Purdue University is rapidly responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing existing research efforts, launching new research efforts, providing support to our larger community of health care workers, and providing just-in-time information to enable the continuation of critical on-campus research. Faculty from 19 different research groups are ramping up their COVID-19 research with projects ranging from understanding the infection process, development of diagnostic tools, and development of therapeutics and inhibitors. Faculty and staff have mobilized 11 large scale efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide direct support to rural communities and local healthcare providers by donating and developing PPE. There are currently 17 pending proposals for new research related to COVID-19, focused on understanding the spread, patient recovery, impact on infrastructure, detection methods, treatments. All research support personnel and services have responded to the call to action by developing various COVID-19 related forms and websites to collect and share up-to-date information such as funding opportunities, critical on-campus research continuity information, federal agency information, and rapid proposal submission. There is a growing list of faculty (over 30) that have self-identified as having expertise applicable to understanding, preventing, treating, and overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic.