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“News about participants in the #SciFund Challenge on RocketHub”
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buddingscientists.com (via @BoraZ) - May 19, 11:50 PM

Budding Scientists

Watch young scientists grow. (RT @genegeek: #SciFund LOVE the new website for our upcoming outreach project: http://t.co/31kPbyGb What do you think?
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www.weeklyweinersmith.com (via @FuSchmu) - May 19, 1:37 PM

Episode 24: Dr. Jennifer Sheridan and tropical conservation

"Great podcast with #SciFund-er Dr. Jennifer Sheridan about her and tropical conservation research!"

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stephenhawley.wordpress.com - May 18, 2:46 AM

May 17th #SciFund Update

May 17th #SciFund Update. Posted on May 17, 2012 by Stephen. In the last two days of the #Scifund challenge Backyard Biotech has leapt from 65% to 79% Fueled, we're picking up speed as we head for the finish line!
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www.rockethub.com (via @Brachiolope) - May 17, 3:37 AM

Tropical conservation & development

Project description:
Conversion of natural forest to plantation or agriculture causes biodiversity loss in many tropical countries, and this especially true in Southeast Asia, which produces most of the world’s palm oil.
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scifundchallenge.org (via @HaleJessie) - May 17, 3:36 AM

Aquatic biology projects

Check out these cool #scifund projects #rest12 tweeps by @lkwander & another by Tal Ben-Horin on #abalone http://t.co/7Y1X4cqU...
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asunews.asu.edu - May 17, 3:34 AM

Doctoral students use 'crowd funding' to secure research funds

Most often organized via the Internet, crowd funding is basically a collective effort to raise funds and resources for an individual, organization or project. During the month of May, more than 140 scientists from around the world ...
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www.insidehighered.com - May 16, 6:34 PM

Crowdfunding's Next Frontier: Academic Research?

Crowdfunding has become increasingly popular lately. That is, those who are looking for funding for their various projects can now turn to the community at large, which makes small contributions that are pooled resources into some pretty sizable chunks of change... - Inside Higher Ed


Via Julien Hering, PhD
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www.rockethub.com (via @trappedinlab) - May 16, 6:33 PM

Evolution in Action

Thanks for checking out my SciFund Challenge, Evolution in Action!Bacteria are masters at adapting to their environment, rearranging their genetic material or gaining new genes from their surroundings.
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scifundchallenge.org - May 16, 2:55 PM

A crowdfunding logo

Dr. Zen Faulkes discusses ideas about a crowdfunding icon to easily distinguish open access science crowdfunding efforts.

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scifundchallenge.org - May 16, 2:46 PM

SciFund round two: almost at halfway point!

Jai Ranganathan We are two weeks into the second round of the #SciFund Challenge. With a little over two weeks to go, we are just doing amazingly well with over sixty one thousand dollars in total contributions!
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scifundchallenge.org - May 15, 8:38 PM

Crowdfunding for you | Science Happens

Tomorrow we will get back to Alzheimer's and science, but let's talk a bit about this: Why crowdfunding? Why now? As young scientists trying to establish our independent research careers, we are only too aware of the ...
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www.ia.ucsb.edu (via @RocketHub) - May 14, 9:52 PM

UCSB Scientists Take the #SciFund Challenge

UCSB Scientists Take the #SciFund Challenge (#UCSB Scientists take the #SciFund Challenge - http://t.co/k3aaZAGJ #crowdfunding on @RocketHub...)...
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www.stemulate.org - May 14, 9:47 PM

SOLID Learning can expand using open source RepRap 3D printers

After regional multi-material and multi-colored printers can handle complex objects and local 3D printers can handle simple objects, RepRap will continue to reach out to more classes.
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www.rockethub.com (via @jebyrnes) - May 19, 1:39 PM

The Alzheimer's Project

Help us find novel drug candidates for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
About Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia.
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www.youtube.com - May 18, 6:40 PM

Beach of the Goliath crabs (SciFund 2)

Doctor Zen Faulkes is participating in the #SciFund Challenge, asking for your help to fund research into the astonishing sizes differences in a little known animal!
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www.rockethub.com (via @jromerov) - May 18, 2:45 AM

Confronting deforestation in northern Argentina

(SPANISH VERSION BELLOW / VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL MÁS ABAJO) “Argentina has already lost 70% of its original forests, and between 1998 and 2006 the deforested surface reached more than 250.000 hectares per year: 1 hectare every 2 minutes (Greenpeace,...
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www.rockethub.com (via @RocketHub) - May 17, 3:37 AM

Sex and the Salamander Down on the Farm

UPDATE (5/16/12)
Thank you all so much for helping me meet my goal! Your contributions are going to fund some really cool science, and I'm so happy I can be a part of it.
But this is not the end!
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www.crowdsourcing.org (via @cdfreire) - May 17, 3:35 AM

RocketHub [Video Interview] The Sci-Fund Challenge

Brian Meece, CEO and co-founder of RocketHub, discusses the Sci-Fund Challenge initiative.
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www.stumbleupon.com (via @STEMulateOrg) - May 16, 6:36 PM

SOLID Learning can expand using open source RepRap printers

After regional multi-material and multi-colored printers can handle complex objects and local 3D printers can handle simple objects, RepRap will continue to reach out to more classes.
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www.bren.ucsb.edu (via @ucsbbrenschool) - May 16, 6:34 PM

Bren School - SciFund Challenge

Crowdsourcing for science: two Bren PhD students participate in the second SciFund Challenge on RocketHub.http://bit.ly/JTjeAh...
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www.stemulate.org - May 16, 4:18 PM

#SciFund topic curation using Paper.Li

Topic curation for #SciFund Challenge projects in the 2012 Round 2 event using Paper.Li.
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www.youtube.com - May 16, 2:46 PM

#SciFund 2 - Not Done Yet!

Through your interest, MakerBot Education (curriculum.makerbot.com) has decided to sponsor my research, so we will no longer be raising funds for ...youtube.com...
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stephenhawley.wordpress.com - May 16, 2:45 PM

#SciFund progress report

We are at the halfway point for round 2 of the #Scifund challenge and Backyard Biotech is 65% Fueled! I'm so appreciative of your contributions and words of encouragement. We are entering a critical time and need to push ...
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sciblogs.co.nz (via @SiouxsieW) - May 14, 9:53 PM

SciFund Challenge Day 13!

So with 18 days still left to go, the 75 projects which make up round 2 of the SciFund Challenge have raised over 58,000 US dollars for scientific research (#SciFund Challenge Day 13 update...http://t.co/Ku8jkguj...)...
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www.rockethub.com (via @RiceOCFR) - May 14, 9:47 PM

Snakes, Birds and Disappearing Chile Peppers

The Mystery
Local residents of the island of Guam tell me that there are fewer wild pepper plants now than there used to be before the invasive Brown Treesnake was present or prevalent.
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