The Overseas Research Internship Program, designed for Purdue graduate students and advanced undergraduate students, is a new initiative that offers international education opportunities to those whose needs are not met by more conventional study abroad experiences. The program enables Purdue graduate or undergraduate students to do supervised overseas research in their fields during the summer. Each research project will be facilitated by a Purdue faculty member, in cooperation with a colleague from an overseas university.

What makes this different from other education abroad programs?

Graduate students and students in technical majors, as well as their faculty facilitators, will find this program appealing because it

Takes place in the summer and does not disrupt required sequences of classes
Offers students the chance to build research experience
Has minimal administrative requirements
Is tailored to the specific needs of each student, their facilitating faculty member, and their academic unit
Is available for credit or for no credit, at the discretion of the Purdue academic unit involved
Can be one-way or a reciprocal exchange
Is relatively affordable (mainly airfare and living expenses)
Can be supplemented with departmental or grant funds if necessary
Allows students to have intercultural and travel experiences usually associated with study abroad programs that are not easily accessible to them

The role of Purdue Faculty

The Overseas Research Internship Program is faculty-controlled and faculty-driven. It benefits from the extensive networks that Purdue faculty already have with overseas peers. It allows faculty maximum flexibility as to the timing, location, duration and focus of the internships. It also allows faculty to influence the costs incurred to student participants.

Steps for putting an Overseas Research Internship into action

Faculty members who are interested in facilitating an internship for one of their students contact the Director of Programs for Study Abroad. They then contact a colleague at an overseas university and determine a suitable summer research project for one or more Purdue students.

The facilitating faculty at Purdue and the overseas partner institution set the scope, location and duration of the research project. They also decide on the criteria and method for assessment and the amount of credit (if any) to be awarded.

At least one month before a participating graduate student departs for the experience abroad, the student or the facilitating Purdue faculty member informs the Office of Programs for Study Abroad that the internship will take place, and the student is registered in the Office’s database of outbound students.
The facilitating faculty at Purdue and the overseas partner institution complete the Student Enrollment Form and Internship Description and submit them to Purdue’s Office of Programs for Study Abroad.

Credit, if any, is awarded at the conclusion of the internship.

Study Abroad will provide the following to facilitating Purdue faculty members:

Information about potential overseas partner universities
Help in negotiating one-way internship agreements with overseas partner universities if needed(see “Fees and payment” below for information on making exchange internship agreements)
Including students in Study Abroad enrollment in data base

Study Abroad will provide the following to participating students:

Information about obtaining health insurance
Predeparture orientation
Assistance in seeking funding

Credit/No credit

If the Overseas Research Internship is done as a formalized program for credit, planning needs to begin at least nine months in advance. Study Abroad will see that “Research Internship” is placed in the header of the student’s academic record for the given session. Course equivalencies (e.g. NE 397, NE 590) will be listed on the student’s transcript, with title, credits and grades. If the international research internship is not for credit, lead time is one month.

Fees and payment

The main expenses to participating students will be airfare and living expenses.

If earning credit for the Overseas Research Internship, students would be charged a fee by Purdue. And faculty planning this would need to plan this at least nine months in advance. If not earning credit, this fee would not apply. If students are graduate students with Research Assistantships then the normal tuition remit is still applicable.
The Office of Programs for Study Abroad offers a limited number of travel grants, awarded on a competitive basis. Travel grants are up to $500 and will require paid receipts reflecting direct use of personal funds.
Purdue faculty are encouraged to negotiate internship arrangements without fees. However, if an overseas partner university requires payment, the sending department at Purdue will be encouraged to either:
Pay the fees, or

Negotiate an exchange of internships, in which the department agrees to accept a student from the overseas partner university on a similar internship, if fees for both students can be waived. Purdue’s Office of International Programs can assist in facilitating exchange arrangements. Call 765-494-9399 for information.

Going Further

In the future, the Overseas Research Internship Program could be linked to other international education initiatives, such as semester exchanges, classroom-to-classroom Internet connections, or videoconferencing. If credit is being awarded for the internship by Purdue, then these credits earned could be accumulated and used by the overseas partner university to send semester exchange students to Purdue.

