Kickstarter vs. the National Science Foundation
Kickstarter provides a different model for distributing funding. There are some innovative ideas that other granting agencies could learn from.
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Over the last two months, I’ve been watching Deakin University’s venture into crowdfunding research. It has been an exciting and very successful initiative. Deakin University is based in Australia, so...
View ArticleCrowdfunding your research
Dear researcher Thank you very much for sending through your funding proposal. You mentioned that you are trying to obtain corporate sponsorship for this project. That is excellent, and you should...
View ArticleWorth more than money
At the moment, there isn’t a lot of glory for an academic in crowdfunding. If you want to get promoted at a university, you need to secure funding from one of the key funding bodies in your country...
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Lauren Gawne is a David Myers Research Fellow at La Trobe University. Her research focuses on grammar and gesture in Tibetan languages of Nepal. She is one half of Lingthusiasm, a podcast that is...
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