Australian Development Research Awards

2010 call for Systematic reviews

The 2010 round of the Australian Development Research Awards featured a call for systematic reviews of evidence addressing key development questions. AusAID partnered with the UK Department of International Development (DFID) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) in administering the call.

As the amount of new development research available is growing rapidly, consolidated but robust evidence that can be more readily applied to decision making in both developing countries and donor agencies is in high demand. Systematic reviews are an important way of ensuring that evidence can better inform policy.

The Research Selection Committees, consisting of systematic review and development specialists, shortlisted 76 applications, which were then externally peer reviewed.

In total 18 grants totalling USD 1.33 million have been awarded under AusAID's 2010 Australian Development Research Awards Funding Round under the following themes:

Aid Delivery and Effectiveness
Agriculture and Rural Development
Economic Development
Education
Environment
Governance, Fragile States, Conflict and Disasters
Health
Infrastructure and Technology
Social Protection and Social Inclusion

The full list of AusAID funded reviews can be seen here.

2012 Australian Development Research Awards

It is anticipated that the next round of the Australian Development Research Awards will be held in early 2012 following the publication of the next AusAID research strategy and the completion of a review into the Research Awards.

Previous Australian Development Research Award winners

Last reviewed: 8 September, 2011