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.
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Visiting Researchers 2013 – Call for proposals at Brocher Centre, Geneva
Thursday, December 8th, 2011The ThinkTank Initiative – Investing in Research for Sensible Policy-making in Developing Countries
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Sisule F. Musungu – Development policies, whether designed by national, regional or international institutions, continue to fail or underachieve. A key systemic challenge remains the lack of robust information and analysis regarding on-the-ground problems and needs as well as lack of information and analysis that allows continuous lesson-learning. There are now credible new efforts to try and change this. One promising approach is embodied in The ThinkTank Initiative, an initiative of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) teaming up with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The initiative is meant to be a long-term multi-donor commitment. A commitment of USD 90 million has been made for an initial 5-year period.
