CALL FOR ORD REVIEWERS (Consultants)

Background

The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) is a competitive research grant program under the umbrella of the Global Development Awards Competition administered by the Global Development Network (GDN), funded under the Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD) trust fund managed by the World Bank, and generously supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. 

This award program identifies and funds outstanding research proposals in low-income or middle-income countries^[1] with high potential for excellence in research and clear policy implications for addressing development issues.

Scope of the call

GDN is recruiting reviewers to conduct the assessment of research proposals under the ORD category of the Global Development Awards Competition. The review is scheduled to take place in two phases:

·       Lot 1 - Reviewers will be selected to conduct a first assessment of proposals based on the ORD selection criteria and shortlist the best proposals.

·       Lot 2 - Experienced researchers to review the shortlisted proposals and select the three finalists of the ORD category. The final decision will be validated by the Panel Organizer.

Panel Organizer

Out of the Lot 2 reviewers, a Panel Organizer is selected based on her/his professional experience upon demonstrated availability for this additional task. This individual will have the additional task of approving the final ranking after taking into consideration all comments and (normalized) scores.

Interested candidates can apply to one lot only, depending on their profiles.

Profile of applicants

·       Lot 1: Be a researcher with 2-10 years of research experience, with a track record of work and publication in the award theme for the current edition

·       Lot 2: Be a researcher with 10+ years of research experience, with a track record of work and publication in the award theme for the current edition

Application structure

Interested individuals must submit the following information:

1.     Indicate to which Lot (1 or 2) they are applying for

2.     Overview of how their expertise matches the theme and scope of the competition

3.     Description of past experience on similar assignments

4.     Full CV

Selection Criteria

The criteria for the selection of Reviewers are as follows:

1.     Research Background on the theme of the call

2.     Policy background

3.     Leadership experience

4.     Evaluation and Experience on Project implementation experience