Deadline: January 15, 2016
The Global Development Awards Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by Global Development Network (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.
There are 2 award categories
1. The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development
2. The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project
The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development
The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) is a competitive research grant program that identifies and funds outstanding research proposals submitted by researchers from developing countries and transition economies that have a high potential for excellence in research and clear policy implications for addressing development issues in any of the four research sub-themes.
Research Proposals for the Award will be considered in following four sub-themes:
- Skills for Tomorrow
- Public Finance and Public Policy
- Pedagogy, Technology and Institutions
- Research and Policy
Prizes
- First Prize: US$ 30,000;
- Second Prize: US$ 10,000;
- Third Prize: US$ 5,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible countries for the ORD competition are those classified as low-income or middle-income countries.
- Open only to researchers who are nationals of an eligible country
- Open to citizens of eligible countries who are temporarily based in a non-eligible country but not for more than five years as of 15 January, 2016
- The upper age limit for all applicants is 45 years as of 15 January, 2016
- Staff members of multilateral and bilateral organizations are NOT eligible to apply
- Previous and current employees of GDN or its RNPs are NOT eligible to apply up till 5 years from the completion of their tenure. Previous GDN Board Members, project mentors and members of evaluation teams are NOT eligible to apply
- Similar proposals or papers resulting as products from full or partial GDN funded activities cannot be submitted for this competition
- Past ORD winners and finalists are not eligible to apply with the same or similar research proposal. Winners are not eligible to apply for a period of 3 years subsequent to their submission of a successful proposal
- Past and current AMC reviewers are not eligible to take part in the competition.
The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project
The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) is a competitive grant program that provides grants worth US$ 45,000 to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) located in developing countries to help scale up their innovative projects. The grants are awarded to projects that are supporting improved service delivery, in particular, innovative approaches that meet certain set criteria. The Award targets projects currently at the stage of implementation, and which have a high potential for impact targeting exceptionally marginalized and disadvantaged groups located in developing and transition countries. Proposals are not based on a particular theme.
Prizes
- First Prize: US$ 30,000; The first prize winner is also eligible to compete under the Japan Social Development Fund for an additional grant of up to US$ 200,000 for their work.
- Second Prize: US$ 10,000;
- Third Prize: US$ 5,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- The MIDP Award is open to all development projects being implemented in low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries.
- The project must be managed by a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with its headquarters in one of the above eligible countries.
- The project implementation must have started before 01 January, 2015.
- Submissions concerning a recently started project or only a project idea or a feasibility or baseline study will not be considered.
- Submissions for funding conferences and seminars (either in part or in full) will not be considered.
- Applicants from previous years (except winners) may re-apply, but they must update the application to include new aspects of the project.
- Previous MIDP winners are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Apply for
The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) |
The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP)
Please read their application guidelines before applying ORD | MIDP
For more information, visit the Global Development Awards
