[Okgrantsmanship] AAAS Webinar: "Crowdfunding Science: Appealing to the online community for research money"

Wed Jan 23 11:07:21 CST 2013

This is a free webinar that may be of use for you and your policy makers regarding bypassing the Sponsored Programs office to seek funding through Crowdfunding. See how to register below:

With federal and state funding for science on the downward trend, many young scientists are bypassing the grant writing process and appealing directly to the public via the Internet for money to support their research. Crowdfunding, as it is known, holds huge potential for scientists who can effectively capture the imagination of the public and get them to open their wallets in support of science.

In AAAS MemberCentral’s webinar "Appealing to the online community for research money", we’ll look at #SciFund Challange, a website that helps researchers get their projects funded by the public, and we’ll also hear from two scientists who successfully funded their projects via the crowd. We’ll find out what they learned along the way, share tips on how to reach your funding goal and give you an opportunity to ask the panelists questions.

Linda Mason, Ed.D.
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Here’s another crowdfunding webinar that may be of interest to folks:

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Please join us on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at noon ET (GMT -5:00) for a hour-long webinar entitled "Crowdfunding Science: Appealing to the
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With federal and state funding for science flat or on the downward trend, many young scientists are looking for new ways to support their research. One way is crowdfunding, appealing directly to the public via the Internet for money. Crowdfunding holds huge potential for scientists who can effectively capture the imagination of the public and get them to open their wallets in support of science.

In AAAS MemberCentral's webinar Crowdfunding Science: Appealing to the online community for research money, we'll look at #SciFund Challange, a website that helps researchers get their projects funded by the public, and we'll also hear from two researchers who successfully funded their projects via the crowd. We'll find out what they learned along the way, share tips on how to reach your funding goal, and give you an opportunity to ask the speakers questions.

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SPEAKERS:

Jarrett Byrnes
Co-founder of #SciFund Challenge
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston

Jarrett Byrnes is an assistant professor, University of Massachusetts Boston. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of food web complexity in marine systems. Byrnes is the co-founder of #SciFundChallenge<http://app.aaas-science.org/e/er?s=1906&lid=26142&elq=ed04408f51b445029462177a790b4a6e>, a website that helps scientists use crowdfuding to fund their research and as a way to get scientists to directly engage with the public. In 2011, his #SciFund project Hey! Where's that fish?!" received $4,600. Byrnes is also the author of the science blog im a chordata! urochordata!<http://app.aaas-science.org/e/er?s=1906&lid=26143&elq=ed04408f51b445029462177a790b4a6e> He received his undergraduate degree in biology from Brown University, and his Ph.D in population biology from UC-Davis. Byrnes served as a postdoc fellow at Santa Barbara Long Term Ecological Research Project.

Erica Hermsen
MS Conservation Biology, Candidate
Antioch University New England

Erica Hermsen just completed her M.S. in Conservation Biology at Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire. Her thesis focused on evaluating the effectiveness of a variety of bait types at luring cheetahs to target sites. In the summers of 2011 and 2012, Erica set up 35 motion-triggered camera traps in southern Kenya and evaluated the photographs to determine the frequency of visitation of cheetahs to different baits. She successfully raised $3,212 crowdfunding through the site Petridish.org<http://app.aaas-science.org/e/er?s=1906&lid=26144&elq=ed04408f51b445029462177a790b4a6e>. The money helped fund five bait stations. Results were provided to the Kenya Wildlife Service and the not-for-profit project Action for Cheetahs in Kenya (ACK) to be used in future radio-collaring efforts. Erica works full-time as a consultant with Shaw Environmental and as ACK's Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator.

Ethan O. Perlstein
Project leader of Crowdsourcing Discovery
Lewis-Sigler Fellow, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Princeton University

Ethan Perlstein graduated from Western High school in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1997. He attended Columbia College and received a B.A. in Sociology in 2001. In 2006, Ethan received a doctorate in molecular and cell biology from Harvard University, working in the chemical biology lab of Professor Stuart Schreiber. Ethan just completed a five-year independent postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University studying how complex drugs work in simple organisms, an approach he calls evolutionary pharmacology. Ethan is currently working on a record-breaking $25,000 crowdfunding project<http://app.aaas-science.org/e/er?s=1906&lid=26145&elq=ed04408f51b445029462177a790b4a6e> to determine where amphetamines accumulate in the mouse brain.

MODERATOR:

Adam Ruben
Scientist-Comedian, Author of Science Career's Experimental Error column

Adam Ruben is a writer, comedian, storyteller, and molecular biologist in Washington, D.C. Adam currently works at Sanaria, a biotech company in Rockville, Maryland, developing a vaccine for malaria. Ruben has performed standup comedy for over 10 years at clubs, colleges, and private venues. A former freelance writer for National Lampoon, Adam is the author of the humor book Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School (Broadway Books, 2010) and the monthly column Experimental Error in Science Careers. He has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, the Food Network's Food Detectives, and the Science Channel's Head Rush, and will soon co-host a new show on the Discovery Channel called You Have Been Warned. Learn more at adamruben.net<http://app.aaas-science.org/e/er?s=1906&lid=26140&elq=ed04408f51b445029462177a790b4a6e>.
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The live webinar is free to all. An archived version of the webinar will be available for on-demand viewing exclusively for AAAS members on MemberCentral<http://app.aaas-science.org/e/er?s=1906&lid=573&elq=ed04408f51b445029462177a790b4a6e> within 48 hours of the event.

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