PESCA Scientific Capacity Grants in the Americas

IAI's PESCA program allocated US$273,523.00 across 11 countries from 1999 to 2001 to boost scientific participation. The dataset includes executive summaries, project results, statistics, and real data from funded investigators. It is managed by the IAI organization SCIOPS.

Use Cases

• Analyze funding distribution by country using the provided country and grant amount data.
• Study project outcomes and scientific results described in the Executive Summaries and Project Results.
• Assess research capacity building metrics from the included Statistics Information.
• Link PESCA-funded scientists to other IAI programs like ISP round III and CRN projects.

Strengths

• Contains detailed financial allocation data for 11 specific countries.
• Includes multiple document types: Executive Summaries, Project Results, Statistics, and investigator data.

Limitations

• Dataset size, row count, and specific column structure are unknown.
• Data is temporally stale, covering the period 1999-2001.

Provenance

Source

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Compilation of approved project documents and financial records.

Time Range

1999-2001

Freshness

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Geography

Americas: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela.