The Centre for Research in Ethics (CRE) launches its scholarship competition for the academic year 2024-2025. The Centre is offering five (5) scholarships worth $8,000 each. These scholarships are intended for graduate students working under the supervision of a coresearcher (regular member) of the Center, who are in the research stage of their master’s or doctoral degrees. The scholarships will be accompanied by a formal obligation for the recipients to participate in the activities of the Center, to present their work in a student seminar, as well as to co-organize an international academic conference, to be held in the Spring 2024. This important scientific activity will require scholarship recipients to be available for hybrid meetings throughout the academic year and to participate in person to the conference. Members of the organizing committee are expected to be dynamic and to show leadership and initiative.

The mission of the CRE is to contribute to interdisciplinary research and to the excellence of education in the areas of theoretical and applied ethics. We encourage applications from students working in various disciplines, provided that their research subject is directly related to ethical issues (including, but not limited to: foundations of ethics and its main concepts, normative dimensions of professional ethics, public policy and social practices in areas such as health, law, management of the natural and human environment, trade, social and cultural diversity, artificial intelligence, etc.). The CRÉ is a bilingual interuniversity research group. Anglophones and francophones are welcome.

To submit an application, the following documents must be provided:

• a completed application form;
• a cover letter;
• a project description (max 1000 words);
• transcripts for graduate studies;
• a curriculum vitae;
• one letter of recommandation (directly sent by the referee to CRE by email to valery.giroux@umontreal.ca, before deadline).

Candidates who are the most advanced in the writing of their dissertation or thesis will be given priority. Although scholarships can be accumulated, the scholarship may not be granted more than once for the same research project. Research projects that are not already well funded may be given preference.

Everything must be submitted no later than Friday, October 4, 2024.

The application (.pdf files) must be sent by email to: valery.giroux@umontreal.ca.

You should receive an acknowledgment of receipt within 48hrs following delivery of your file. If you don’t, you must contact Valery Giroux by email (valerygiroux@gmail.com).