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資助科學一直以來都依賴於公眾的支援。傳統上,研究機構的科學家從政府機構,有時也從私人基金會獲得資金。然而,來自政府機構的資金,如 NSF(國家科學基金會)NIH(國立衛生研究院),來源於納稅人的錢。因此,實際上是您在支付資金,以支援涵蓋研究和工程領域的各種專案。但是,正如 #SciFund 的聯合創始人之一 Jai Ranganathan 博士在 Sci-Am Network Central Blog 上寫道:“科學的傳統資金來源——政府機構和私人基金會——越來越難以獲取。那麼,科學家該怎麼辦呢?”

那麼,為什麼不讓人們自己決定他們想看到哪些科學研究被完成呢!為了實現這一目標,#SciFund 使用眾包方法進行資助。他們與 RocketHub 合作,發起了 #SciFund 挑戰賽。這種合作關係允許科學家開展自己的眾籌活動來資助他們的研究。科學家們釋出他們的提案,並盡一切努力讓人們像他們一樣對此感到興奮。這產生了一種獨特的效果,即建立了一個吸引普通大眾而非科學專家小組的科學提案。因此,成功的提案者需要使其引人入勝並具有相關性,從而創造出大量有趣的提案,使用影片、影像、色彩豐富的文字,併為不同捐贈級別的捐贈者提供研究周邊產品和其他獎勵。這個系統的偉大之處在於,科學家可以像非營利組織一樣接受小額支付,並逐步實現他們的研究目標。

#SciFund 挑戰賽包含 49 個精彩的研究專案,涵蓋了廣泛的主題。您可以滾動瀏覽所有專案並親自檢視,但以下是具有進化焦點的專案


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About Kevin Zelnio

Kevin has a M.Sc. degree in biology from Penn State, a B.Sc. in Evolution and Ecology from University of California, Davis, and has worked at as a researcher at several major marine science institutions. His broad academic research interests have encompassed population genetics, biodiversity, community ecology, food webs and systematics of invertebrates at deep-sea chemosynthetic environments and elsewhere. Kevin has described several new species of anemones and shrimp. He is now a freelance writer, independent scientist and science communications consultant living near the Baltic coast of Sweden in a small, idyllic village.

Kevin is also the assistant editor and webmaster for Deep Sea News, where he contributes articles on marine science. His award-winning writing has been appeared in Seed Magazine, The Open Lab: Best Writing on Science Blogs (2007, 2009, 2010), Discovery Channel, ScienceBlogs, and Environmental Law Review among others. He spends most of his time enjoying the company of his wife and two kids, hiking, supporting local breweries, raising awareness for open access, playing guitar and songwriting. You can read up more about Kevin and listen to his music at his homepage, where you can also view his CV and Résumé, and follow him twitter and Google +.

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