With the generous support of Ambassador Jenö Staehelin, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies launched in 2014 the Advancing Development Goals Contest, an international competition for students seeking the master's degree. The idea is to gather contributions that are both theoretically grounded and offer pragmatic solutions to a relevant international development problem stemming from an interdisciplinary collaboration among 3 to 5 enrolled master's students from anywhere in the world.
Eligibility & Requirements
Submissions should bring forward innovative proposals to affect change. We welcome contributions by groups of 3 to 5 master's students involving at least two different disciplinary backgrounds or perspectives. Contributions must be both theoretically grounded and offer pragmatic solutions to an important relevant social, political or economic problem stemming from The Challenges of Global Health. Innovation can relate to practices, process or technology. Applicants must be enrolled as graduate students at the time of registration for the contest. The category in which the team will be placed for the contest will be based on the continent of the universities predominantly represented within the team. Abstract (1 page), including short biography of each team member, brief description of the problem addressed by the project, and the solution, specifying how the proposed solution will make a difference. Project description: 8,000 words maximum excluding all notes, graphics and references, written in English or French.
Academic Level
Current Graduate Student.
Disciplines
Open to all fields.
Agency
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Last Updated :: 01/03/2019
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