Graduate Student Programs - The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Be part of a dynamic community of faculty, students, and practitioners grappling with the critical ethical dilemmas of our time.

Engaging with Ethics

The Kenan Institute offers graduate students a range of opportunities to research and engage with ethical questions. In particular we offer four annual fellowship opportunities. In addition, there are also a range of graduate student working groups in each of the Institute’s initiatives and programs.

Signature programs

Graduate Student Fellowships

Each year, the Kenan Institute for Ethics awards fellowships to outstanding graduate students at Duke University.

Graduate Arts Fellowship

Offered annually to one student in the final year of their Duke Master of Fine Arts training.

Teaching on Purpose

Teaching on Purpose is a fellowship program that prepares doctoral students as educators who are committed to helping today’s undergraduates lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Technically Right

This program advances ethical tech policy, privacy, and innovation by engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration and research, offering courses for undergraduates and graduate students, and creating opportunities for dialogue and interaction across academia, government, industry, and civil society.