Support for START International's science capacity development activities

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，以及美国政府对支持低收入和中等收入国家加强科学能力的承诺。START能够通过USGCRP对其运作的核心支持来实现这一目标，这使得该组织能够从其他政府、私人基金会和多边机构那里为项目和其他活动寻求更广泛的支持。对START的核心支持对于推进该组织的使命至关重要，该组织的使命是培养、激励和联系非洲和亚洲的新兴科学领袖，让他们与社会伙伴合作，创造一个更加可持续和公平的未来。该项目将使START能够创建新的项目和伙伴关系，通过技能培养、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的工作主要针对从事适应、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的全球变化科学的早期职业研究人员和可持续发展专业人员。在本项目涵盖的期间，START将继续加强与未来地球和世界气候研究计划（WCRP）的合作，并在此过程中将START的知识和专业知识带入这些合作，例如通过与WCRP合作，在非洲制定与新兴的区域社会信息项目相关的新行动，以及与未来地球合作，在跨学科研究和科学领导的技能建设方面。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.