Is Crowdfunded Science Legit Science?
A crowdfunding campaign for a brain imaging study closed Monday after raising almost $80,000 toward a unique goal: the first functional magnetic resonance images of the brain on LSD.
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A simple way to pay for science research?
The internet has radically changed most forms of communication, government and business – why not science and research funding too?
Crowd science user contribution patterns and their implications
On the challenges of crowdfunded science projects.
Sciencestarter
Sciencestarter is the first German crowdfunding platform for science projects.
Research picks up pace
The crowdsourcing model of raising public funds online for individual projects is becoming a real possibility for medical and scientific research.
Statistics on Experiment
Science crowdfunding platform reaches $1 million after two years.
Der Investorenschwarm formiert sich
Erstes Monitoring über alle Aktivitäten auf Schweizer Plattformen zeigt, dass Crowdfunding auch in der Schweiz immer beliebter wird. Gemäss der Studie hat sich das gesammelte Geldvolumen im vergangenen Jahr mehr als verdoppelt.
Could it work?
Crowdfunding has energised public and private sectors, says Didier Schmitt – could it reconnect science and society too?
The science crowdfunding landscape
As the dominant all-comers crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter's fundraising stats are leading indicators of where charitable online crowdfunding is headed. Just yesterday Kickstarter proclaimed that over 50,000 projects have been successfully funded to the tune of $836 million. They could barely contain their glee: For over a year, I've been observing a sliver of the rapidly expanding crowdfunding pie: science projects.
Scientists experiment with crowdsourcing
Labs at Yale are researching mosquito sterilization and the abilities of rubber-decomposing fungus, all without grants. As grants from federal organizations like the National Institutes of Health become increasingly difficult to secure, researchers at Yale and across the nation are turning to a new source of support.
Science Breaks Free
Inside portrait of the research crowd-funding platform Microryza, at their office/home in San Francisco.
Five tips for crowdfunding success
With only one in five National Health and Medical Research Council ( NHMRC) grant applications successful, and a similar rate for Australian Research Council ( ARC) Discovery grants, it's little wonder researchers are looking to alternate forms of funding - one of which being crowdfunding.
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