Seeding is believing: McGill launches crowdfunding platform
Megan Elizabeth Martin, McGill Reporter, June 6, 2014
McGill University in Montreal has launched a crowdfunding platform to encourage donations. "McGill donors can now choose specific projects to support – projects that really speak to them – and watch as their support helps change our landscape of learning," said Ayesha Mayan, Director of McGill’s Annual Fund. More...
Mobiliser des investisseurs pour concrétiser son projet
C'est un moyen de financer un projet de création ou de développement d’activité, en récoltant des fonds auprès d’un large public.
La démarche de financement participatif (appelée en anglais « crowdfunding ») met en relation, via une plateforme en ligne, des porteurs de projet et des personnes souhaitant investir dans un projet. Plus...
Ce n'est pas la formule du loto du patrimoine qui a été retenue pour le bassin minier. Pour "sauver" dix sites privés "en péril", la fondation du Patrimoine et la mission Bassin minier Nord-Pas-de-Calais lancent une campagne de crowdfunding auprès de particuliers. Plus...
For colleges and universities looking to better engage their alumni, the team at KDG in Allentown, Pennsylvania is offering a proven solution: custom higher ed crowdfunding. More...
BoomWriter Media Inc. (BWM), a collaboration tool for crowdsourcing writing content in schools and colleges, today announced that it has closed a new round of funding worth $4.1 million. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. A team of scientists from across the country has today launched a crowdfunding campaign to investigate how researchers can use social media platform Instagram to boost public perceptions of their profession. More...
Sign of the times: Crowdfunding for scientific research
Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen, 2017/06/14
I'm thinking that if I had to depend on crowd-funding to support my research I'd be in trouble. It's not that it isn't important and worthwhile - it's just that, of the top thousand things on a person's mind, my work isn't one of them. Which means they'd never get around to crowdfunding it. More...
By 2025 global investment from crowdfunding is expected to reach $93 billion. And education is one area expected to benefit the most. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Jordan Peterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and an outspoken critic of what he calls “compelled speech,” is making nearly $39,000 U.S. per month through crowdfunding, the Toronto Star reported. Donors support the professor’s opposition to politically correct speech, such as the mandatory use of the gender-neutral pronoun “they.” More...
Ultra Sports Science est un fonds de dotation basé sur le mécénat dont l’objet est de financer des recherches scientifiques liées aux préoccupations des sportifs. Ses recherches ont pour intérêt la santé du sportif avant, pendant et après l’effort. Suite...
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