The Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics for Central and Eastern Europe is preparing to recruit its fifth cohort of trainees and we are seeking your help in recruiting promising candidates. We are looking for individuals who are currently involved in administering, conducting or teaching research methods or research ethics in low- and middle-income Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the Central Asian Republics. Previous Program fellows have been bioethicists, biomedical scientists, ethics committee members, lawyers, managers, nurses, philosophers, physicians, researchers and social scientists. We can only accept candidates from countries in Central and Eastern Europe or Central Asia that are considered to be low or middle income according to the World Bank. Applicants must be current residents of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Applications from residents of other countries cannot be considered at this time. The program is a seven-course (approximately 16 month) graduate-level program in international research ethics. Most of the courses occur online, but Fellows attend two on-site courses: an eight-day Proseminar in Vilnius, Lithuania (scheduled for August 17-24, 2014) and a weeklong practicum/capstone the following summer (dates and location TBD). The Program provides support for travel to these two on-site courses, as well as books, Internet access, and an additional stipend to cover the costs of an individual research project. Upon successful completion of their certificate, outstanding graduates from the Certificate Program may also be invited to enroll (with a full scholarship) in the Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where they can receive a Masters of Science in Bioethics upon completion of six additional courses. The basic admission requirements for applicants are as follows: They must be fluent (speaking, reading, writing) in English. They must have access to an up-to-date computer with Internet connection. They must hold a degree beyond the BA or diploma and have substantial administrative, teaching, research, or clinical experience relevant to research ethics. They must provide evidence of ability to implement the results of their education. Applications are due March 31, 2014. Potential applicants who want more information, or who want to start to application process, can do so on our website (researchethicseurope).
Posted on: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:48:57 +0000