The Drum Beat 504 - Awards and Funding Opportunities
- 12 AWARDS.
- NEW LENSES through which to find more support!
- 12 FUNDING opportunities.
- Lend YOUR VOICE to a poll on e-Health directions.
This issue of The Drum Beat includes a selective medley of awards and funding opportunities with deadlines between September 1 and December 31 2009, selected from a more complete list summarised on The Communication Initiative (The CI) website. Details about the prizes are in the full descriptions, including criteria, deadlines, and previous winners. Please access the links provided below for the full descriptions.
There are additional awards and funding opportunities available on The CI Global website; please see the Awards and Funding Opportunities sections.
If you have information about other contests, prizes, and funding opportunities that address communication for development issues and strategies, please send details and links to drumbeat@comminit.com Many thanks!
1. CTA Competition on Media in Agricultural and Rural Development of ACP Countries
Inviting entries of the most effective journalism and community communication projects in African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries on agriculture and agriculture-related rural development issues.
Deadline: September 1 2009
2. MISA John Manyarara Investigative Journalism Awards
Recognising excellence in investigative journalism in any form of media in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Two awards will be given:
- The MISA John Manyarara Investigative Journalist of the Year Award, whose winner will receive a cash prize of Euro 4,000.
- The MISA John Manyarara Upcoming Investigative Journalist of the Year Award, whose winner will receive Euro 2,000 in cash and a scholarship in the value of Euro 6,000 to further develop the recipient's investigative journalism skills.
Deadline: September 1 2009
3. Global Media Awards
Seeking journalistic entries devoted to drawing attention to global population issues. The awards honour those who have contributed to creating an awareness of population problems through many kinds of journalism, for example, serial dramas, blogs, radio, online news, single or series articles, etc.
Deadline: September 4 2009
4. Earth Journalism Awards
Honouring those in the media - professional journalists and citizen journalists/bloggers - who use their communication skills and influence to promote awareness of and provide new insight on climate change issues - whether in their region or in relation to certain key themes - through the production of news and current affairs reports.
Deadline: September 7 2009
5. See the Bigger Picture Photography Contest
Calling on youngsters between the ages 6 and 16 who are not residents of the United States or Canada to submit images illustrating plants, animals, or anything else that captures biodiversity.
Deadline: September 8 2009
6. World Youth Movement for Democracy Global Essay Contest
Inviting people between 18 and 30 years of age to enter a global essay contest. Fifteen winners (3 in each region: Asia, Central/Eastern Europe & Eurasia, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa) will be invited to participate in the 6th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy in Jakarta, Indonesia, in April 2010.
Deadline: September 15 2009
7. Images to Stop Tuberculosis
Launching a competition to promote the creation of outstanding photos depicting prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. The winner will receive US$5,000 in prize money and a US$5,000 grant to produce photo reportage about tuberculosis.
Deadline: September 20 2009
8. PLURAL+ Video Festival Awards
Encouraging youth ages 9 to 25 to submit short videos promoting harmony in diverse societies to the PLURAL+ Video Festival to be held at the Paley Center for Media in New York, United States (US), on December 18 2009. The festival will address key issues in today's youth communities, such as migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human rights, and social cohesiveness.
Deadline: September 30 2009
9. Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
Accepting submissions of research on the following themes:
- Globalisation, Regulation and Development
- International Migration: Crossing Borders, Changing Lives?
- Regional Integration - Convergence Big Time, or, an Opportunity Wasted?
Deadline: September 30 2009
10. Humanizing Development: Global Photography Campaign
Inviting photos that showcase visual examples of people winning the battle against poverty, social exclusion, and marginalisation. The goal is to illuminate the human face of the initiatives, programmes, ideas, and partnerships that are changing the lives of people throughout the developing and transitional world.
Deadline: October 1 2009
11. Scriptwriting Competition on Smallholder Farmer Innovation
Inviting organisations and individuals working in Africa to produce a radio script that tells the true story of a knowledgeable and inspiring smallholder farmer.
Deadline: November 1 2009
12. William Wilberforce Award
Calling for nominations of an individual who has moved a major institution, a business, or large groups of people to significant action to eradicate human trafficking and modern-day slavery. It will award the winning individual US$10,000 over 2 years.
