Brief Description:

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.

Harvard University, as a single institution, may nominate one (1) proposal for this opportunity.

Applicants who hold a primary appointment at HMS, or one of the affiliated hospitals, must apply to the internal competition facilitated by the HMS Foundation Funds office.

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is facilitating the internal application and selection process.

Successful applicants will receive 50% salary support for three years in order to enable them to develop their research program. Applicants must be junior faculty members holding a faculty appointment that allows at least 50% of their effort to perform research.

Application Information:

Applicants are asked to submit the following:

(this information will appear again on the applicant's electronic dashboard)

• Proposal Title
• Single paragraph summary of proposal in layperson's terms
• A research proposal of not more than three (3) pages, single spaced, 12 pt. font min, one inch margins, emphasizing:

1. The significance of the work proposed
2. How the research will be carried out
3. How likely the research is to have an impact on public policy, biomedical research, or clinical care 

• A current CV. Five pages, single spaced, max.
• A letter from the applicant's Department Chair acknowledging that, if successfully awarded a Greenwall Faculty Scholarship the awardee will devote 50% of their time to their proposed research.

Additional Information, Related Websites, and Proxy Instructions:

• Additional information about the Greenwall Faculty Scholars 2020 opportunity is available on the Greenwall Foundation website.

• Applicants with questions should contact the Research Administration office at the school where they hold a primary appointment.

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