Support for START International's science capacity development activities

支持 START International 的科学能力发展活动

• 批准号: 2245420
• 负责人: Jon Padgham
• 金额: $ 141.8万
• 依托单位: START International, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2245420&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; START; International; science; capacity

This project provides core operational support to enable the ongoing work of START International to develop comprehensive science capacity development programs, projects and actions in Africa and Asia. Support for START serves to advance the strategic aims the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) with respect to the US Government’s commitment to supporting stronger scientific capacities in low and middle-income countries. START is able to accomplish this through USGCRP's core support of its operations that allows the organization to seek broader support for projects and other activities from other governments, private foundations, and multilateral bodies. Core support for START is critical for advancing the organization’s mission to cultivate, inspire and connect emerging science leaders in Africa and Asia to work with societal partners in creating a more sustainable and equitable future. This project will enable START to create new programs and partnerships that provide comprehensive capacity development in Africa and Asia through skill-building, scientific leadership, and experiential learning. START’s work primarily targets early-career researchers and sustainability professionals who engage with global change science in the areas of adaptation, climate finance, renewable energy, human health and climate, and urban resilience among other themes. In the period covered by this project, START will continue to build on its collaborations with Future Earth and the World Climate Research Program (WCRP), and in doing so bring START's knowledge and expertise to these collaborations, such as through a collaboration with the WCRP in developing new actions in Africa related to the emerging Regional Information for Society project, and with Future Earth related to skill building for transdisciplinary research and science leadership.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.

该项目提供核心业务支持，使START国际正在进行的工作能够在非洲和亚洲制定全面的科学能力发展计划、项目和行动。对START的支持有助于推进美国全球变化研究计划(USGCRP)的战略目标，即美国政府承诺支持低收入和中等收入国家更强的科学能力。START能够做到这一点，是通过USGCRP对其业务的核心支持，使该组织能够寻求其他政府、私人基金会和多边机构对项目和其他活动的更广泛支持。对START的核心支持对于推进本组织的使命至关重要，即培养、激励和联系非洲和亚洲的新兴科学领袖，与社会伙伴合作，创造一个更可持续和更公平的未来。该项目将使START能够创建新的计划和伙伴关系，通过技能建设、科学领导和体验式学习在非洲和亚洲提供全面的能力发展。Start的工作主要面向职业早期研究人员和可持续发展专业人员，他们在适应、气候融资、可再生能源、人类健康和气候以及城市复原力等领域从事全球变化科学研究。在本项目所涵盖的期间，START将继续加强其与未来地球和世界气候研究计划(WCRP)的合作，并在这样做的过程中将START的知识和专业知识带到这些合作中，例如通过与WCRP合作在非洲制定与新兴区域社会信息项目相关的新行动，以及与未来地球合作开发与跨学科研究和科学领导能力相关的技能。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。