Please note: this award is not being offered this year. Apologies from The CI Editors for any inconvenience.
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13. UNDP - Asia Pacific Human Development Fellowships
Announcing 2 fellowships for citizens of developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region:
- Academic Fellowship 2009 - to analyse issues from the human development perspective, with a focus on fostering creative thinking and innovative research among young people.
- Media Fellowship 2009 - to contribute to building capacity in the Asia Pacific and support policy through advocacy and dissemination of research that bring people to the centre of development debates.
Deadline: September 1 2009
14. IDRC Internship Awards
Seeking candidates who have shown interest in the creation and utilisation of knowledge from an international perspective, this internship provides hands-on learning experiences in research programme management. The awards provide exposure to research for international development through a programme of training in research management and grant administration under the guidance of International Development Research Centre (IDRC) programme staff.
Deadline: September 12 2009
15. Alive & Thrive (A&T) Small Grants Program
Funding operational research projects that will identify novel approaches and overcome key barriers to improving infant and young child feeding at scale in low-income countries. Awards will generally be in the range of US$50,000-100,000.
Deadline: September 14 2009
16. Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowship Program
Enabling democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change.
Deadline: November 2 2009
17. John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists
Offering international and US-based journalists an academic year at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, working with Stanford faculty and regional resources to broaden and deepen their understanding of economic, historical, philosophical, and social issues and trends shaping the nation and world.
Deadline: December 15 2009
18. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) Internships
Seeking interns to observe and learn about both the United Nations (UN) human rights system and the international human rights non-governmental community.
Deadline: Rolling deadline
19. New Media Fund
Seeking to nurture ideas that hold promise for wider adoption by independent media in developing democracies. The Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF) will provide financing for projects that further independent journalism and/or open debate about current affairs.
Deadline: Rolling deadline
20. Hivos Fund
Funding local private organisations in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and South-Eastern Europe. The activities of these organisations centre around the 5 Hivos policy themes: economy and credit facilities; culture and the arts; women and development; sustainable development; and human rights and AIDS.
Deadline: Rolling deadline
21. MacArthur Foundation Grants for Population and Reproductive Health
Focusing on 3 countries (India, Mexico, and Nigeria), these grants - for civil society organisations, NGOs, and institutions engaged in training, research, and policy-related information activities - have 2 themes:
- Reducing maternal mortality and morbidity; and
- Advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people.
Deadline: Rolling deadline
22. Ford Foundation International Fellowships Programme
Providing opportunities for advanced study to individuals who will use this education to become leaders in their respective fields, furthering development in their own countries and greater economic and social justice worldwide. The International Fellowships Programme (IFP) provides support for up to 3 years of formal graduate-level study leading to a masters or doctoral degree.
Deadline: Varies by country
23. African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) Internship
Offering an internship opportunity to female students (both local and international) and to those who have just completed their studies and are looking for experience and mentorship in the area of African women's human rights, gender mainstreaming, African feminist movements, and communications.
Deadline: Rolling deadline
24. Kellogg Foundation Grants
Offering grants to organisations that embrace a similar mission of creating communities, systems, and nations in which all children have an equitable and promising future - a world in which all children thrive. A selection of past grants went to communication-centred projects.
Deadline: Rolling deadline
Please VOTE in our POLL:
In what direction should current e-Health research and technical development go?
Direction:
- Diagnosing through mobile phones.
- Certifying phone services as coming from authentic health providers.
- Building a menu of types of health providers (e.g., MD, traditional, clinic, pharmacy) into mobiles.
- Linking remote clinics with specialists.
- Linking communities in "the last mile" with hospital or clinic diagnosis and care centres.
Vote and Comment - click here!
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RESULTS thus far (August 6):
48%: Linking communities in "the last mile" with hospital or clinic diagnosis and care centres.
25%: Linking remote clinics with specialists.
18%: Diagnosing through mobile phones.
5%: Building a menu of types of health providers (e.g., MD, traditional, clinic, pharmacy) into mobiles.
4%: Certifying phone services as coming from authentic health providers.
This issue of The Drum Beat was written by Julie Levy.
The Editor of The Drum Beat is Kier Olsen DeVries.
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