{"id":29055,"date":"2025-04-25T15:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=29055"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:39:39","slug":"2025-global-development-awards-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2025-global-development-awards-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Global Development Awards Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Applications are now open for the\u00a02025 Global Development Awards Competition.\u00a0The Global Development Awards Competition (GDAC) is GDN\u2019s largest and longest-running programme that brings together a rich community of researchers and development practitioners. It is an award scheme that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funds innovative social development projects implemented by NGOs that benefit marginalised groups in the developing world<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Identifies talent and supports the career advancement of researchers in the Global South<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>THEME \u2013 2025 EDITION<\/strong>&nbsp;:&nbsp;<strong>Digital Transformation for Universal Health Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gdn.int\/gdac2025\/ord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite social science researchers based in LMICs to put forward proposals that focus on building the empirical evidence and the actionable knowledge capable of transforming the pursuit of universal health coverage through digital solutions. 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