APPLY NOW FOR THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS AND MEDALS COMPETITION 2009

[Timothy Ogene]

APPLY NOW FOR THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS AND MEDALS COMPETITION 2009

The Global Development Network (GDN) is now accepting submissions for the 2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition. The Competition offers cash prizes and travel expenses to all finalists to attend GDN's Annual Global Development Conference, held each year in a different country, to present their research proposals/papers and showcase an interesting on-project before an eminent jury for the final round. This year the final selection will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from January 16-18, 2010. The competition is generously funded by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan and other donors.

GDN’s competition is one of the biggest annual contests in the field of development research, receiving the largest number of applications globally from researchers working on development issues. Submissions for new research proposals, completed research papers and proposals for scaling-up on-going development projects are now being accepted under the categories listed below:

Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development: For applicants who have outstanding new research proposals that add a unique dimension to research on any of the three themes listed below
Prizes: First Prize: US $30,000; Second Prize: US $5,000

Medals for Research on Development: For excellent completed research papers on any of the three themes listed below
Prizes: First Prize: US $10,000; Second prize: US $5,000

Japanese Award for the Most Innovative Development Project: For exceptional on-going development projects that have given the maximum benefit to the local communities and need further financial assistance for scaling-up the project
Prizes: First Prize: US $30,000; Second Prize: US$ 5,000

The 2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition themes are:

Globalization, Regulation and Development
International Migration: Crossing Borders, Changing Lives?
Regional Integration- Convergence Big Time, or, an Opportunity Wasted?

The competition is open to researchers and organizations from developing and transition countries. Submissions are welcome from all disciplines of social sciences.

Deadline: August 24, 2009 for development project; September 30, 2009 for research proposals/papers.

For more information please go to: http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=2009awards

[Obinna Chukwuezie]

This initiative centres on accelerating longer term socio-polito-cultural and economic change, which aims to, fight poverty, promote social justice and change in social behaviour, an outcome not easily quantified. If we can do little, that will be great nonetheless

[itonga joseph]

that will be very great. i think with this in mind many things can start moving where they never expected to reach.