The Geneva Challenge, hosted by the Graduate Institute of International Development Studies, is a project funded by Swiss Ambassador, Jenö Staehelin and aims to encourage interdisciplinary problem-solving analysis among master students on advancing human development within the scope of a relevant topic.
The 2023 Advancing Development Goals International Contest for Graduate Students aims to present innovative and pragmatic solutions to address the challenges of loneliness.
WORTH
The winning project will receive a cash prize of CHF 10’000 (ten thousand Swiss Francs). The two teams in second place will receive CHF 5’000 each. The two teams in third place, CHF 2’500 each.
ELIGIBILITY
- Participants of the ADG contest 2022 must be enrolled as graduate students at the time of their registration for the contest.
- Participants must gather in teams of 3 (three) to 5 (five) graduate students. In the submitted analysis, they should contribute with an interdisciplinary approach or from at least 2 (two) different disciplinary perspectives.
- All team members must provide a scanned copy of a document that serves as proof of enrolment as a graduate student before the registration of the team can be confirmed and validated.
- Submissions are evaluated by an interdisciplinary academic steering committee that will select three submissions per category to be published on the competition’s website and then reviewed by an independent jury of experts with academic, governmental and private sector backgrounds.
- Five finalist teams, one team per continent, will be invited (travel and accommodation expenses covered) to an oral presentation in Geneva, where they will defend their presentations and answer questions from the jury. The finalists will also be invited to an award ceremony where the contest results will be announced, preceded by a high level key note speech.
DEADLINE: April 23, 2023
To apply and for more information visit here
