It is not expected that Orr Fellowship recipients will have an educational background in bioethics; rather, the program provides an opportunity to further engage the aims of character formation and development of vocational calling, thinking Christianly about what it means to be human and how this should impact the realms of science, medicine and technology.
The Fellowship will greatly broaden the student’s educational experience, pressing deeper into the question of what kind of person we should become given God’s creational structure and the integration of the physical and spiritual realms. During their time, students will complete a research project which can count as an Honors College seminar credit.
This position pays $10/hour, and up to $4,000 per year. We are looking for someone to fill a 10-month position with a two-year commitment, with the potential to work some of this time remotely; however, consideration will be given to exceptional candidates with prior commitments that inhibit this. Strong candidates for the fellowship will be talented Honors College students who have shown remarkable academic performance and who also demonstrate strong research potential and an interest in the implications of biblical and theological perspectives for engaging issues at the intersection of medicine, science, technology, and our common humanity.
Orr Fellowship recipients will be provided with free books and other resources to equip them with a core knowledge of Christian bioethics. An average of 10 hours per week will be spent with The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD), a leading Christian bioethics research center, with time split between research for the student's Honor's College credit, along with work assisting with the production of CBHD’s church-directed forum, Intersections, and performing and other tasks for the Center.
The position is currently open, and we are accepting applications.
