Purdue University announced plans on Wednesday to invest $250 million in life sciences research.
Purdue president and former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels says the school will hire additional faculty, including professors of neuroscience, plant, drug and immunological sciences.
"We are already seeing important results," Daniels said in a press statement. "Forty Purdue-developed drugs are in the pipeline, the university achieved a record $401 million in sponsored research funding this past year, and many strategic partnerships with national labs and private-sector companies have been forged."
The move is part of wider fundraising and development initiatives announced last Fall.