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 7: Funder Insights
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START International, Inc.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
Episode seven of the STARTcast features a conversation between START's Executive Director, Jon Padgham and Bruce Currie-Alder, Climate Change Program Leader at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian governmental organization that supports research in developing countries to promote sustainable growth, reduce poverty, and drive large-scale positive change. In this episode, Bruce and Jon revisit points and ideas raised throughout the first season of the STARTcast relating to current realities of research funding, potential future directions, and general insights into the proposal writing process - this time from a funder’s perspective.