# Most Innovative Development Project awards open

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/05/07/most-innovative-development-project-awards-open/
- Published: 2007-05-07T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Global Development Network is accepting entries for its Eighth Annual Global
Development Awards and Medals Competition 2007. The Network says that this is “the
largest international competition on development research”, and it offers prizes
in cash and travel totalling nearly $240,000.
The competition is open only to researchers
from developing and transition countries. Since 2000, nearly 3,700 scholars representing
over 100 countries have participated in this competition and nearly $2 million has
been distributed in prizes and conference expenses to finalists and winners.

This year’s finalists will present their proposals at GDN’s Annual Global Development
Conference in Brisbane, Australia in January 2008.

Entrants must submit an ongoing development project implemented in a developing 
or transition country. Criteria include the degree of innovation and the potential
for broad application of the project in other countries.

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The five themes for this year’s competition are:

* 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

* Natural Resources: Risks and Implications for Sustaining Development

The deadline for submitting entries is 20 August 2007.

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