@article{marshallKickstartYourResearch2013,
  title = {Kickstart Your Research},
  author = {Marshall, Jessica},
  date = {2013-03},
  journaltitle = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {110},
  pages = {4857--4859},
  issn = {1091-6490},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.1303517110},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1303517110},
  abstract = {Extract. Scientists are beginning to use crowdfunding to support their work, but don't stop filling out those grant applications just yet.

Lauren Kuehne wanted to branch into a new area of research characterizing the soundscape near freshwater lakes. Ethan Perlstein's postdoctoral fellowship was about to expire, but he was keen to continue his work on the pharmacology of methamphetamine. And Kay Holekamp knew her project to use hyenas as indicators of ecosystem health was important but too applied to get funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Faced with research goals that fell between the funding cracks, all of these researchers turned to an emerging fundraising channel -- crowdfunding -- to get the dollars they needed.

Crowdfunding involves asking members of the public to chip in money for projects that interest them, and a number of crowdfunding Web sites now offer researchers a page to pitch their idea, typically including a short video. Much like donating to public radio, backers receive specified perks in return for different levels of support. The best known crowdfunding hub is Kickstarter, which raised over \$300 million for over 18,000 projects last year. Kickstarter does not support scientific research projects, but other sites such as Indiegogo and RocketHub have filled the gap. Specialized, research-specific sites such as Microryza, founded by graduates of the University of Washington, Seattle, are also popping up.

Crowdfunding is giving researchers the opportunity to take their research in new directions, funding graduate students or undergraduates who can do a lot with a little bit of money, or even paying for a season of field research. Two similar projects on Indiegogo, the American Gut project and uBiome, recently became the most lucrative crowdfunded science projects to date, their creators believe, by each raising around \$350,000.

But unlike these two projects, which provide backers with a profile of …},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-12213518,crowdfunding,research-funding,scientific-communication},
  number = {13}
}

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