WB Announcement: Development project/research awards
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Announcement: Global Development Awards - US$ 125,000 for Outstanding
Research on Development or US$ 125,000 for Most Innovative Develop-
ment Project. Please feel free to circulate this information to indi-
viduals or organizations that may be interested in applying.
If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact
<info@gdnet.org> or see the Global Development Network website at:
http://www.gdnet.org/
Regards,
Ricardo Castro, SAREXT
The World Bank Group
MC8-833
1818 H. Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20433, USA
Tel: +1-202-458-5157
Fax: +1-202-522-0321
mailto:rcastro3@worldbank.org
http://www.worldbank.org/sar
Please note initial applications with a 300-word description of the
project or research are due by June 30.
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The Global Development Network (GDN) invites applications for a total
of nearly US$ 500,000 in travel grants and award money.
Thirty finalists will be invited to present their work at the GDN
2000 conference in Tokyo, Japan, this December. Judges including No-
bel Award-winning economists will select the winners of two US$
125,000 awards and ten smaller prizes. The awards are sponsored by
the Government of Japan, the host for the GDN 2000 conference. The
GDN helps developing countries to discover home-grown solutions to
their most pressing problems. In the past two years it has provided
institutes in developing countries with about US$ 15 million for eco-
nomic policy research.
The awards and prizes include:
The Award for Most Innovative Development Project (US$ 125,000) to
the individual, group or institution whose project holds the greatest
promise for benefiting the poor. The Award for Outstanding Research
on Development (US$ 125,000) to the individual, group or institution
whose research holds the greatest promise for improving understanding
of development. Medals with cash awards of US$ 10,000 and US$ 5,000
for research on each of five topics: escaping poverty, institutional
foundations of a market economy, gender and development, environ-
mental and social sustainability, and science and technology.
Competition for the two main awards is open to all development prac-
titioners and researchers. Competition for the smaller prizes is open
to researchers in developing countries. Initial applications with a
300-word description of the project or research are due by June 30.
Guidelines and application forms are available at:
http://www.gdnet.org/
or
mailto:info@gdnet.org
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