Call for applications

The Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ) located at Université de Montréal invites applications for its postdoctoral research fellowship (grant up to $36 000) for the period of the academic year 2015-2016. Subject to evaluation, the position is renewable for an additional nine months.

The mission of the CRÉ is to contribute to research in ethics and to the quality of graduate training in all fields of ethics from meta-ethics to applied questions. We encourage applications from researchers working on themes related to the research axes of the CRÉ : ethics and economics, ethics and the environment, ethics and health, ethics and politics, meta-ethics. We also admit applications from other disciplines, provided their research is directly linked to questions in ethics. CRÉ is an interuniversity Center. Candidates must have sufficient knowledge of the French and English languages to be able to participate in the activities of the centre.

General rules  :

• In order to apply, candidates must have obtained their Ph.D. after April 30, 2010.
• Canadian candidates must have submitted their thesis before September 1st, 2015.
• International applicants must have defended their thesis before September 1, 2015, so they can to meet the requirements relating to issuance of visa.
• We strongly encourage applicants to apply for funding from external agencies such as the FRQ-SC or SSHRC.

The CRÉ will offer to its fellows :

• A postdoctoral grant of 3 000$ per month ;
• An individual workstation ;
• Access to the services of a university (libraries, sports center, etc.) ;
• Assistance for material organisation of the stay.

In return, the fellows are expected to  :

• Pursue the research project as submitted ;
• Participate in the Center’s activities (conferences, seminars, lectures) ;
• Using those activities to present their ongoing research to their fellow researchers.
• Be present at the Center on a regular basis.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria  :

• The nature and quality of the research project and its relevance to the mission of the CRÉ ;
• The quality of previous research by the applicant and the potential benefits to the applicant from a stay at the centre.

Candidates should send the following documents to the CRÉ :

• their curriculum vitae ;
• an article written or published over the last three years ;
• a research project of up to 1500 words ;
• two letters of reference (to be sent directly to the CRÉ before the deadline) ;
• A doctoral academic transcript (if possible) ;
• The properly filled out form (see below).

Application deadline : April 30th, 2015.

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Please send your dossier, by email, to Valéry Giroux, CRÉ coordinator, at : valery.giroux@umontreal.ca. If you or your respondants do not receive acknowlegment within 24hrs, please call (514) 343-6111 #2958.

• Postdoctoral fellowship form