Joint Appointment Processes for Purdue and Argonne National Laboratory

Purdue University and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have an institutional agreement that allows faculty from Purdue University and scientists from Argonne access to collaborative research and allows for academic appointments for ANL staff and scientific staff appointments for Purdue University faculty.

As part of the agreement, laboratory staff can teach classes at Purdue’s University, pursue joint funding opportunities, and work with faculty and students. Purdue faculty enjoy similar, reciprocal privileges.

Purdue faculty who request a joint appointment (JA) with ANL must have an ANL researcher to host the appointment. Here is the process for Purdue faculty requesting a joint appointment at ANL:

• Purdue faculty contacts ANL staff in area aligned with expertise with help (if needed) from ANL’s JA Program Office. Purdue faculty obtains agreement from ANL staff to host the JA.
• Purdue faculty contacts their Academic Unit head stating interest in proceeding with appointment application.
• Purdue faculty submits ANL’s joint appointment pre-application, joint appointment acknowledgement, and CV to ANL’s JA Program Office.
• ANL provides approved appointment letter to Purdue applicant and Purdue’s Office of Research.
• ANL provides the “ANL-JA” form which serves as the subcontract for the JA. The form is to be filled in based upon the Argonne application document and requires coordination with both Purdue and ANL finance managers if JA is funded.
• Following approval by Purdue, then Argonne, the ANL JA Office will finalize, and the JA will be in effect for two years until repeating the process for Renewal.

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) staff who request a joint appointment with Purdue University must have an academic unit supporting the appointment.

Here is the process for Argonne Scientists requesting a joint appointment at Purdue:

• ANL staff contacts Purdue faculty member in the academic unit aligned with their expertise. Purdue faculty alerts their Academic Unit head about interest from ANL.
• ANL staff submits ANL’s joint appointment pre-application to ANL’s JA Program Office for approval.
• ANL provides the “ANL-JA” form which serves as the subcontract for the JA. The form is to be filled in based upon the Argonne application document and requires coordination with both Purdue and ANL finance managers if JA is funded.
• Purdue academic unit provides recommendation on ANL request for a research faculty joint appointment to respective Dean.
• Dean provides approved appointment letter (need a template) to Purdue’s Office of Research.
• Office of Research and ANL’s JA Program Office work to finalize the ANLJA contract, obtaining approvals on both sides.

Contact Marcey Hoover, mlhoover@purdue.edu, with questions.