Programs for Students and Visiting Scholars

Programs for Students and Visiting Scholars

The Hastings Center offers several programs for students and visiting scholars.

The Hastings Center Summer Bioethics Program for Undergraduates is a five-day live online program opportunity for undergraduates who are interested in bioethics issues and related careers who have limited opportunities for bioethics training. Admission to this program is by application.

The Hastings Center Sadler Scholars are a select group of doctoral students and early-career scholars interested in bioethics research careers.

During their cohort year, each Sadler Scholar gives a work-in-progress talk for feedback from Hastings Center staff scholars and editors and the Sadler Scholar community. Workshops and discussions on career development, publication, and professional flourishing are also part of the cohort year. All current and former Sadler Scholars have access to one-on-one mentoring sessions with program advisors and to other activities.

Admission to the Sadler Scholars program is by application during the dissertation phase of a research doctoral program. June 5, 2026 is the Final date to receive applications for the 2026-27 Sadler Scholars cohort.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Mentorship Program is aone-year remote opportunity for project-focused mentorship for early-career bioethics researchers in low and middle income countries and territories (LMICs). During their cohort year, early-career researchers from LMICs are paired with mentors selected from the Society of Fellows of The Hastings Center, for focused work on a project to advance the researcher’s professional goals.

Admission to the SNF Global Bioethics Mentorship Program is by application.

The Hastings Center offers short-term stays to scholars who have well-developed writing or editing projects underway. Admission to this program is by application.

The Hastings Center’s longstanding collaboration with the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics includes an annual seminar for participants in Yale’s Sherwin

B. Nuland Summer Institute in Bioethics.

The Hastings Center occasionally hosts graduate students for supervised fieldwork placements, based on the needs of staff scholars and editors. The Hastings Center does not offer internships for undergraduate or high school students.