Call for applications

The Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal (CRÉUM) invites applications for its postdoctoral research fellowship (grant up to $36 000) for the period of the academic year 2014-2015. Subject to evaluation, the position is renewable for an additional nine months.

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The mission of the CRÉUM is to contribute to research in ethics and to the quality of graduate training in all fields of ethics from meta-ethics to applied questions.

We encourage applications from researchers working on themes related to the research axes of the CRÉUM : ethics and economics, ethics and the environment, ethics and health, ethics and politics, meta-ethics. We also admit applications from other disciplines, provided their research is directly linked to questions in ethics.

The Université de Montréal is a francophone institution. Candidates must have sufficient knowledge of the French language to be able to participate in the activities of the centre.

General rules  :

• In order to apply, candidates must have obtained their Ph.D. after April 30, 2009.
• Canadian candidates must have submitted their thesis before September 1st, 2014.
• International applicants must have defended their thesis before September 1, 2014, so they can to meet the requirements relating to issuance of visa.
• We strongly encourage applicants to apply for funding from external agencies such as the FRQ-SC or SSHRC.

The CREUM will offer to its fellows :

• A postdoctoral grant of 3 000$ per month ;
• An individual workstation ;
• Access to the services of the University of Montreal (libraries, sports center, etc.) ;
• Assistance for material organisation of the stay.

In return, the fellows are expected to  :

• Pursue the research project as submitted ;
• Participate in the Center’s activities (conferences, seminars, lectures) ;
• Using those activities to present their ongoing research to their fellow researchers.
• Be present at the Center on a regular basis.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria  :

• The nature and quality of the research project and its relevance to the mission of the CRÉUM ;
• The quality of previous research by the applicant and the potential benefits to the applicant from a stay at the centre.

Candidates should send the following documents to the CRÉUM :

• their curriculum vitae ;
• an article written or published over the last three years ;
• a research project of up to 1500 words ;
• two letters of reference (to be sent directly to the CRÉUM before the deadline) ;
• A doctoral academic transcript (if possible) ;
• The properly filled up form (see below).

Application deadline : April 30th, 2014.

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Please send your dossier, by email, to Valéry Giroux, CRÉUM coordinator, at : valery.giroux@umontreal.ca.

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