Research Proposals and Papers Competition ( Prize=US$ 30,000)

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ခ်စ္ခင္ေလးစားရပါေသာ ဓမၼမိတ္ေဆြ မ်ားရွင့္ ကၽြန္မတုိ႔ Developing Countries မွ Researchers မ်ားအတြက္ Global Development နဲ႔ပတ္သက္တဲ့ Research Proposals and Papers Competition သတင္းေလးတစ္ခုကုိ မွ်ေဝ ခ်င္ပါတယ္။ ဆုေၾကး ကလည္း ျမန္မာ ေငြ သိန္း၃၀၀ ပတ္ဝန္္းက်င္ေလာက္ နဲ႔ Global Development Network Annual Conference က်င္းပမဲ့ Prague, Czech Republic ကုိ အသြားအျပန္္ေလယာဥ္ ေလယာဥ္လက္မွတ္ လည္းရမွာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ တင္သြင္းရမဲ့ ေနာက္ဆုံးရက္ ကေတာ့ ေအာက္တုိဘာ ၁၄ ရက္ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ အျပည့္အစုံ ကို ဆက္ၿပီးု ဖတ္ၾကည့္လုိက္ပါအုံး။ http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=2009awards 2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition 2009 research themes "truly global" The 2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition The Global Development Network (GDN) is now accepting submissions for its annual competition for development research proposals and papers. Submissions for development projects are no longer being accepted. Researchers from developing and transition countries are invited to participate in the competition. The competition is generously funded by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan and other donors. Deadline for submitting research proposals/papers has been extended till October 14, 2009. The competition focuses on key issues such as globalization, regional integration and international migration against the backdrop of the current global economic and financial crisis, the political and economic repercussions of which can already be felt across countries and regions. The impact of these crises on the architecture of developing countries cannot be understated. They have prompted many to challenge globalization and they are also likely to hasten the structural shift in global economic power from Western countries to emerging markets. Prizes The finalists will win cash prizes and a round-trip air fare with all boarding and lodging expenses paid to travel to the GDN Annual Conference where they will present their proposals/papers and showcase an interesting on-project before an eminent jury for the final round. This year the final selection will be held in Prague, Czech Republic. The Awards are funded by the Government of Japan and the Medals are funded by prestigious donors. The 2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition themes are: Globalization, Regulation and Development International Migration: Crossing Borders, Changing Lives? Regional Integration- Convergence Big Time, or, an Opportunity Wasted? Note: Those applying to the competition under the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development need to apply in the template provided, while the Medals for Research on Development may apply online as per the guidelines provided below. Submissions for the Most Innovative Development Project are no longer being accepted. Deadline: October 14, 2009, for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development and Medals for Research on Development The competition is open to researchers from developing & transition countries. Submissions will be accepted under the following two categories: Category 1: Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development Eligibility: Applicants who have outstanding new research proposals that provides a new dimension to research on any of the three topics listed above Citizens and permanent residents of developing and transition countries or who are temporarily based in a developed country for not more than five years Staff of bilateral/multilateral agencies are not eligible to apply. Prizes: First Prize: US $30,000; Second Prize: US $5,000. GDN will sponsor finalists to attend the Eleventh Annual Global Development Conference, Prague, Czech Republic from January 16-18, 2010 and present their proposals. Age Limit: 45 years Deadline: October 14, 2009 Guidelines: More » Template: More » Category 2: Medals for Research on Development Eligibility: Applicants who have completed research papers on any of the three topics Citizens and permanent residents of developing and transition countries or who are temporarily based in a developed country for not more than five years Staff of bilateral/multilateral agencies are not eligible to apply. Prizes: First Prize: US $10,000; Second prize: US $5,000 in each of the three topics mentioned above. GDN will sponsor finalists to attend the Eleventh Annual Global Development Conference, Prague, Czech Republic from January 16-18, 2010 and present their papers. Age Limit: 45 years Deadline: October 14, 2009 Contact Us Our international secretariat is based in New Delhi, India Second Floor, West Wing, ISID Complex Plot No. 4, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070, INDIA Tel: + (91) 11-2613-9494, + (91) 11-2613-6885 Fax: + (91) 11-2613-6893 Email: gdni@gdnet.org