D2Development Fund

We follow a strict process to ensure that all project submitters are given a fair chance and that ultimately the most innovative ideas and well-structured proposals are put to the vote to win an award. The following steps show the main deadlines, requirements and what process the D2Development Fund committee follows:

1. Proposals must be created according to our Selection Criteria. We have based our criteria on the OECD guidelines. Projects that fulfill the following criteria are eligible for submission to the Fund:

   • Proposed projects must be related to development issues. It is up to the project proponents to justify this relationship.

   • Proposed projects have to be new in the sense that they have not been running for more than one year at the time of proposal submission deadline, neither in the form of the submitted project nor under any other form or name.

   • Projects must have a minimum duration of 2 years, and a maximum of 5 years (note that any submission must be presented as a project, i.e. an activity with an explicitly limited duration. Of course, projects can relate to the establishment of organizations that exist for an undetermined period of time.)

   • The project team must consist of a majority of DESTIN students or alumni, which includes students or alumni of joint programs between DESTIN and other departments. DESTIN team members have to perform substantive functions in the team. The D2Development Fund committee reserves the right to declare projects not eligible in case of justified doubt over the fulfillment of this criterion.

2. Proposals must be submitted to the committee by 30 September 2011. Please email your proposal and supporting documents to d2developmentfund@googlemail.com.

3. The D2D selection committee will then select a maximum of three proposals to be put forward for the vote online. We assess all proposals according to our selection criteria.