The Drum Beat 263 - Awards, Fellowships, Grants, and Scholarships

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AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

A number of awards and funding opportunities with deadlines between September and December of 2004 are listed below. This is just a small selection of the full listing, which can be found on the Awards Page - click here. Details are in the full descriptions including: the prize, criteria, deadlines and previous winners. Please click on the links provided below for more information.

We would like to continue to build our database of awards in support of communication for development and social change. Please send us information about additional contests, prizes and funding opportunities that address communication for development issues and strategies. Send details and links to Deborah Heimann [email protected] Many thanks! ***

AWARDS

1. The 2004 National Population Cartoon Contest
Awards USD $9,000 total to cartoonists who have best portrayed the relationship between human population growth and issues affecting the quality of life. These issues can include environmental degradation, poverty, biodiversity, urban migration, food and water supply, energy, maternal and child health, status of women, and national conflicts.
Deadline: Sept 10 2004

2. Press Freedom Award 2004 - Signal for Europe
Organised by Reporter ohne Grenzen Österreich (ROG), the Austrian chapter of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), this contest is for journalists from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and Romania.
Deadline: Sept 15 2004

3. Nabi Digital Storytelling Competition of Intangible Heritage
The objective of this competition is to promote creative interpretations of intangible heritage through the use of interactive multimedia tools and digital storytelling technologies, in result giving new life and new forms of visibility to living communities.
Deadline: Sept 18 2004

4. Global Development Awards
Open only to scholars and practitioners based in developing countries, with an emphasis on recognising and supporting the work of younger researchers at the start of their careers. Every year, approximately USD $400,000 is awarded in prizes to researchers, both as cash and travel to GDN's Annual Conference.
Deadline: Sept 20 2004

5. Harambee 2002 International Prize: Reportage on Africa
For artistic endeavours (i.e. video reporting) that educate and promote humanitarian efforts in sub-saharan African countries. Projects submitted should deal with topics such as ethics, religion, social, economic, and cultural issues relevant to sub-saharan Africa. The prize is sub-divided into three categories concerning NGOs operating in Sub-Saharan Africa. The winner in each category will receive Euro 10.000.
Deadline: Sept 30 2004

6. Photoshare Photo Contest
Amateurs and professionals from anywhere in the world are invited to submit photos of programmes in action, pictures illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries or snapshots from personal travels, volunteer service, or work experience.
Deadline: Oct 1 2004

7. Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
Granted annually to someone who has demonstrated an exceptional record of combating human rights violations by courageous and innovative means. The prize aims to encourage human rights defenders who are in need of protection. The value of the award is 30,000 Swiss Francs, to be used for further work in the field of human rights.
Deadline: Oct 1 - Annual

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PULSE POLL

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's Economic Adviser Jeffrey Sachs says that "African countries should refuse to repay their foreign debts."
[BBC News July 6 2004 - click here for the article]

Do you agree or disagree?

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8. Netd@ys Austria 2004: Aon Young Creativity Award
For creative communication by Eastern European youth. The 2004 theme is "Europe in Motion" and has to do with culture, sport, or politics. Youth aged 14 to 25 with residence in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia can participate as individuals or as a group.
Deadline: Oct 15 2004

9. Panos-GKP Journalism Awards 2004
Aims to encourage thoughtful and incisive reporting that goes beyond describing information projects or new investment initiatives to analyse their social and political impacts and policy implications. Print, radio, TV and web journalism are all eligible. Four awards of $1,000 each will be made for the best journalism on this topic produced by journalists in developing and transition countries.
Deadline: Oct 15 2004

10. INFOLAC Web Prize for Education Portals
For the best educational website portals in Latin America. The winner of the USD $4,000 award will be announced in January 2005. Other awards will be given for the second place ($2,000) and for the third place ($1,000). In addition, a special prize ($1,000) will be given to the best web page for training instructors.
Deadline: Oct 15 2004

11. UNEP International Photo Competition on the Environment 2004-2005
The theme of this competition is "Focus on Your World" and is meant to create a visual journal depicting the challenges facing Earth's rich environmental diversity. People of all nationalities and ages - both amateur and professional photographers - are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Oct 24 2004

