Doctoral Fellowships

Update: 2025-2026 Applications are open!

Centre for Ethics

C4E Doctoral Fellowships

2025-26

We invite applications for the C4E Doctoral Fellows Program at the Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, during the 2025-26 academic year. We are looking for outstanding graduate students at the University of Toronto with research interests that align with the C4E’s mission as an interdisciplinary centre aimed at advancing research and teaching in the field of ethics, broadly defined. Please consult our website and YouTube channel to get a sense of the variety of and activities at the Centre. Please indicate if you are interested in participating in the Race, Ethics, and Power (REP) project with REP Project Director, Prof. William Paris. Applicants who want to work specifically on the REP project should indicate their interest in the cover letter.

Additional opportunities might be open for graduate students interested in our new project on Algorithm Bias. If you are interested in participating in a project on this topic, please indicate in your cover letter.

Graduate Fellows receive a stipend of $2,500 for the academic year. Fellows will have work space at the Centre for Ethics, with access to a printer and photocopying facilities. Fellows are expected, throughout the term of their fellowship, to be in residence at the Centre for Ethics and to actively participate in the Centre’s intellectual life by attending and helping to plan Centre events and activities, and taking advantage of the Centre’s resources, platforms, and outlets. They may suggest and invite speakers, start reading groups, and organize discussions of emerging public ethics issues, among other initiatives. All fellows are expected to attend and take turns presenting their work at the Ethics at Noon series, which takes place every other Wednesday, 12-2 PM, during the Fall and Winter term (as well as other events at the Centre to the extent possible).

Candidates should submit the following materials (in one PDF file):

• A short description (no more than one page) of your interests in the field of ethics, broadly defined, and the activities of the Centre for Ethics; please indicate specifically if you would like to be considered for the Race, Ethics, and Power project;

• Graduate transcript;

• Dissertation proposal

• Curriculum vitae

Please submit your application materials in PDF format as one file, using the naming convention “LastnameFirstname_DF_2025.” Please send complete applications to Ellen Ough, Centre Administrator, ethics@utoronto.ca.

Applications due: August 01, 2025