[open-science] Science Crowd Funding

Tue Apr 9 17:34:27 UTC 2013

If you go to the site http://www.opensciencespace.com/
you will find a very large amount of information including a pointer to
http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2012/10/25/who-gets-funded-you-decide
which reports in great detail

<quote>Erik Cox, founder of a project called The Open Science
Space<http://www.opensciencespace.com/>which hopes to make science
more transparent, is currently raising funds to
launch a crowdfunding site dedicated to science-based projects. We asked
him to explain what open funding is all about, and how it can benefit
science.

“TRADITIONALLY finance for research is accessible to scientists through
quite limited channels such as research councils. The grant application
process can be long and laborious, and can often end in rejection or
require lengthy modification. It is also a process which goes unseen by the
public who only get to know about individual research when a mainstream
media outlet picks up on a story. ...

</quote>

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Heather Morrison <hgmorris at sfu.ca> wrote:

> In the interests of openness and transparency, can you say who you are,
> Open Science Space? Assuming there are humans behind this project? :)
>
> Your e-mail is organizational, not identifying a person. Your About Us /
> Meet our Team page does not mention any humans.
>
> Contact Us is a web form with no human contact information.
>
> best,
>
> Heather Morrison, PhD
> Librarian & Academic
> The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> On 2013-04-09, at 3:31 AM, Open Science Space wrote:
>
> > Would anyone be interested in crowdfunding for science at a smaller,
> local level? – see http://science.funding2013.com/
> >
> > Your thoughts would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Open Science Space
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