANENT DEEP SPACE HABITATS FOR LONG TERM HUMAN SETTLEMENT THAT ARE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE AND MORE RESPONSIVE TO UNFORESEEN EVENTS. THE INSTITUTE WILL SERVE AS A HUB FOR WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING BY DISTRIBUTED TEAMS OF STUDENTS ALL FOCUSED ON THE RESILIENCE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS THAT ARE BUILT FROM AND DEPEND UPON THE SYNERGY OF COMPUTATIONAL AND PHYSICAL COMPONENTS.$15,000,000
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A MultiDisciplinary Cancer Research Facility at Purdue University$14,902,414
C06 · FY2010 · RR
Graduate Research Fellowship Program(GRFP)$14,491,719
· FY2018 · EDU
Network for Computational Nanotechnology$13,856,439
· FY2002 · ENG
NEW START COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TITLED: ENERGETICS MATERIALS BASIC RESEARCH CENTER$13,038,205
· FY2022 · Department of the Army
BII: Emergent Mechanisms in Biology of Robustness, Integration & Organization (EMBRIO)$12,250,000
· FY2021 · BIO
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)$11,351,999
· FY2013 · EDU
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** FOR DECADES, THE DOMINANT PARADIGM IN MIDWESTERN AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN THE NECESSITY OF THE CORN-SOYBEAN ROTATION; AS ILLUSTRATED BY DECREASED FARMER ECONOMIC OPTIMISM, DECLINING RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND DEGRADED ENVIRONMENTS, THIS PARADIGM IS NO LONGER WORKING.OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY AND CROSS-ORGANIZATIONAL TEAM WILL ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE VALUE CHAIN TO GENERATE EVIDENCE-BASED VISIONS AND FRAMEWORKS TO DIVERSIFY THE DOMINANT CORN-SOYBEAN SYSTEM. THE TRANSFORMED SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF OVERCOMING PERSISTENT MARKET AND POLICY BARRIERS TO SUPPORT A TRANSITION TO RESILIENT INTENSIFICATION AND A MORE ECONOMICALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, AND SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM.THESE CHANGES WILL BE ENABLED BYADVANCING SEVERAL DIMENSIONS OF DIVERSITY- AT THE FARM, LANDSCAPE, AND MARKET LEVEL WHILE ENSURING THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE PEOPLE ALONG THE VALUE CHAIN ARE MET.INFORMED BY STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH COPRODUCTION SESSIONS, VISIONING, SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS, THE TEAM WILL ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS AND BENEFITS OF DIVERSIFIED SYSTEMS THROUGH ON-FARM RESEARCH AND WILL RESEARCH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BARRIERS TO CHANGE ALONG THE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN (OBJECTIVE 1). THE TEAM WILL MODEL AIR, WATER, AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF BASELINE AND DIVERSIFIED SYSTEMS (OBJECTIVE 2). MODELING RESULTS AND SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT WILL GUIDE PLACE-BASED VISIONING SESSIONS (OBJECTIVE 3). THE TEAM WILL IDENTIFY INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS (OBJECTIVES 1-3) AND GENERATE POLICY GUIDANCE (OBJECTIVE 4). #DIVERSECORNBELT'S EXTENSION PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT FARM-LEVEL ACTORS AND MARKETS IN TRANSITIONING (OBJECTIVE 5) AND WILL ENGAGE THE FUTURE WORKFORCE THROUGH EDUCATIONAL MODULES AND IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES (OBJECTIVE 6).$10,000,000
· FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** FORESTS PROVIDE MANY BENEFITS, SUCH AS TIMBER AND FIBER PRODUCTION AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION, BUT THEIR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY IS INCREASINGLY THREATENED BY VARIOUS CHANGES SUCH AS INSECT OUTBREAKS, EXTREME WEATHER, EVOLVING MARKETS AND LAND-USE CHANGES. MORE DETAILED AND ACCURATE INFORMATION IS NEEDED TO ALLOW LANDOWNERS, MANAGERS AND POLICYMAKERS TO MAKE ECONOMICAL AND DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT THE DELIVERY, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF FOREST RESOURCES. THE GOAL OF THE PROMOTING ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE EASTERN U.S. FORESTS (PERSEUS) PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE SOUND SCIENCE, OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A MAJOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN FORESTRY. MORE SPECIFICALLY, PERSEUS AIMS TO (1) CREATE A SET OF DIGITAL TOOLS AND WALL-TO-WALL FOREST MAPPING PRODUCTS THAT WILL PROVIDE