ARGE Research Assistantship

Revised January 2026

COMPETITIVE ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE COA, HHS AND VET

ARGE Research Assistantship

The purpose of the Agriculture Research Graduate Research Assistantship Program is to attract and support promising graduate students who graduated from a U.S. high school that demonstrate the ability to contribute to a campus community of scholars where a wealth of perspectives, abilities, backgrounds, and experiences are welcomed, respected, and valued to our graduate programs in the Colleges of Agriculture, Health and Human Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University and that are aligned with research and education priorities of USDA-NIFA.

Due to the source of funds mentors for students must be part of a Hatch or Multistate Hatch project. The first year of the ARGE Research Assistantships is covered at $30K. Subsequent 3 years must be covered by dept/faculty at the same or higher stipend level assuming adequate progress.

Each entity should have a review process that all nominations must go through before being submitted, only two nominations per entity can be submitted for an ARGE Research Assistantship. Nominations will be reviewed as they are received, offers may be awarded prior to the deadline to ensure offers are not delayed. The nomination window closes on March 1, 2026, please go through your graduate program to submit nomination.

If the recruit decides to decline the offer from Purdue, then the offer to receive an ARGE Research Assistantship will be extended to the most highly ranked individual in the nomination pool.