About the Institute

Mission

Purdue University’s Institute for a Sustainable Future fosters and promotes research, partnerships, and engagement in areas including the environment, climate impacts and resilience, food-energy-water security, human and biosphere health, and sustainability as broadly defined by the Sustainable Development Goals. The complex, multi-factor, and pressing nature of the challenges and opportunities in these areas require a collaborative, transdisciplinary approach.  This Institute supports the research and development needed to provide viable solutions by connecting faculty and researchers, and by forging linkages between disciplines and communities within Purdue and beyond.  In this way, the Institute aligns with Purdue’s Land Grant Mission of building human capital, advancing research focused on our world’s most important problems and engaging deeply with our partners.

Vision

Advance knowledge and innovation through a research ecosystem built on interdisciplinary collaborations that maximize the research aspirations of our faculty affiliates, and enhance access to diverse funding opportunities, becoming the leading place for innovative and transformative discovery in sustainability and related areas.

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