DETAILED AND NEAR REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS, (2) BUILD AND APPLY A FRAMEWORK TO VISUALLY REPRESENT CURRENT AND FUTURE FOREST TRENDS, (3) ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP DATA-DRIVEN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND (4) ESTABLISH EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS IN UNDERSTANDING AND MAKING USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES. PERSEUS WILL PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR REDEFINING FOREST INVENTORY IN THE UNITED STATES WHILE ALSO PROVIDING THE MUCH-NEEDED ABILITY TO PREDICT FUTURE FOREST CONDITIONS. WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, PERSEUS WILL PROVIDE (1) USER-FRIENDLY TOOLS AND PROGRAMS TO BETTER MEASURE AND MONITOR FORESTS LIKE NEVER BEFORE, (2) SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND (3) A PLATFORM TO OPTIMIZE REGIONAL EFFORTS IN BUILDING ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE FORESTS, ESPECIALLY ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE RURAL UNITED STATES. MOREOVER, THE PROJECT WILL TRAIN COHORTS OF STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS TO BUILD A DIGITALLY COMPETENT WORKFORCE. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE PHYSICAL GOODS SUCH AS FOOD, WATER, FUEL AND TIMBER PROVIDED BY FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, AND IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IN FORESTS ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. IN PARTICULAR, MEASUREMENT TOOLS DEVELOPED BY PERSEUS WILL MODERNIZE AND INFORM FOREST MANAGEMENT BY CREATING DIGITAL INVENTORY TOOLS THAT EMPOWER STAKEHOLDERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THEIR DECISIONS ON A LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCALE. THE RESULTING FRAMEWORK WILL PROVIDE A DIGITAL BRIDGE, ENABLING LANDOWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WITH PRACTICAL TACTICS AND FOREST SIMULATION TO INFORM DECISION- AND POLICY-MAKING. COMPLEMENTING THIS, THE DIGITAL FORESTRY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DEVELOPED BY PERSEUS WILL GENERATE A WORKFORCE CAPABLE OF CARRYING AND OPTIMIZING THESE TOOLS INTO THE FUTURE.$10,000,000
· FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** BLUE FOOD (SEAFOOD) CAN PROVIDE MORE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS AND BE PRODUCED MORE SUSTAINABLY THAN LAND-BASED FOODS; HOWEVER, APPROXIMATELY 90% OF SEAFOOD CONSUMED IN THE US COMES FROM ABROAD, RESULTING IN $17B TRADE DEFICIT. AQUAPONICS INTENSIVELY PRODUCES A DIVERSE ARRAY OF NUTRITIOUS BLUE FOODS AND SPECIALTY CROPS, BUT THIS EMERGING FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM FACES INTERTWINED TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE THE MAIN BARRIERS TO ITS WIDE ADOPTION. THE OVERARCHING HYPOTHESES OF THIS PURDUE UNIVERSITY-LED PROJECT ARE: 1) INTEGRATING AQUAPONICS WITH MICROALGAE CULTIVATION, ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND BIOREFINING CAN FULLY UTILIZE NUTRIENTS AND PRODUCE ENERGY AND HIGH-VALUE BIOPRODUCTS; AND, 2) INTEGRATING RESEARCH WITH EXTENSION AND EDUCATION WILL INCREASE ADOPTION OF AQUAPONICS AND CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO PURCHASE BLUE FOODS. SPECIFIC PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: 1) IDENTIFYING BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLUE FOOD AND AQUAPONICS; 2) BUILDING A NOVEL, INTEGRATED, AQUAPONICS FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM; 3) DEVELOPING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SUSTAINABILITY METRICS FOR SYSTEM ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT; 4) SUPPORT AQUAPONICS AND BLUE FOOD INDUSTRY AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT; AND, 5) CREATING BLUE FOOD-RELATED EDUCATION MATERIALS. THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD A ZERO-WASTE, GRID-INDEPENDENT, AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND GENERATE AN EVIDENCE-BASED VISION AND FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITATING THE ADOPTION OF AQUAPONICS. THIS NOVEL INTEGRATED AQUAPONICS SYSTEM CAN INCREASE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRODUCTION OF ADEQUATE, NUTRITIOUS, AND AFFORDABLE BLUE FOODS WITH A MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT, ULTIMATELY DIVERSIFYING US AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND DIETARY PATTERNS.$10,000,000
· FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture