Become a Faculty Partner of the Center for Families

At the Center for Families, we believe that research has the power to transform lives. Our Faculty Partner Program connects faculty across disciplines to CFF’s initiatives, resources, and community engagement, creating opportunities to extend the impact of your work.

Faculty Partners link their research and expertise to CFF’s activities, connecting individual scholarship to a broader, collaborative focus on families. Through this partnership, faculty:

• Collaborate Across Disciplines: Work with other researchers, practitioners, and community partners to address complex family issues.
• Increase Visibility: Showcase your research and expertise through CFF events, publications, and outreach efforts.
• Enhance Real-World Impact: Apply your scholarship to programs, initiatives, and policies that directly support families.

Joining as a Faculty Partner offers a unique chance to make your research more collaborative, visible, and meaningful. Together, we can advance family-focused scholarship that makes a difference in communities.

See who is already a CFF Faculty Partner!

Ready to become a Faculty Partner?

Complete the profile page.

You can complete the profile page here, or email your interest in becoming a faculty partner to cff@purdue.edu​. If you submit a profile page, center staff will contact you to confirm your partnership.

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Amplify the impact and awareness of your research by affiliating it with the center. Simply check the box on your proposal transmittal form before submission. Doing so allows you to tap into the center’s resources, too.

Unlock the advantages

• Compete for annual faculty fellowships and student support awards, with Faculty Partners and their graduate students receiving preference for select funding, fellowships, and internships.
• Gain priority consideration when self-nominating publications for the Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families.
• Attend exclusive events, including the Annual Breakfast, where you will be specially recognized alongside Deans, Department Heads, and donors.
• Collaborate with Center for Families staff to elevate your scholarship, expand its reach beyond academia, and connect with policymakers, practitioners, and donors to enhance real-world influence.
• Work alongside Center staff to engage in current CFF initiatives, discover collaborative possibilities, and draw on available resources to strengthen your scholarship and its impact.
• Contribute in leadership or review capacities, such as:
  • Center for Families Advisory Council
  • Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families Review Committee
  • Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research Review Committee
  • Annual CFF Funding Program Review Committee