[open-science] Science Crowd Funding

Tue Apr 9 17:47:28 UTC 2013

Noted. But you have to read the Nature article to get the name of a person - there is nothing on the organization's website.

Do you want to contribute money to an organization with no contact listed on its website, or have your project listed on a website? 

I don't mean to suggest that this is a fly-by-night operation, rather the website might give this impression. Open Science Space (Eric Cox??) did ask for suggestions.

best,

Heather 

On 2013-04-09, at 10:34 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:

> 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
> 
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> <quote>Erik Cox, founder of a project called The Open Science Space 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.
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> “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. ...
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> </quote>
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> 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
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> 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.
> >
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