In 2010, the central topic of the Competition is Development Finance, more specifically the following areas:

• External Capital Flows and Financing for Development
• Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Sector Development: Another Angle to Look at the MDGs in a Post-crisis World?
• Innovative Sources of Development Finance

There are 3 award categories:

1. Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development: for applicants submitting research proposals that are seeking to explore any of the three research themes (details below)in an original, innovative way. Deadline: 18 October 2010

2. Medals for Research on Development: for completed research papers of outstanding nature on any of the three research themes (details below). Deadline: 18 October 2010

3. Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP): provide an opportunity to development projects being executed in the field to scale up their work though grants. Deadline: 9 September 2010

For further information on the criteria and guidelines, please visit GDN's website.