The K. Danner Clouser Student Research Award provides financial assistance to medical students to complete a research project in the health humanities. The project must be designed and carried out by the student (i.e., the student cannot be participating on a faculty research project as an assistant; the award is given for an independent project designed by the student). The research project should be supervised by a primary or jointly appointed member of the Humanities faculty (requests for exceptions to this request should be included in the proposal). Descriptions of Health Humanities can be found at this website: https://healthhumanitiesconsortium.com/hhc-toolkit/definitions/.
Full-time medical students are eligible, including MD/PhD students. Selection criteria include:
(1) feasibility of the proposed research topic,
(2) student’s qualifications for and readiness to carry out the project,
(3) project’s contribution to health humanities, and
(4) support of an appropriate faculty mentor.
How to Apply:
Students wishing to be considered for a Clouser award should submit the following materials to HUM_Honorifics@pennstatehealth.psu.edu:
Description (not to exceed 1000 words) of the proposed project and its relation to the health humanities as field, statement of support from an appropriate faculty mentor, the student’s resume or CV, and budget with justification (breakdown of how the funds will be allocated).
Funds will be allocated on a rolling basis.
K. Danner Clouser was University Professor of Humanities (Philosophy) at the Penn State University College of Medicine, where he taught medical ethics and philosophy of medicine from 1968 until his retirement in 1996. Dr. Clouser was instrumental in building the first Humanities Department ever established at any medical school, and was a pioneer in the newly emerging field of bioethics. After his retirement, despite his battle with cancer, Dr. Clouser continued to write and inspire others. The Department of Humanities suffered a great loss when Dr. Clouser passed away August 14, 2000.
