START International, Inc.

Washington D.C., United States

START was founded in 1992 to address the disparity in climate change research coming from Africa and Asia (the global south vs. North America and Europe (the global north). Many of the predicted effects of climate change will disproportionately affect developing countries as sea level rise threatens growing cities, and rain fed agriculture suffers from changing precipitation patterns. Scientists and policy-makers in these countries need tools and information to adapt to climate change. START's mission is to build the capacity of scientists and policy-makers in developing countries to respond to the threats and opportunities of climate change. In our first decade, START focused on finding promising scientists and building their skills via research grants, training programs, and PhD student fellowships. In the past decade, START has moved towards a more holistic approach of bringing different groups of people together to solve common problems. START integrates social and natural scientists' work on climate change, as well as brings together scientists, practitioners, community members, and decision makers to solve regional problems. START achieves our mission by offering training events, interdisciplinary research grants, science-policy dialogues and other events and on-going programs.

Contact details

Website:
www.start.org

Address:
START International c/o WeWork 1440 G St NW Washington, DC 20005 USA

Country:
United States

Sub-region:
Northern America

Areas of focus

Geographics of focus
Africa, South Asia
Operating languages
English

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
Independent
Year founded
1992
Age (years)
START International, Inc.
 31
United States average
 40
Global average
 31
Founded by
Founders: N/A
Founder gender: N/A
Leadership
Leader(s) (2023): Alain Bourque
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2022): N/A
Leader gender: N/A
Leader(s) (2021): Jon Padgham
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2023
START International, Inc.
 5
United States average
 51
Global average
 66
2021
START International, Inc.
 11
2019
START International, Inc.
 11
% Female staff
2023
START International, Inc.
 40%
United States average
 51%
Global average
 50%
2021
START International, Inc.
 55%
2019
START International, Inc.
 55%

Organisational performance

Publications
2022
START International, Inc.
 4
United States average
 60
Global average
 65
2015
START International, Inc.
 2

Social

Likes (2023)
START International, Inc.
 4,444
United States average
 67,686
Global average
 27,094
Likes (2022)
START International, Inc.
 4,253
Likes (2021)
START International, Inc.
 3,980
Twitter
Followers (2023)
START International, Inc.
 881
United States average
 49,991
Global average
 19,389
Followers (2022)
START International, Inc.
 845
Followers (2021)
START International, Inc.
 760
Subscribers (2019)
START International, Inc.
United States average
Global average
Subscribers (2017)
START International, Inc.
Followers (2023)
START International, Inc.
 1,186
United States average
 18,654
Global average
 12,044
Followers (2022)
START International, Inc.
 1,053
Followers (2019)
START International, Inc.
 549

Data notes

Last updated: 10/05/2023
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
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