Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics

Program Description:

The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award to enable early-career faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. The program is designed to support projects that address a significant bioethics problem and extend beyond current work in bioethics, while fostering a community of Scholars and Alums committed to advancing the field.

Each year, the Foundation selects approximately three Greenwall Faculty Scholars to receive 50 percent salary support for three years to pursue a defined research project and further develop their research program.

Scholars and Alums 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 Alums, and have an opportunity to cultivate collaborative relationships across institutions and disciplines. Program Alums remain actively engaged, providing mentorship to newer Scholars and creating a sustained network for professional development, collaboration, and scholarly exchange. In addition, all first-year Scholars participate in a philosophical bioethics seminar series, and other professional development opportunities may be offered through the Program.

Award amount

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. In addition, the Foundation provides $5,000 each year for project-related expenses and travel (no indirect costs are provided for these items). 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be early-career 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 a comparable long-term research position outside a university) that permits at least 50 percent of their effort to be devoted to research.

Priority will be given to applicants who have not yet been considered for tenure or an equivalent promotion; whose research has the potential to influence clinical, biomedical, and/or public health decision-making, policy, and practice; and who demonstrate the potential to make significant contributions to the field of bioethics throughout their careers. While a demonstrated record of bioethics scholarship is advantageous, exceptional candidates with less direct experience in bioethics will also be considered when their proposed work has the potential to advance the field of bioethics.

The Greenwall Foundation values and supports diverse perspectives and encourages applications from individuals whose backgrounds and experiences are underrepresented in bioethics and academia.

Application Instructions

Please submit as one combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname:

1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
2. If the final application requires a statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, 8/12/2026. Late proposals will not be considered. A required letter of intent is due to the sponsor 9/9/2026 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee. If invited by the Foundation, full applications will be due 1/4/2027 with an OSP deadline of 12/22/2026.