Hackworth Grants for Student Research in Applied Ethics

Undergraduate and graduate students at Santa Clara University are invited to apply for grants to support research on applied ethics funded by an endowment from Michael and Joan Hackworth to the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

Grants will be made to support student research that results in a paper or project undertaken in connection with the fulfillment of the requirements of a student's studies at SCU. Applications are encouraged from all departments and schools of the University.

Grants will be made to support purchase of materials or access to databases, travel or lodging expenses, or other legitimate expenses that make the student research possible.

Grant applications may be submitted to Hackworth Grants Committee at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, or to David DeCosse, director of campus ethics, at ddecosse@scu.edu.

• A 500-word description of the project.
• A budget.
• A letter of support from a faculty member who will oversee the research.
• A transcript of your Santa Clara University student record. If you are a transfer student, please also include a transcript from your previous college experience.
• If you are in your first year of graduate school at SCU, please include your undergraduate transcript.
• A resume.

Applications should make explicit the ethical aspect of the project. This can be done, for instance, by explaining how a proposal in philosophy aims at clarifying key ethical values or theories at stake in an important ethical debate. This can also be done, for instance, by explaining how a proposal in sociology intends to categorize or shed light on assumptions about ethical values that are influential in understanding a particular social problem. These suggestions about making explicit the ethical component of the project are only meant as examples. Hackworth Grants are available for a wide variety of projects with explicit ethical significance. Where relevant, the application should include documentation about sources. If you have questions about clarifying the ethical aspect of a project, please contact David DeCosse, director of campus ethics, at ddecosse@scu.edu or 554-5715.

An email request for applications will be sent out early in the Fall and Spring Quarters. Fall Quarter applications will be due in early December; Spring Quarter applications will be due in late May. Specific due dates for applications will be announced in the email requests for applications.

Grants awards will be made by the end of the Fall and Spring Quarters.

Grant applications will be evaluated by a committee of faculty affiliated with the Ethics Center.

• Application (pdf)
• Article on Previous Hackworth Grant Winners
  
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2003
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Winter 2003
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Winter 2004
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2004
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Winter 2005
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2005
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Fall 2005
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2006
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Fall 2006
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2007
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Fall 2007
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2008
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2009
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Winter 2010
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2010
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Winter 2011
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Spring 2012
• Hackworth Research Grant Winners Fall 2012