Fondation Brocher: 2025 Call for Proposals Residencies & Workshops| Research Funding

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Date 06.12.2023
Category Call for proposal
Residencies:
The Brocher Foundation offers visiting Researchers the opportunity of a stay at the foundation, to write a book, articles, an essay or a Ph.D. thesis. residencies are an occasion to meet other researchers from different disciplines and countries as well as experts from numerous International Organizations & Non Governmental Organizations based in Geneva, such as WHO, WTO, WIPO, UNHCR, ILO, WMA, ICRC, and others.

Scope:
Ethical, Legal & Social Implications of recent medical research and new medical technologies:
Bioethics, Medical Anthropology, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Law, Philosophy of Medicine and Health, Medical Humanities, Social Science Perspectives on Health, Medical Ethics, History of medicine. 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, Organ transplantation, Telemedicine, Neurosciences, Synthetic Biology.

Eligibility:
  • Researchers: Ph.D. students to Professors, who wish to develop projects on the ethical, legal and social implications for humankind of recent medical research and new technologies.  Researchers can also apply with one or two other Researchers to work on a collaborative project.
  • “Additional scholarship for Junior Researchers” available: applicant should be a Ph.D. student or should have obtained his PhD degree within a maximum of five years and should not perceive any other income during the time spent at the Foundation.
  • Applications from low and middle-income countries highly encouraged.
Deadline: 6 December 2023, noon (12 AM), Geneva time
Results: mid February 2024

Workshops:
The Brocher Foundation is inviting junior and senior researchers to submit proposals for a 2 to 3-day multidisciplinary workshop project on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of new medical developments to be hosted at the Brocher Foundation.
Deadline: 6 December 2023, noon (12 AM), Geneva time
Results: mid February 2024

 

 


 

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  • General public
  • Free

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