March 12, 2018
Individuals from across Africa came together to share perspectives, experiences, and ideas to identify opportunities and actions to formally create a transdisciplinary research (TDR) network for the continent. Regional ownership in framing the exploration was critical for lending legitimacy to…
March 12, 2018
START’s key partners from across Africa met in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on February 26-27 to reflect on science capacity development in the continent, and to discuss strategic approaches to mobilizing resources and partnerships. Since START’s inception in 1992, there have…
March 09, 2018
The Centre for Research, Agricultural advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability in Food and Nutritional Security (CREATES), hosted by the School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) has opened a call…
START’s newsletters offer the latest on research innovations, science capacity development in Africa and Asia, and opportunities in sustainability science from START and partners.
March 09, 2018
The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) has launched a call for proposals for climate and clean energy projects and businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Selected projects will receive no-cost coaching by professional consultants and, once they are investment-ready, benefit…
March 07, 2018
START International, Inc. invites applications for a part-time/hourly Program Specialist position. The Program Specialist will work remotely but must be based in the D.C., Maryland, Virginia area to attend relevant meetings and to visit START’s office in D.C. The primary…
March 05, 2018
As part of the 5-year “Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa” programme, the International Council for Science (ICSU), in partnership with the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) will support up…
March 03, 2018
The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), an intergovernmental organization composed of 19 Parties in the Americas, identifies adaptation to the impacts of global change as an issue of the highest relevance that the region should address through scientific collaboration and transdisciplinary…
March 02, 2018
The Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) project invites you to attend a webinar on Challenging assumptions about gender and climate adaptation – “It’s not always what, or who, you think”. The webinar will take place on March 14, 2018, 12:00pm…
February 23, 2018
Join open data and climate resilience experts from World Resources Institute and Future Earth for an introduction to PREPdata. The speakers will show users how to discover and visualize datasets, overlay datasets to do visual analysis, create custom graphs and…
February 23, 2018
The ReSource Award acknowledges social entrepreneurial initiatives aimed at prototyping or scaling up new approaches for resolving existing social and/or ecological issues related to sustainable water management practices. Examples include access to, use and supply of water, sanitation and hygiene…