Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics

Sponsor: The Greenwall Foundation
Internal Deadline: 08/07/2026
Institutional Submission Limit: 1
Sponsor Deadline: 09/09/2026
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Program Overview

The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award that enables early-career faculty members to conduct innovative bioethics research. The program supports projects that address significant bioethics problems, extend beyond existing work in the field and have the potential to influence clinical, biomedical and/or public health decision-making, policy and practice.

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

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Be early-career faculty members.


• Hold a faculty appointment, or comparable long-term research position, that permits at least 50 percent of their professional effort to be devoted to research.


• Be able to devote at least 50 percent effort to the proposed Faculty Scholars project during the three-year award period.

Priority will be given to applicants who:

• Have not yet been considered for tenure or an equivalent promotion.


• Propose research with the potential to influence clinical, biomedical and/or public health decision-making, policy or practice.


• Demonstrate the potential to make significant contributions to bioethics throughout their careers.


• A demonstrated record of bioethics scholarship

Award Information

The award provides:

• 50 percent of the Scholar’s salary, up to the NIH salary cap, and associated benefits for three years.


• $5,000 per year for project-related expenses and travel.

Program Priorities and Review Criteria

Competitive proposals should:

• Address an important and timely bioethics issue in an innovative manner.


• Clearly demonstrate how the proposed work will advance beyond existing scholarship.


• Engage rigorously and creatively with the conceptual and normative ethical dimensions of the issue.


• Explain how the research could affect clinical, biomedical and/or public health decision-making, policy or practice.


• Demonstrate the applicant’s commitment to bioethics and potential to contribute to and benefit from the Faculty Scholars community.

Prior bioethics scholarship is an important component of the review process. Applicants invited to submit a full proposal will be required to provide a first- or sole-authored, peer-reviewed bioethics article or book chapter that has been published or is in press.

Activities Not Supported

The Foundation does not support:

• Projects focused primarily on bioethics education, institutional change or quality improvement.


• Theoretical ethics research without a clear connection to pressing real-world challenges in clinical, biomedical or public health decision-making, policy or practice.


• Survey-based or qualitative research that merely touches on a bioethics issue without a strong conceptual component and thoughtful analysis of the ethical implications.


• Basic science research, even when the research may have bioethics implications.


• Pure advocacy projects or projects designed to support predetermined conclusions.

Submission Process

Internal Submission Process

The Greenwall Foundation will consider only one applicant from the University of South Carolina. Interested faculty members should combine the following materials into a single PDF and email the document to Corporate and Foundation Relations at USCCFR@sc.edu by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, August 7, 2026:

• Project and Candidate Statement, limited to four pages. The statement should include:
• A description of the proposed research and its significance.
• An explanation of how the research will be conducted.
• A description of how the work is likely to affect clinical, biomedical and/or public health decision-making, policy or practice.
• A personal statement describing the applicant’s goals and professional trajectory in bioethics.
• An explanation of how the proposed project advances beyond existing research on the topic.
• For empirical projects, a concise description of the methods, data collection and analysis plan, and the resources available to support research costs not covered by the award.
• Curriculum vitae

 

Questions regarding the internal competition may be directed to Jenni Asman, Senior Director of Foundation Relations, at asmanj@mailbox.sc.edu.