About
Established in 1982 by a group of Dartmouth faculty interested in issues of applied and professional ethics, the Ethics Institute seeks to advance the study and teaching of ethics throughout the Dartmouth community through public programming, fellowships, funding for research and teaching, and an ethics across the curriculum course guide. The Institute considers a range of methodologies (e.g., normative, empirical, historical, humanistic) to be important to advancing ethics.
Ethics Across the Curriculum
Normative questions are at the core of the study of ethics. This includes not just those working in moral and political philosophy but those who also study legal institutions and norms, religious ethics, health care ethics, welfare economics and a range of other topics and issues. The Institute seeks to build upon this core as it affirms an ecumenical definition of "ethics," one that intersects with a range of disciplines across the Dartmouth curriculum.
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Applications due November 1, 2026
Law and Ethics Fellowship Program
The Law and Ethics fellowship program is a three-term fellowship that introduces students to the study and application of ethics and the law.
2027 Winter term deadline October 23, 2026
Phillips Family Student Professional Development Internship
Phillips Family Student Professional Development Internships fund currently enrolled students for unpaid internships, conferences, and workshops related to ethics.
2027 Winter Term Deadline October 23, 2026
Sayles Student Research Grants
The Ethics Institute seeks to advance Dartmouth's unique teacher scholar model by providing graduate and undergraduate students funds to work on a research project under the supervision of a Dartmouth faculty advisor.
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Inaugural Annual Retreat
Fellows participate in a retreat for faculty engaged in research on ethics, broadly understood, to advance their own research and writing, to experience and make connections with the Dartmouth academic community, and to recharge on campus and in the outdoors.
Annual Retreats