Opportunities for Purdue undergraduates:

Community and mentorship:

• Purdue Math Club
• Undergraduate Women in Science Program (WISP)
• BoilerMENTOR program -- peer-to-peer mentoring for first-year students
• Overview of some ways that students can get involved in data science through the Purdue Integrative Data Science Initiative
• Purdue chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • Members of Purdue's chapter are eligible to receive a free student membership to SIAM (more info here).
• Purdue chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

Funded opportunities for research:

• Purdue SURF Program -- paid summer research opportunities ($5100)
• Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Scholarships -- $1000 during the academic year, and additional opportunities for summer funding

Travel and research-expense grants:

• OUR Undergraduate Research Grants -- up to $500 for certain research supplies and materials
• OUR Travel Grants -- up to $500 to support travel to present research at conferences

Opportunities to present research:

• SURF Summer Symposium at Purdue
• Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference

Opportunities for Purdue graduate students:

Community and professional development:

• Purdue Graduate Student Government and Graduate Student Organizations
• Graduate Women in Science Program (WISP)
• Graduate School Office of Professional Development
  • Opportunities include the Boilers Work internship program (stipends for unpaid summer internships), the Three Minute Thesis competition, and office hours for advice on applying to fellowships.
• Purdue chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • Members of Purdue's chapter are eligible to receive a free student membership to SIAM (more info here), and SIAM members have other benefits like reduced registration fees to SIAM conferences.
• Purdue chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
• Purdue Integrative Data Science Initiative
  • This website includes a range of different data-science events, funding opportunities, and other resources, and you can also sign up for their listserv.

Travel and research grants:

• Travel grants for presenting research at conferences (up to $750 through the Purdue Graduate Student Government)
  • Students can apply for this grant at most once per semester and receive the award at most once per fiscal year (running from summer to spring).
  • Check the award website for more information and the next deadline (there are multiple per year).
• Grants for professional and academic development (up to $750 through the Purdue Graduate Student Government)
  • Students can apply at most once per semester and receive the award at most once per fiscal year (running from summer to spring).
  • This grant can be used for different things than the travel grant above; see this website for more details and deadlines.
• List of small research grants maintained by the Purdue Graduate School Fellowship Office
  • For example, the Graduate Women in Science National Fellowship Program provides up to $10,000 for various research expenses, such as supporting undergraduate researchers, publishing results, traveling for collaborative research, or compensating study subjects; and Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research provide funding of up to $1000 for various research expenses in most areas.

Fellowships:

• Long (searchable) list of external fellowships maintained by the Purdue Graduate Fellowhsip Office
• Incentive grant ($100 for students who apply to external fellowships)
  • This grant is not contingent on obtaining the fellowship, and each student can recieve the incentive at most once per year.

Funding for other expenses:

• Childcare grants through the Purdue Graduate Student Government (up to $1000 for childcare expenses)
• Graduate student equipment fund ($100-$1000 through the Purdue Graduate Student Government)
  • This program provides funds to improve gradute-student common spaces.
• Funding opportunities for graduate-student events and activities (from the Purdue Graduate Student Gorvernment): grants for academic symposiums and Graduate Student Organization Grant Allocation Award

Summer bridge:

• Purdue Graduate Bridge Program -- funded summer research and mentoring for incoming graduate students

Opportunities for Purdue postdocs:

Community and professional development:

• Purdue Office of Postdoctoral Studies and Purdue Postdoctoral Association (both websites include links to sign up for their listservs)
  • For example, the Office of Postdoctoral Studies offers workshops on applying for grants and new postdoc orientations.
  • Purdue postdocs also have access to professional-development resources through the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) and can claim their NCFDD membership with their Purdue email address here.
• Buddy System organized by the Purdue Postdoctoral Association (this program pairs new and senior postdocs)
• Purdue Integrative Data Science Initiative
  • This website includes a range of different data-science events, funding opportunities, and other resources, and you can also sign up for their listserv.
• Graduate School Office of Professional Development
  • Postdocs (not only graduate students) are eligible for many of the workshops and opportunities, such as office hours for advice on applying to fellowships.

Fellowships and research grants:

• List of small research grants maintained by the Purdue Graduate School Fellowship Office
  • For example, postdocs are eligible to apply to the Graduate Women in Science National Fellowship Program, which provides up to $10,000 for various research expenses, such as supporting undergraduate researchers, publishing results, traveling for collaborative research, or compensating study subjects.
• Long list of external fellowships for postdocs maintained by Purdue
• List of external fellowhips, travel grants, and other funds for postdocs maintained by the Purdue Office of Postdoctoral Studies
  • Purdue postdocs can also access templates, guides, and other resources at this website.

Travel grants:

• AMS-Simons Travel Grants
• AMS-NSF Travel and Mentoring Travel Grants

Opportunities for prospective Purdue graduate students:

• Purdue Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
  • This is a summer-research opportunity for undergraduate students interested in graduate school, and it includes professional-development workshops and an application-fee waivor to Purdue graduate programs.
• Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Program (PULSe) -- opportunities for PhD research across disciplinary boundaries
• List of graduate-school managed fellowships for prospective PhD or MS students