STARTcast
STARTcast is a podcast created by START International, a nongovernmental organization that has worked to create new connections and strengthen opportunities for advancing sustainability science across Africa and Asia for more than 25 years. The STARTcast is one way we endeavor to bring informative, approachable and free content to early and mid-career scientists working on issues of global sustainability.
STARTcast
Episode 6: Review, Rejection and Moving Forward
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START International, Inc.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
Episode six of the STARTcast features a conversation between START Program Specialist, Dr. Mzime Ndebele-Murisa and Dr. Blane Harvey, an Assistant Professor and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University in Canada. Blane is also an associate of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in the UK. In this episode, Blane shares his experience and offers invaluable advice on research proposal review processes, why proposals get rejected, and how to deal with rejection including some of the lessons one can take away.