Deadline: 15 April 2015
The Global Development Network Awards Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by GDN with the generous support from the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. The Awards Competition recognizes excellence in policy-oriented research, supports research capacity development of researchers in developing countries and funds innovative social development projects benefiting marginalized groups in the developing world. Since its inception in 2000, GDN has provided US$ 3.7 million in awards and travel grants to finalists and winners.
The winners will be chosen at GDN’s 16th Annual Global Development Conference to be held in Morocco from 11-13 June, 2015 where finalists will present their proposals.
Competition Categories
- Category 1: Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP)
- Category 2: Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD)
Eligible Countries
- Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Central Asia: Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Eastern Europe: Armenia, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Ukraine
- East Asia and Pacific: Cambodia, Indonesia, Kiribati, Korea, Dem. Rep., Lao PDR, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Latin America and Caribbean: Belize, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay
- South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Middle East and North Africa: Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Republic of, Iraq, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic, West Bank & Gaza, Yemen, Rep.
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