The Global Development Network (GDN) invites researchers from developing and transition countries to submit research proposals in the theme of Education for Development: Quality and Inclusion for Changing Global Human Capital Needs for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD).
THE AWARD:
The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) is a competitive research grant program under the Global Development Awards Competition 2016. The ORD program is administered by GDN and supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. This award program identifies and funds outstanding research proposals in developing and transition countries with high potential for excellence in research and clear policy implications for addressing development issues.
Since its inception in 2000, GDN has awarded roughly US$ 3.8 million in travel and research grants to finalists and winners. Nearly 8,400 researchers and practitioners from developing countries and transition countries have participated in the competition and more than 60 awards have been conferred till date.
The winning projects will receive grants worth US$ 45,000. Finalists will be invited to travel and present their proposals at GDN’s 17th Annual Global Development Conference to be held in Peru from 17-18 March, 2016. Travel and expenses for one representative from each three short-listed proposals (ideally, the principal investigator) will be covered by GDN. The awards will be given to the organization(s)/researcher(s) whose proposals to undertake research in any one of the four research sub-themes (described below) holds the greatest promise for improving our understanding of development issues and puts forth clear, articulate and well researched policy implications to address relevant development problems.
The first prize winner will receive a grant of US$ 30,000. The second prize and third prize winners will receive a grant of US$ 10,000 and US$ 5,000 respectively. The funds will be used to support the research work proposed by the winners towards the completion of their research.
The last date for submission of the online registration form, full research proposal in the application template and CVs of applicants (research team members) is 15 January, 2016 (Indian Standard Time 6:00 PM).
2 RESEARCH TOPICS:
The main theme of the Awards competition is ‘Education for Development: Quality and Inclusion for Changing Global Human Capital Needs’. Research Proposals for the Award will be considered in following four inter-related sub-themes:
1) Skills for Tomorrow
2) Public Finance and Public Policy
3) Pedagogy, Technology and Institutions
4) Research and Policy The description of the four themes is given on Page 6-7.
COMPETITION RULES AND GUIDELINES
Please review carefully. Any application that does not follow the below mentioned guidelines will NOT be considered.
- ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1) Eligible countries for the ORD competition are those classified by the World Bank as lowincome or middle-income countries1 . The competition is open only to researchers who are citizens or permanent residents of these countries. The applicants (including team members) can be asked to submit proof of their citizenship and residency through documents with legal standing, at any point during the competition. Please note that all personal information details as provided in the application (and CV) should be factually correct, else the application will be liable for disqualification. The information on the Identity Card will remain strictly confidential with GDN. - Citizens of eligible countries currently residing in a non-eligible country are only allowed to apply if they have been living in the non-eligible country for no more than five years as of 15 January, 2016. This should be clearly shown as in the CV and personal information should be provided. In case any information is found to be incorrect, the proposal is liable for disqualification during any stage of the competition, including after the grant has been conferred. The CVs for all team members must be included in the application.
- The CVs should clearly state the age of all team members, the citizenship for all team members and the country of residence for the past five years for all team members and the current institutional affiliation for all team members. These details are mandatory and an application will be deemed incomplete if these details are not submitted.
2) The upper age limit for all applicants is 45 years as of 15 January, 2016. Individuals above 45 years of age as of 15 January, 2016 are not eligible to apply.
3) The proposal should not be receiving or scheduled to receive funds from other sources to be eligible for consideration for the ORD unless it is clearly explained how the additional funds provided by the ORD would reinforce the existing funds for successful completion of the research. 4) Staff members of multilateral and bilateral organizations (The World Bank, IMF, IADB, UN agencies, DFID, AusAID, etc.) are not eligible to apply. 5) Previous and current employees of GDN or its Regional Network Partners2 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. 6) Similar proposals or papers resulting as products from full or partial GDN funded activities (Global Research Projects and other competitions not limited to Regional Research Competitions, Global Research Competitions etc.), cannot be submitted for this competition. 7) Past ORD winners and finalists are not eligible to apply with the same or similar research proposal. Additionally, winners are not eligible to apply for a period of 3 years subsequent to their submission of a successful proposal. 8) Past and current ORD reviewers are not eligible to take part in the competition.
HOW TO APPLY
Follow the steps given below:
Preparing your Proposal
1. Download the proposal template by clicking here; fill it in and save it on your computer.
2. Prepare a document providing the profile of your organization (if any) and save it on your computer.
3. Prepare a single document containing the CVs of all team members related to the research project.
Online Application Form.
4. Before starting your application, ensure that one of the following web browsers is installed on your computer:
Chrome version 22.x (November 2012) or higher
Firefox version 16.x (November 2012) or higher
Internet Explorer Version 9.x (March 2011) or higher
5. Logon to GDN’s dedicated Online Submissions Platform using the following link: www.gdn.int/awards2016/ord/apply
6. Click on ‘New User? Register Now!’ to create a new profile. You will be directed to a new page to register your profile. You will receive an email confirming the successful registration of your profile.
Apply Now
