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Purdue Political Science Undergraduate Research Collaboratory

Participate in cutting-edge, original research with a political science faculty member or advanced graduate student.

Gain invaluable research skills useful for both academic and non-academic careers.

Experience a change-of-pace from formal classroom activities.

The Collaboratory provides a small-group educational experience for students who seek to hone their research skills and gain hands-on experience in an academic research environment.

Collaboratory students will constitute a pool of potential research assistants who will be matched with a faculty member or advanced graduate student seeking research support on a project.

Collaboratory members might be engaged in such activities as data collection and processing, survey design, and data analysis and visualization .

Collaboratory members who are not working on a faculty or graduate student project will work on one of several ongoing research projects of the Collaboratory itself. (The current ongoing Collaboratory project involves data collection on the Indiana judiciary.)

Participants in the Collaboratory will receive 3 credit hours via enrollment in a POL 407 (P/NP) course. The course may be repeated in subsequent semesters.

Admission to the Collaboratory is competitive and is based upon a review of applications.

 

Admission Requirements:
  • Open to any major
  • Typically, students are considered for admission to the Collaboratory who have an overall GPA of 3.0 or greater.

Program Details:
  • 3 research credits equals 12 hours of expected research work per week.
  • Course is flexible and will fit your schedule

 

Next Step:

To join a Spring 2026 Collaboratory, apply here by Friday, January 9
If accepted, you will register for POL40700 and complete the following training modules:

 

  • Two courses on the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative website:

    • Human Subjects Research - Initial (Basic) Training - Social & Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personnel

    • Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

To reach that website, go to citiprogram.org and click on "log in through my organization".  Enter Purdue University as your organization, and use your Career Account and Duomobile to log in.

Do not choose CE functionality; you do not need to purchase CE credits.

Next, select two courses:

1. Human Subjects Research - Initial (Basic) Training for Social Behavioral
Research for Investigators and Key Personnel Learner Group.
2. Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Course

Complete all modules of the selected training. You must score an 80% to pass
training and review the Purdue University Institutional page.

Send your Certificate of Completion to your Professor
Keep a copy for your records.

 

 

For more information, contact:

The Department of Political Science   ( polisci@purdue.edu )