Donaghue Initiative opportunities:

Research Grants
Visiting Scholar Position

Donaghue Initiative Research Grants

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Donaghue Initiative in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Ethics, Yale University
Robert J. Levine, MD, Director

The Donaghue Research Ethics Initiative invites grant applications for research projects exploring the ethics of research on human subjects.  The Initiative was established within the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics in 2003 to promote such scholarship and to disseminate new and useful knowledge for the enhancement of policy and practice.  Grants between $10,000 to $20,000 are available for investigators to study a specific ethical problem in the conduct of research on human subjects or the institutional review of human subject research proposals.  These grants are available to fund entire projects, or they can be used to add an ethical analysis component to an existing biomedical or behavioral research study. 

Interested applicants should send a CV and a statement of interest, not exceeding two pages, which includes:

a) brief background about the relevance of the proposal to the protection of human subjects, 

b) a clear statement of the research question(s) you are posing, 

c) a description of the methodology you will use, both to conduct the study and to provide an ethical analysis of the results of  the study. To help with this last item, you should consider working in consultation with a bioethicist.  Our program will be willing to assist you in finding someone qualified.

We may request a full proposal following a review of your statement of interest. 

Preference will be given to proposals that emphasize analytical methodology, as well as to those that relate to the work of any of the working research groups at the Center for Bioethics, descriptions of which can be found at www.yale.edu/bioethics.  Preference will be given to projects that are relevant to research conducted in Connecticut, research conducted by Connecticut-based researchers, or research reviewed by Connecticut IRBs. 

The deadline for completed research proposals is November 30, 2006.  For full feedback on your initial project description, please send it at least three weeks in advance of deadlines. 

Electronic communication preferred. 

Please send application materials and any questions to:

Julius Landwirth, MD, JD
Assoc Director, Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Donaghue Initiative in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Ethics
PO Box 208209
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: 203-432-5448
Email: julius.landwirth@yale.edu
 

Donaghue Visiting Scholar position:

Donaghue Initiative in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Ethics
Robert J. Levine, MD, Director

The Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics invites applications for a one-year position as Visiting Scholar in its Donaghue Initiative in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Ethics.  The Donaghue Initiative was established in 2003 to promote scholarship on the ethical aspects and implications of research with human subjects, to conduct research on these topics, and to disseminate new and useful knowledge for the enhancement of policy and practice.  The Visiting Scholar will begin his/her term in the fall semester of 2006.

The Scholar will have an opportunity to pursue his/her own research project on issues related to the ethics of research on human subjects.  The scope and timeline of the project should lead to publication.  Priority will be given to applications which emphasize analytical methodology, though empirical studies may be considered.

Candidates will be expected to commit a reasonable amount of time to participation in Bioethics Project working groups, and to various teaching functions.  Priority will be given to candidates whose areas of interest fit with those of one or more working groups.  Descriptions of the working groups can be found at www.yale.edu/bioethics.

Candidates are expected to hold doctorate degrees, to have clear academic career goals, and to spend the time of their appointment in residence at Yale University.

Applications must include:

1) Resume showing scholarly activity in the field of bioethics.

2) Statement describing the development of your interest in research ethics and in the subject of your project.

3) A brief description of a proposed research project that addresses an important question concerning ethical aspects of the conduct or institutional review of research involving human subjects.

The deadline for applications is November 30, 2006.

Electronic communication preferred.  Please send application materials and any questions to:

Julius Landwirth, MD, JD
Associate Director, Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Donaghue Initiative for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Ethics
P.O. Box 208209
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: (203) 432-5448
Email: julius.landwirth@yale.edu