Questions?

Direct questions to Dr. Brian Harley, Assistant Dean for International Programs and Director of Programs for Study Abroad, bharley@purdue.edu, 765-494-8733.


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What makes this different from other education abroad programs? Graduate students and students in technical majors, as well as their faculty facilitators, will find this program appealing because it Takes place in the summer and does not disrupt required sequences of classes Offers students the chance to build research experience Has minimal administrative requirements Is tailored to the specific needs of each student, their facilitating faculty member, and their academic unit Is available for credit or for no credit, at the discretion of the Purdue academic unit involved Can be one-way or a reciprocal exchange Is relatively affordable (mainly airfare and living expenses) Can be supplemented with departmental or grant funds if necessary Allows students to have intercultural and travel experiences usually associated with study abroad programs that are not easily accessible to them The role of Purdue Faculty The Overseas Research Internship Program is faculty-controlled and faculty-driven. It benefits from the extensive networks that Purdue faculty already have with overseas peers. It allows faculty maximum flexibility as to the timing, location, duration and focus of the internships. It also allows faculty to influence the costs incurred to student participants. Steps for putting an Overseas Research Internship into action Faculty members who are interested in facilitating an internship for one of their students contact the Director of Programs for Study Abroad. They then contact a colleague at an overseas university and determine a suitable summer research project for one or more Purdue students. The facilitating faculty at Purdue and the overseas partner institution set the scope, location and duration of the research project. They also decide on the criteria and method for assessment and the amount of credit (if any) to be awarded. At least one month before a participating graduate student departs for the experience abroad, the student or the facilitating Purdue faculty member informs the Office of Programs for Study Abroad that the internship will take place, and the student is registered in the Office’s database of outbound students. The facilitating faculty at Purdue and the overseas partner institution complete the Student Enrollment Form and Internship Description and submit them to Purdue’s Office of Programs for Study Abroad. Credit, if any, is awarded at the conclusion of the internship. Study Abroad will provide the following to facilitating Purdue faculty members: Information about potential overseas partner universities Help in negotiating one-way internship agreements with overseas partner universities if needed(see “Fees and payment” below for information on making exchange internship agreements) Including students in Study Abroad enrollment in data base Study Abroad will provide the following to participating students: Information about obtaining health insurance Predeparture orientation Assistance in seeking funding Credit/No credit If the Overseas Research Internship is done as a formalized program for credit, planning needs to begin at least nine months in advance. Study Abroad will see that “Research Internship” is placed in the header of the student’s academic record for the given session. Course equivalencies (e.g. NE 397, NE 590) will be listed on the student’s transcript, with title, credits and grades. If the international research internship is not for credit, lead time is one month. Fees and payment The main expenses to participating students will be airfare and living expenses. If earning credit for the Overseas Research Internship, students would be charged a fee by Purdue. And faculty planning this would need to plan this at least nine months in advance. If not earning credit, this fee would not apply. If students are graduate students with Research Assistantships then the normal tuition remit is still applicable. The Office of Programs for Study Abroad offers a limited number of travel grants, awarded on a competitive basis. Travel grants are up to $500 and will require paid receipts reflecting direct use of personal funds. Purdue faculty are encouraged to negotiate internship arrangements without fees. However, if an overseas partner university requires payment, the sending department at Purdue will be encouraged to either: Pay the fees, or Negotiate an exchange of internships, in which the department agrees to accept a student from the overseas partner university on a similar internship, if fees for both students can be waived. Purdue’s Office of International Programs can assist in facilitating exchange arrangements. Call 765-494-9399 for information. Going Further In the future, the Overseas Research Internship Program could be linked to other international education initiatives, such as semester exchanges, classroom-to-classroom Internet connections, or videoconferencing. If credit is being awarded for the internship by Purdue, then these credits earned could be accumulated and used by the overseas partner university to send semester exchange students to Purdue. Questions? Direct questions to Dr. Brian Harley, Assistant Dean for International Programs and Director of Programs for Study Abroad, bharley@purdue.edu, 765-494-8733.
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