START International: Core Support from US Global Change Research Program

该奖项由美国全球变化研究计划为全球变化分析、研究和培训系统(START)秘书处的运作提供支持。该组织是美国全球变化研究计划战略计划的重要组成部分，因为它涉及到国际参与。他们的使命是“增加研究、教育和培训的机会，以加强发展中国家理解、交流和推动应对重大全球变化挑战的科学能力”，实现了美国全球变化研究计划的所有战略目标。这笔资金将使START秘书处能够继续开发和实施促进非洲和亚洲以研究为导向的能力建设的计划。这种方法强调从实践中进行经验学习，特别是对职业生涯初期的科学家，将有针对性的技能培养和网络机会纳入对全球变化所产生的区域影响和风险的研究中。这项工作侧重于全球/气候变化和可持续发展交汇处的关键挑战，包括减少灾害风险、土地利用/土地覆盖变化、生物多样性保护、城市发展、人类健康、水资源管理以及农业和粮食安全。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides support from the US Global Change Research Program for the Secretariat operations of the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training (START). This organization is an essential component of the US Global Change Research Program strategic plan as it relates to international engagement. Their mission "to increase opportunities for research, education and training that strengthen scientific capacities in developing countries to understand, communicate and motivate action on critical global change challenges" addresses all of the US Global Change Research Program strategic goals. The funding will enable START Secretariat to continue developing and implementing programs that advance research-driven capacity building in Africa and Asia. This approach emphasizes experiential learning by doing, particularly for early-career scientists, in which targeted skill building and networking opportunities are integrated into research on regional impacts and risks stemming from global change. The work focuses on critical challenges at the intersection of global/climate change and sustainable development, including disaster risk reduction, land-use/land-cover change, biodiversity conservation, urban development, human health, water resources management, and agriculture and food security.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.