Funder: Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (University of Notre Dame)
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $80,000 salary support, $1,000 annual research allowance, and eligible housing support; academic-year or fall-semester fellowship
Summary: Supports substantial interdisciplinary research on faith-informed ethical approaches to powerful AI through the DELTA framework.
Key Information: Fellows must reside in South Bend, work full time at ECG, and participate in required seminars and events.
Description
The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (ECG) at the University of Notre Dame supports scholars pursuing substantial interdisciplinary research on faith-based ethical approaches to powerful artificial intelligence. The fellowship centers on DELTA—Dignity, Embodiment, Love, Transcendence, and Agency—a framework rooted in Christian values that asks what formation people need to flourish amid technological disruption.
Projects may draw on diverse religious traditions and methods to examine AI design, use, and governance; faith communities’ engagement with AI; religious responses to technological change; or moral formation and character development in AI systems. Comparative work across traditions is welcome. The program seeks rigorous, creative research that moves beyond safety, privacy, and transparency to address deeper ethical questions, while making its insights accessible to interdisciplinary audiences and the wider public.
