Faculty Scholars Program

The request for proposals for the 2024-2025 application cycle is now closed. We will announce the 2025-2026 cycle in Summer 2025.

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What is the Faculty Scholars Program?

The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award to enable early-career 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.

Each year, the Foundation selects approximately three Greenwall Faculty Scholars to receive 50 percent salary support for three years to enable them to carry out a specific research proposal and develop their research program. 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 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.

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. The ongoing involvement of Alumni/ae with the Program provides them ongoing opportunities for professional development and feedback and engages them in mentoring of younger Scholars.

In 2022, the Foundation marked the twentieth anniversary of the Faculty Scholars Program. Read more about the celebration on our blog.

The Program Committee provides oversight and direction for the Program and is involved not only with selection of the Scholars but also with mentoring and professional development activities.

Questions about the Program should be directed to Kyle Ruempler at [email protected].

Faculty Scholars Program Committee

I. Glenn Cohen, JD

Christine Grady, MSN, PhD

Michelle Groman, JD

Anthony Ryan Hatch, PhD

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil

Amy Lynn McGuire, JD, PhD, Chair

Douglas B. White, MD

Request for Proposals

Read the most recent RFP to learn more about the application process.

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Scholars Class of 2027

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBe

Class of 2027 University of Michigan Medical School

Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME

Class of 2027 Duke University

Tyler Tate, MD, MA

Class of 2027 Stanford University

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Frequently Asked Questions

When does the Foundation post the request for proposals (RFP) for the Faculty Scholars Program?

Faculty Scholars Program grants are awarded once a year; the RFP is typically posted in July. Please check the Faculty Scholars Program page to review the current or previous RFP and find additional instructions on how to apply.
How should institutions select their applicant to the Faculty Scholars Program?

Only one applicant from a university or non-profit research institute will be considered in each Faculty Scholars Program application cycle. The Foundation does not require specific institutional processes, but does require an institutional letter briefly describing the applicant selection process. Institutions often employ processes such as: institution-wide advertisement of the funding opportunity; establishment of transparent selection criteria; and committee review of Letter of Intent and/or other relevant materials.
I am in a non-tenure track position at my institution. Am I still eligible to apply to the Faculty Scholars Program?

Yes, you are eligible. However, the Program Committee will look at evidence of long-term institutional commitment to you when considering your application. For example: If your extramural funding runs out, what will happen to your position? Are you required to get additional extramural funding to do research? Is your position terminated if there are no extramural funds? If invited to submit a full application, your Department Chair and Dean will need to respond to these issues, as well as whether your institution has faculty positions that guarantee at least part of a faculty member’s salary.
I recently received tenure. Am I still eligible to apply to the Faculty Scholars Program?

Yes, you are eligible; however, there is a strong presumption in favor of applicants who have not yet had a tenure decision. Moreover, the Program Committee takes into account the applicant’s career stage, and those further along in their careers are expected to have stronger applications.
I already have more than 50% salary support or might have more than 50% salary support in future years. Am I still eligible to apply to the Faculty Scholars Program?

Yes, you are eligible. When a Scholar has other funding and does not require salary support for 50% effort on his/her project, the Foundation will consider a request to reallocate funds to purposes tightly related to the Scholar’s project. The Scholar is nonetheless expected to devote 50% effort to the project and the funds are intended to be used within three years.
Does the Foundation award grants to institutions outside the United States?

Yes, but such institutions must have tax-exempt status in the United States. Applicant institutions must provide the Foundation with a letter of determination from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Equivalency determinations will not be accepted.
Can I get feedback about a potential project from the Foundation before I submit a grant application?

In order to be fair to all applicants, the Foundation cannot give feedback or technical advice on specific proposals or drafts before a letter of intent is submitted and reviewed.
Does the Foundation award no-cost extensions? How do I apply for one?

Yes, the Foundation allows one no-cost extension per award for a maximum of 12 months, absent exceptional circumstances. To apply, please contact the Foundation directly once you anticipate the need for an extension.

The Greenwall Foundation is dedicated to the integrity and impartiality of the grantmaking process and wishes to dispel even perceptions of conflicts of interest. Relationships that are conflicts of interest, which require Directors and Committee members to recuse themselves from voting on grant proposals, include an affiliation with a grantee institution, a current mentoring or collaborative relationship with an applicant, or a personal relationship with an applicant. To review the Foundation's Conflict of Interest Policy with respect to grants, please click here.