Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development

The Global Development 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$ 3.8 million in awards and travel grants to finalists and winners.

The winners of the current round will be chosen by an eminent jury at GDN’s next conferenceto be held in New Delhi, India, in December 2017; an event attended by international development practitioners where finalists will present their proposals. Finalists from both award categories will be invited to present their proposals at the conference.

The competition is presently accepting submissions in two categories: (Single Online Submission Platform)

	Category 1: Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD)

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 three research sub-themes.

First Prize: US$ 30,000; Second Prize: US$ 10,000; Third Prize: US$ 5,000

Research Proposals for the Award will be considered in following sub-themes:

1.      Skilling for Agriculture

2.      Skilling for Manufacturing

3.      Skilling for Digital Technologies

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 16 July, 2017
• The upper age limit for all applicants is 45 years as of 16 July, 2017
• Staff members of multilateral and bilateral organizations are NOT eligible to apply
• Previous and current employees of GDN or its Regional Network Partners (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.
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