The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
is a career development award to enable junior faculty members to carry
out innovative bioethics research. It supports research that goes beyond
current work in
bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical,
biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice, and
creates a community that enhances future bioethics research by Scholars
and Alumni/ae.
Scholars and Alumni/ae attend twice-yearly
meetings, where they present their works in progress, receive feedback
and mentoring from the Faculty Scholars Program Committee and other
Scholars and Alumni/ae, and have the opportunity to develop
collaborations with other researchers. Ongoing involvement of Alumni/ae
with the Program provides continued opportunities for professional
development and feedback, and engages them in mentoring of junior
Scholars.
Eligibility: Applicants must be junior faculty members at a
university or non-profit research institute that has tax-exempt status
in the United States. Applicants must hold a faculty appointment (or
other long-term research
position outside a university) that allows at least 50 percent of their
effort to perform research (often this is a faculty position with at
least a 60 percent appointment in a tenure-track position or its
equivalent). Priority will be given to applicants who have not yet been
considered for tenure or an equivalent promotion; whose research will
have an impact on clinical, biomedical, and public health
decision-making, policy, and practice; and who will make important
contributions to the field of bioethics over their careers.
Anticipated funding: The award supports 50 percent of a Scholar’s salary
plus benefits for three years, up to the NIH salary cap, with 10 percent
institutional costs for the salary and benefits. This funding is
intended to ensure that at
least 50 percent of the Scholar’s time is devoted to bioethics
research. In addition, the Foundation provides $5,000 each year for
limited project support and travel (no indirect costs are provided for
these items). |