Sisule F. Musungu – The Geneva based Brocher Foundation has released a call for proposalsfor visiting researchers for 2013. The deadline for applications is 20th January 2012. The Brocher Foundation residencies last between one and four months between February and May or between July and October. Successful applicants get a workplace and an accommodation in the Foundation’s lakeside premises. Breakfast and dinner are also provided every day. For the 2013 period the Foundation is particularly interested in topics on the following areas: Equitable access to medical care, Biobanks, Biosecurity and Dual Use Dilemmas, Clinical Trials and Research on Human Subjects, Genetic Testing and Screening, Health Care Reform, Nanotechnology, Neglected diseases, Pandemic planning, Reproductive technology, Stem Cells and Cell Therapy and Organ transplantation.