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Applications are open for the Fellowships for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) Medical Awards to international applicants for 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Opportunity Details
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) offers intensive, two week programs designed for graduate students and early-career professionals in the fields of Business, the Clergy, Design & Technology, Journalism, Law, and Medical that challenge participants to recognize their ethical responsibilities as future leaders and professionals with influence.
FASPE’s distinctive approach is to examine the roles and behavior of individual professionals in Germany and elsewhere between 1933 and 1945 as an initial framework for approaching ethical responsibility in the professions today. By examining the behavior and motivations of the professionals who -- by choice and action -- enabled and enacted Nazi policies, we establish the importance and urgency of professionalism and ethical leadership today.
Fellowships begin with two weeks of intense study in Germany and Poland, taking advantage of the power of place with daily seminars and dialogue at sites of historic importance, often specific to their profession. Through interdisciplinary sessions, Fellows have the benefit of learning how other professions approach ethical responsibility. Fellows also discuss how emerging technologies may impact their professions in different ways, or instances where their professions may overlap. The FASPE curriculum was designed in partnership with leading historians, ethicists, and practitioners. Each year, fellowships are led by FASPE professionals, two Faculty members (scholars and/or practitioners), and partners on the ground in Germany and Poland.
The FASPE Fellowship experience extends well beyond the two weeks in Europe. Fellows join a lifetime network, now comprised of over 900 alumni. FASPE curates and facilitates continuing conversations and learning, including through in-person gatherings; online education; participation in writing, lecturing, and symposia; and social and professional networking.
Business, Law, Design & Technology: May 23, 2025 - June 6, 2025
Medicine, Clergy & Religious Leaders, Journalism: June 20, 2025 - July 4, 2025
To view photos of the 2024 Medical program and to read about the experience, please go here.
FASPE Medical Fellows examine topics such as:
FASPE Medical applicants must fit into one of the following categories: 1) be enrolled in an MD or DO program (or equivalent) at the time of their application and anticipate completion of at least one clinical year prior to the start of the fellowship; OR 2) be enrolled in a residency program.
FASPE seeks Medical Fellows with diverse interests and backgrounds, including those pursuing careers practicing medicine, in research, or in public health.
FASPE seeks Fellows at a formative stage of their professional lives, who are open-minded and self-reflective, demonstrate leadership capabilities, and the potential of having influence in their fields. FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership, and ability to contribute to the Fellowship program and the alumni community. FASPE values and seeks to create inclusive environments, and welcomes applicants of all religious, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as gender identities. FASPE seeks Fellows who are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to discuss difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. All applications are welcome and reviewed.
Detailed Description of Application Components
1. Online form
The online cover form on Submittable will ask for basic information about you. This will include your contact information, schools you have attended and the names and contact information for those writing letters of recommendation and those serving as references.
2. Resume
Your resume should include your educational and employment history, along with any honors, awards and/or publications.
3. Transcripts
They require transcripts from all institutions of higher education where you spent significant time. (There is no need to send transcripts from a semester abroad or for a single summer course.) You may submit electronic transcripts or scans of hard copy transcripts. Screen shots of online transcripts are not acceptable. Unofficial transcripts are accepted. If you are in your first year of a program and are unable to submit a transcript because your grades are not yet reported, please submit a letter from your dean confirming your enrollment in your degree program, confirming that you are a student in good standing, and, ideally, including a list of the classes you are currently taking. Please note that a school admissions letter or a letter from your registrar that does not include your degree program is not acceptable as proof of enrollment.
4. Short Essay Questions
They require responses to short essay questions. The questions depend on program; and the requested length of each essay is indicated within the questions. Please select the link below that corresponds to the FASPE program to which you are applying, to see the questions and respective word limits
FASPE Business – Short Essay Questions
Download PDF of Business Short Essay Questions
FASPE Clergy – Short Essay Questions
Download PDF of Clergy & Religious Leaders Short Essay Questions
FASPE Design & Technology – Short Essay Questions
Download PDF of Design & Technology Short Essay Questions
FASPE Journalism – Short Essay Questions
Download PDF of Journalism Short Essay Questions
FASPE Law – Short Essay Questions
Download PDF of Law Short Essay Questions
FASPE Medical – Short Essay Questions
Download PDF of Medical Short Essay Questions
5. Letters of Recommendation
Two letters of recommendation from academic faculty are required. For those applying as students, we prefer letters from academic faculty who have taught you in your current or most recent graduate program, although we will also accept letters from faculty from previous graduate education or from your undergraduate career. For early-career professionals or those with significant and relevant professional experience, letters may also come from a supervisor or other employer. All letters of recommendation must come directly from the recommenders and are due January 9, 2025. There will be further information on the Submittable form on how recommenders can send their letters directly to us through Submittable.
If your recommenders seek guidance on what to include in their letters, please convey that we are looking for the following:
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