Get up to US$45,000 for Researchers from Low-income or Middle-income countries in the Global Development Awards Competition 2020

In order to qualify for participation in this award competition, applicants must 

• Be citizens or permanent residents of an eligible country. 

Eligible countries are those classified by the World Bank as low-income or middle-income countries

• Be researchers. 
• Be 45 years of age or younger as of 20th July 2020.
• 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 20 July 2020. 

This should be clearly shown as in the CV and personal information should be provided. 

Requirements/Specifications 

• The awards will be granted to the participants whose proposals hold the greatest potential for improving understanding of development issues as well as clearly articulate policy implications to address relevant development problems.
• Submission of proof of  citizenship and residency might be required of all applicants (including team members) through legally certified documents. 
• The following set of individuals are ineligible to apply for this program:
  • Staff members of multilateral and bilateral organizations (The World Bank, IMF, IADB, UN agencies, UKAid , etc.).
  • Previous and current employees of GDN or its Regional Network Partners (can apply 5 years from the completion of their tenure). 
  • Previous GDN Board Members, project mentors and members of evaluation teams.
  • Past and current ORD reviewers are not eligible to take part in the competition.
• Past ORD winners and finalists cannot apply with the previously submitted or similar research proposal. 
• Winners are not eligible to apply for a period of 3 years subsequent to the end of their agreement with GDN.
• Similar proposals or papers resulting as products from full or partial GDN funded activities cannot be submitted for this competition.
• To be eligible for consideration for the ORD, the proposal should not be receiving or scheduled to receive funds from other sources unless it is clearly explained how the additional funds provided by the ORD would reinforce the existing funds for successful completion of the research.
• Personal information details supplied in the application should be factually correct, else the application will be liable for disqualification during any stage of the competition, including after the grant has been awarded.
• Proposed projects can be centered on: 
  • Local, national, regional or continental policy initiatives, and come from any discipline within the social sciences.
  • Ongoing policy initiatives, past ones, or initiatives currently being set up.
• A direct link to the COVID-19 crisis is welcome, but not required. 

In light of the quickly changing scenario, proposals that integrate a focus on COVID-19 and related policy responses must explain how the quickly changing policy landscape is likely to impact the focus of the research.

• Applications with incomplete documentation will not be considered.