2010 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition

2010 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
Channeling finance to sustainable developmentThe Global Development Awards and Medals Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by the Global Development Network (GDN), with generous support from the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan and other donors. Since its inception in 2000, GDN has awarded roughly US$ 2 million in research and travel grants to finalists and winners. Winners are chosen by an eminent jury at GDN’s Annual Global Development Conference, with an audience of over 500 practitioners in the field of development to whom the finalists present. This year, the 12th Annual Global Development Conference will be held in Bogotá, Columbia in January 2011.

Competition Categories:

1. Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development - This award is for applicants submitting research proposals that are seeking to explore any of the three research themes (details below) in an original, innovative way.
 
Prizes: First Prize: US $30,000; Second Prize: US $5,000
Deadline: 18 October 2010

2. Medals for Research on Development - These medals are for completed research papers of outstanding nature on any of the three research themes (details below).
Prizes: First Prize: US $10,000; Second prize: US $5,000
Deadline: 18 October 2010

3. Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project – This award provides an opportunity to development projects being executed in the field to scale up their work though grants.
Prizes: First Prize: US $30,000; Second prize: US $5,000
Deadline: 9 September 2010

For more information on this year’s competition, please see below.

For more information about the previous rounds of the competition: Past Rounds
For queries, email - awards@gdnet.org

APPLY HERE http://opa.gdnet.org