Impact Reports
ISF initiatives and collaborations produce real world results. View impact reports with insights into recent findings, learn why it matters, and how our work is creating meaningful impact across disciplines and sectors.
Indiana Statewide PFAS Assessment
Published in 2025, the report offers a clear, accessible overview of the current scientific understanding of PFAS and the known and emerging risks associated with their continued use. It examines how PFAS move through air, water, soil, and food systems, highlighting exposure pathways that affect human health, ecosystems, and the environment across Indiana and the broader region. Outlining key challenges and providing practical recommendations, the Indiana Statewide PFAS Assessment includes actions individuals and communities can take to reduce PFAS presence, limit exposure, and mitigate long-term impacts.
Purdue Sustainability Performance Analysis (SPA)
The Sustainability Performance Analysis (SPA) report reviews Purdue’s past and present sustainability performance as captured through STARS reporting to understand sustainability actions and to clearly and objectively identify where Purdue excels and how it might improve performance through the next STARS 3.0 submission.
NATO sponsored CPSICC Nexus Conference Summary
Held in Washington DC in 2024, the CPSICC Nexus Conference was a collaboration between ISF, NATO, Sandia National Labs, and CSIRO, convening international experts from academia, government, and national laboratories to examine how extreme threats interact with critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, and social systems. Discussions focused on how compounding hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, energy system stress, and displacement can trigger cascading failures across interconnected systems. The workshop emphasized systems-level approaches, scenario-based planning, and cross-sector collaboration to strengthen resilience, security, and deterrence through 2030 and 2050.
IN CCIA
Researchers and decision makers from across the state worked together to develop a series of reports that describe how extreme threats affect state and local interests. This assessment, from 2018-2022, provided data-driven, scientific information needed to support a strong economy, thriving communities, and healthy individuals.