The Innovation for International Development Lab (I2D Lab) under the Office of Global Engineering Programs (GEP) aims to foster a vibrant community of faculty, staff, and students working with international partners to address grand challenges in international development based on engineering innovations and market-driven approaches. This includes research, design, adaptation, and field-testing of appropriate technologies and services that have a strong scaling potential as solutions for energy access, healthcare, water and sanitation, labor-saving innovations, and disaster/humanitarian response.

Purdue's Center for Global Food Security (CGFS) is taking up the challenges associated with the rising demand for food, feed, and energy with current technology and agricultural resources and helping to ensure that we have enough food, feed, and fuel for the 21st century and beyond. The Center is gearing to mobilize and focus the talent pool of its faculty and partners on the evolving challenges arising from the interactions among agricultural production and food systems with climate change, energy demand and supply, policy responses, population growth, and the associated development pressures.

I2D Lab and CGFS encourage cross-College collaborations on the Priority Challenge Topics listed in the attached pages which have been co-developed with international partners: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Indiana University-led Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH). Furthermore, Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship (BDMCE) will provide additional support for proposals with strong entrepreneurship components.