GDN is calling for submissions under the 2008 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition. This year's theme is Natural Resource Management and Development. The competition awards cash prizes and a round-trip air fare with all boarding and lodging expenses paid to travel to a different country each year where the finalists show case their proposals/ papers/projects before an eminent jury for the final round. This year the final selection will be held in Kuwait. GDN's competition is among the contests that receive the largest number of applications globally from researchers working on development subjects. Submissions for fresh research proposals and completed research papers are now being accepted under the categories listed below.

The two awards and their categories open to competition are:

1. Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development: it’s for applicants who have outstanding new research proposals that adds a unique dimension to research on any of the five topics listed below
2. Medals for Research on Development: is offered for excellent completed research papers on any of the five topics listed below

The focus of the research proposals/ papers must be on any one of the following five topics:

1. The Governance and Political Economy of Natural Resource Management
2. Exploitation of Natural Resources: Trends and Environmental Implications
3. The Economics of Natural Resource Management
4. Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resources
5. Societies and Natural Resource Management

Deadline: September 12, 2008 for the development project; September 26,2008 for research proposals/papers.

For more information on the competition visit our website at http://www.gdnet.org/2008awards
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