[open-science] Science Crowd Funding

Wed Apr 10 14:41:32 UTC 2013

Hey there,

I'm one of the founders of microryza.com. I second what Heather said, can
the Open Science Space team identify yourself or send me an e-mail at
cindy at microryza.com? I'd absolutely love to chat more! We love connecting
with anyone that's interested in crowdfunding for research.

At Microryza, we just raised a substantial amount of funding and we care
very much about openness and transparency--look for changes there in the
coming months. We're a team of open science geeks from the University of
Washington.

Cindy

P.S. We're always looking for smart people to join our team (paid)! Just
shoot me an e-mail. We're from Seattle, but now located in Silicon Valley.

-- 
Cindy Wu
Co-Founder | Microryza <http://www.microryza.com/>
cindy at microryza.com
@cindywu123 <http://www.twitter.com/>
425-533-8126

Read about Microryza's founding story here <https://wefunder.com/microryza>.

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 4:00 AM, <open-science-request at lists.okfn.org>wrote:

> Send open-science mailing list submissions to
>         open-science at lists.okfn.org
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>         http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>         open-science-request at lists.okfn.org
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
>         open-science-owner at lists.okfn.org
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of open-science digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Re: Science Crowd Funding (Heather Morrison)
>    2. Re: Science Crowd Funding (Peter Murray-Rust)
>    3. Re: Science Crowd Funding (Heather Morrison)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:51:28 -0700
> From: Heather Morrison <hgmorris at sfu.ca>
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Science Crowd Funding
> To: Open Science Space <info at opensciencespace.com>
> Cc: open-science at lists.okfn.org
> Message-ID: <4A9D8332-A576-43FC-88B9-A442BC13933A at sfu.ca>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>
> 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
> > _______________________________________________
> > open-science mailing list
> > open-science at lists.okfn.org
> > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-science
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 18:34:27 +0100
> From: Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Science Crowd Funding
> To: Heather Morrison <hgmorris at sfu.ca>
> Cc: open-science <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Message-ID:
>         <CAD2k14MVe7bQ=TQ72GhFF6eB_a2Lwz9k_Z8dS9PgNqN9isM=
> yg at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>
> 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
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > open-science mailing list
> > > open-science at lists.okfn.org
> > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> > > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-science
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > open-science mailing list
> > open-science at lists.okfn.org
> > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-science
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Peter Murray-Rust
> Reader in Molecular Informatics
> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> University of Cambridge
> CB2 1EW, UK
> +44-1223-763069
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: <
> http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-science/attachments/20130409/9731abf3/attachment-0001.htm
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:47:28 -0700
> From: Heather Morrison <hgmorris at sfu.ca>
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Science Crowd Funding
> To: Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
> Cc: open-science <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Message-ID: <62F26A80-653B-44C6-831A-38FF2C69FE19 at sfu.ca>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>
> 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
> >
> >
> > <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.
> >
> >
> > ?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
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > open-science mailing list
> > > open-science at lists.okfn.org
> > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> > > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-science
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > open-science mailing list
> > open-science at lists.okfn.org
> > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-science
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Murray-Rust
> > Reader in Molecular Informatics
> > Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> > University of Cambridge
> > CB2 1EW, UK
> > +44-1223-763069
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> open-science mailing list
> open-science at lists.okfn.org
> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/optionss/open-science
>
>
> End of open-science Digest, Vol 240, Issue 1
> ********************************************
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-science/attachments/20130410/678a72bb/attachment-0001.html>