12. Gates Award for Global Health
Administered by the Global Health Council, this annual award in the amount of USD $1 million has been established to recognise an organisation that has made a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health.
Deadline: October 31 2004

13. Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize
The USD $1 million prize is presented annually to an established nonprofit, charitable or non-governmental organisation that has made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world. The prize is not a grant, based on future goals, but an award for recent and historic accomplishments.
Deadline: Nov 1 2004

14. Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice & Human Rights
This award aims to honour an individual or a group who has made a significant effort to advance the cause of international justice and global human rights. Named after the former Connecticut Senator and legal counsel at the Nuremberg Trials, the bi-annual award carries a cash prize of USD $75,000 and a commemorative bronze bust of Thomas J. Dodd.
Deadline: Nov 1 2004

15. Reebok Human Rights Award
Recognises young activists who have made significant contributions to human rights causes through nonviolent means. The Award aims to generate positive international attention for the recipients and to support their efforts. Honorees, who are 30 years of age or younger, receive a USD $50,000 grant from the Reebok Human Rights Foundation to further their work.
Deadline: May 31, annually

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FELLOWSHIPS

16. Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
Provides six-month working fellowships for non-U.S. print journalists from developing and transitional countries with an emerging free press. The Fellowship covers all costs of programme-related international and domestic U.S. travel, and provides a monthly stipend.
Deadline: Sept 1 2004 - annually

17. International Policy Fellowships 2005-2006
Supports the analytical policy research of open society leaders of all ages and aims to connect these fellows with professional policy networks and opportunities. The programme aims to improve the quality of analysis in countries where the Soros foundations work by ensuring that these leaders are able to conduct research in their home region while maintaining local affiliations and a high degree of mobility and intellectual freedom.
Deadline: Sept 15 2004

18. Fellowship for Health & Population Innovation, 2005-2006
Given to individuals who wish to evolve innovative approaches to health and population issues including action and/or research initiatives in the areas of population, reproductive and sexual health and rights and generate sound evidence to inform programmes and policy as well as potential replicability and scaling up of these approaches.
Deadline: Sept 15 2004

19. Soros Reproductive Health & Rights Fellowship
This award involves bringing together United States and international scholars to engage in collective discussion, research, analysis and publication to advance progressive reproductive and sexual health and women's rights policies around the world. This award consists of payments not to exceed 50% of the salary of each candidate during the award period (12 months), as well as travel expenses for fellows' meetings in New York City. Awards will be capped at USD $35,000 per fellow.
Deadline: Sept 20 2004

20. Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowships
Provides fellowships for scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. The fellowships permit scholars to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges world wide, enabling them to pursue their academic work and share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large.
Deadline: Oct 1 2004

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

21. Television Production Grants
The objective of this grant programme is to put ICTs to the use of programme development on major societal and development issues by providing broadcasters in developing countries with training, production and distribution opportunities in these areas.
Deadline: Sept 15 2004

22. COL-PROTEIN
Supports the innovative use of ICTs to reduce rural poverty. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) invites proposals for initiatives that need expertise and limited financial support for their success in helping to alleviate rural poverty.
Deadline: Sept 15 2004

23. African Youth Foundation (AYF) Scholarship Award
Awarded to an African youth between the ages of 18 and 30, this is a writing contest on how ICTs could help their generation and nation to create jobs and eradicate poverty.
Deadline: Sept 20 2004

24. Radio Netherlands Training Centre Grant
The aim of this grant is to provide financial support to a limited number of productions for television, radio and internet in developing countries. Successful submissions will be awarded a budget to design and make the programme or (contribution to a) website. The awards will be for a maximum of Euro 6.000 for a television programme, Euro 3.000 for a radio programme and Euro 4.500 for a website.
Deadline: Nov 1 2004

25. Small Grants Programme (SGP): International Deaf Children's Society (IDCS)
Provides grants to organisations of up to £10,000 for projects that offer measurable and sustainable improvements to the individual lives of deaf children and their families. This could be either by piloting new services or improving existing services in the area of health and education or by promoting the empowerment and participation of deaf children and their families.
Deadline: Nov 30 2004

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This issue was written by Shawna Gibbs.

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