The Global Development Network (GDN), a worldwide network of research and policy institutes, is calling for submissions for its 2007 round of the Global Development Awards and Medals Competition.
The competition, through which new talent and support innovative ideas are unearthed, is the largest international contest for research on development. It was launched in 2000 with the support of the Japanese government.
Nearly 4,000 researchers representing more than 100 countries throughout the developing world have participated in the competition to date. More than $1.91 million has been distributed in prizes and travel to finalists and winners. In 2006 alone, the competition attracted more than 600 applications.
The GDN has supported multi-disciplinary research on a range of issues including global health concerns and domestic responses; pro-poor market reform; changes in global trade; industrial development and long-term growth; governance and development, reforms, interest groups and civil society; conflict, human security and migration; and the role of institutions for development in the context of globalization.
Submissions can now be made and the competition carries prizes in cash and travel of over $180,000.
Entries for the competition can be for a new research proposal or for a completed research paper on any of the following five themes: Fragile States: Addressing Vulnerability; Household Exposure to Risk: Effects on Poverty; The Rule of Law: Providing Security for Development; Women's Rights, Security and Development: Challenges and Opportunities; and Natural Resources: Risks and Implications for Sustaining Development
The deadline is 17 September 2007.
Under each theme, GDN welcomes submissions from all branches of the social sciences (Economics, Political Science, Sociology etc), especially multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary projects. Submissions from qualified female researchers are particularly encouraged.
The finalists will present their papers and proposals at GDN's Annual Global Development Conference in Brisbane, Australia in January 2008.
For more information on the competition, including full descriptions of the themes, visit the website at http://www.gdnet.org/2007awards.
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