The Global Development Awards and Medals Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by 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$ 2.2 million in research and travel grants to finalists and winners. Winners are chosen by an eminent jury at GDN’s Annual Conference; an event attended by over 500 practitioners in the field of development to whom the finalists present their proposals/papers.
Submissions are being accepted under the following three categories:
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 and innovative way.
Prizes: First Prize: US$ 30,000; Second Prize: US$ 5,000
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
RESEARCH THEMES:
The Interactive Economy and Urban Development
Urban Externalities (Contagious Disease, Congestion and Crime) and Urban Poverty?
The Enabling Environment – Housing, Transportation and Infrastructure
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 through grant funding. This Award is not theme based.
Prizes: First Prize: US$ 30,000; Second prize: US$ 5,000
Deadline for all 3 categories: 31 January, 2012
The Global Development Awards and Medals Competition is open only to researchers and organizations from developing and transition countries. Submissions for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development and on Medals for Research on Development are welcome from all disciplines in economics and social sciences. Finalists will also be invited to participate in the pre-conference GDNet Research to Policy Communications Training which aims at strengthening the capacity of researchers and development practitioners to be proficient communicators engaging policymakers, media and other key stakeholders in their results.
Further info on awards: http://cloud1.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=2011_awards
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