Personal Consultations Fellows & Interns Program

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The Personal Consultations Department offers internship and fellowship opportunities for those seeking practical experience in one or more of its four activity areas:

Fielding consults - responding to consultation requests by email or phone
Content curation - organizing existing consultation resources, creating new resources, in-depth review of consultation content, research with a view to formulating new guidance or refining existing NCBC guidance, publication of articles or books related to consultation content, and similar
Operations - coordination of the consultation calendar, policies and procedures, orientation, contracts, record keeping, consultation data tracking and analysis, website management, and similar
Personal engagement - collecting and responding to consultation feedback; digital marketing, media, social media, and other ways of reaching larger audiences; communications with potential and existing benefactors or other supporters; fielding information requests related to the Personal Consultations Department; and similar

Interested in an internship or Fellowship?

If you’d like more information or to submit an application, please complete this form. After submission, additional information will be requested to complete the application process.

Name

First Name

Last Name

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Reason for submission:

Preferred activity area(s)

Fielding consults

Content curation

Operations

Personal engagement

Are you currently an individual or student member of NCBC?

NCBC membership is not required for eligibility as a fellow or intern but is preferred. It demonstrates alignment with and support of NCBC's mission.

Have you completed NCBC's National Catholic Certification in Health Care Ethics?

Completion of certification is not required for eligibility as a fellow or intern but is preferred. It demonstrates familiarity with fundamental bioethical principles, topics the NCBC regularly addresses, and the basics of how NCBC navigates bioethical questions.

About yourself and your interest

Internships

Interns are unpaid and must commit to at least 5 hours per week for a period of 3 months or more. Beyond these basic parameters, internships are flexible and the terms will be finalized with the Personal Consultations Director. Internships may be renewed. Internships are fully remote, but interns are always welcome to visit in person. All internships, even those with a focus on operations or personal engagement, involve a component of mentorship on bioethical issues from the Personal Consultations Director.

Eligibility

All applicants must be faithful, practicing Catholics committed to magisterial fidelity.

Internships with a focus on fielding consults or content curation are open to (1) anyone who has completed the NCBC’s National Catholic Certification in Health Care Ethics; and/or (2) anyone who has completed or is currently enrolled in a Doctoral or Master’s degree program or its equivalent in theology, philosophy, bioethics, or a related field. Preferred candidates are those interested in engaging with bioethical issues in both principle and practice.

Internships with a focus on operations or personal engagement are open to (1) and (2), above, as well as (3) anyone with a general interest in bioethics who has completed or who is currently enrolled in at least the third year of a four-year undergraduate degree program. Candidates for these internships do not need to engage directly with the bioethical issues but will be exposed to them indirectly. Preferred candidates are those with interest, skills, or education in database maintenance, analysis and presentation of data, website management, information technology, human relations, marketing, communications, or non-profit development.

Preferred candidates

Internship candidates who meet some or all of the following criteria are preferred and will have an advantage over others in the selection process:

Able and willing to commit to at least a six (6) month period at 5 hours per week or more.
Skills and interests aligning with the activity areas and projects most needed in the Personal Consultations Department (these may vary over time).
Completion of NCBC’s National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics.
Current NCBC individual member or student member.
Understanding of and appreciation for NCBC’s mission and vision and particular type of work in the landscape of Catholic health care ethics.
Interested in developing or maintaining a long-term relationship with NCBC (membership, educational programs, publications, professional contact, etc.).
Educational formation in and/or passion specifically for moral theology, as it applies to medical issues and life sciences; or bioethics, theology, or classical philosophy (especially natural moral law).

Fellowships

Fellows are paid a small stipend and must commit to at least 10 hours per week for a period of 1 year. Fellows may apply for a second consecutive year, together with all new fellowship applicants, for a possible 1-year renewal. Fellows may not serve more than two (2) years. Fellowships are fully remote, but fellows are always welcome to visit in person. All fellowships involve a component of mentorship on bioethical issues from the Personal Consultations Director.

Start dates and duration

Fellowship start dates may vary from July 1st to September 1st. All fellowships are for a full one-year period (12 months).

Application deadline

All applications are due by April 1st unless otherwise specified.

Decision period

The final selection of fellows will be completed between April 15th and May 15th unless otherwise specified.

Eligibility

All applicants must be faithful, practicing Catholics committed to magisterial fidelity.

Fellowships with a focus on fielding consults or content curation are open to anyone who has completed a Doctoral or Master’s degree program or its equivalent in theology, philosophy, bioethics, or a related field.

Fellowships with a focus on operations or personal engagement are open to anyone with an interest in bioethics who has completed a four-year undergraduate degree program, preferably in communications, English, digital marketing, business, IT, or a related field.

Preferred candidates

Fellowship candidates who meet some or all of the following criteria are preferred and will have an advantage over others in the selection process:

Completion of NCBC’s National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics.
Current NCBC individual member or student member.
Completion of an NCBC Personal Consultations Internship in the past.
Understanding of and appreciation for NCBC’s mission and vision and particular type of work in the landscape of Catholic health care ethics.
Interested in developing or maintaining a long-term relationship with NCBC (membership, educational programs, publications, professional contact, etc.).
Educational formation in and/or passion specifically for moral theology, as it applies to medical issues and life sciences; or bioethics, theology, or classical philosophy (especially natural moral law).
Skills and interests aligning with the activity areas and projects most needed in the Personal Consultations Department (these may vary from year to year).

Fund a Consultations Fellow!

Would you like to help fund a fellow?

Donors who are willing to contribute $5000 or more in one year can direct these funds to a specific NCBC Personal Consultations Fellowship. Benefactors will receive periodic updates from the Fellow they have helped to fund as well as from the Personal Consultations Director.

Click the button above to request more information or contact Dr. John A. Di Camillo, Personal Consultations Director, at 215-871-2001 (direct office line) or jdicamillo@ncbcenter.org.