Knowledge into use awards | #Art 4 Resilience

Deadline: October 20, 2022

The “Knowledge into use” awards are for innovative and creative ways of facilitating the use of resilience knowledge. These could be games, cartoons, arts, theater, exhibits of local and indigenous knowledge, or audio-visual content (movies, songs, etc). These innovative and creative ideas should be based on sound evidence published in the form of research papers or reports. The broad themes for this contest include Urban, Rural, and Coastal Resilience. Harmonizing science with elements of justice, equity, and indigenous and local knowledge expressed creatively using evidence that exists on these three themes is highly encouraged. The most interesting concepts will be awarded cash awards with the expectation that the award money will act as an enabler for the individual/group/grassroots organization to implement or express the idea creatively in time for an exhibition within 6-8 months.

The concept note/ idea should be a 200-word brief on the challenges being solved and the evidence generated on enhancing resilience. For instance, mangroves have the potential to act as resilient natural infrastructure to manage storm surges and support community livelihoods. If this knowledge is depicted through an entertaining comic strip, then that could be a contender for the cash award.

What to Submit

Please submit the following:

• Entertaining audiovisuals in form of (but not limited to) games, videos, podcasts, comics, graphic art, performing arts, etc
• A written concept note in a Pdf or word document that describes the evidence behind the art (max 200 words);

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Guidelines

• The contest is open to individuals, groups, or grassroots organizations with a presence in at least one country of a country eligible for Official Development Assistance as defined by the OECD-DAC
•  The concept note/idea should be brief and evidence-based, i.e. it is necessary to cite evidence in the form of reports or research papers to build a case for the knowledge that is being put into use through creative means. 
• The medium of expression can be (but is not limited to) games, videos, podcasts, comics, graphic art, performing arts, etc.
• The ideas for the Knowledge into use Awards may be at any stage of completion (ideas that are at the concept stage will only be considered if the individual or group has previously executed similar concepts).
• The broad themes for this contest include Urban, Rural, and Coastal Resilience;
• Harmonizing science with elements of justice, equity, and indigenous and local knowledge expressed creatively using the evidence that exists on these three themes is highly encouraged.
• The knowledge put into use through creative expression should be based on sound evidence published in the form of research papers or reports.
• The winners will be selected based on creativity in expression and sound evidence base of knowledge as expressed in the application.
• The cash awards aim to enable the individual, group, or grassroots organization to implement or express their idea creatively in time for the exhibition.
•  The copyright for the final products will lie with the winners. GRP, ICCCAD, and CDKN retain the right to use the material on social media and their websites.
• Submit your entry early to increase your chances of getting featured. Submissions will be reviewed daily.

General liability release

By participating in this contest, each entrant agrees:

• That the submission is the entrant’s own original, previously unpublished, and previously unproduced work; any entrant who incorporates any intellectual property or material owned by a third party into his or her submission does so at his or her own risk.
• That they grant GRP, CDKN, and ICCCAD the right to use the submission in connection with the contest and marketing and promotion of the contest, and use this material in future communications material and collateral. The entrant will be properly credited when content is used. That this contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram or any other social media channel, and that you are providing your information to GRP, CDKN, and ICCCAD and not to Instagram or any other social media channel.
• By submitting an entry for consideration in the contest, the entrant agrees to be bound by the contest’s participation guidelines and GRP’s Privacy Policy.

Application Registration Deadline: 20th October 2022

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