Crowdfunding could make research Pozible

By Geoff Maslen. For the first time an Australian university is using the ‘crowdfunding’ system to attract money from the public to cover all or some of the costs of research. Eight academics at Deakin University in Melbourne have turned to a crowdfunding site called http://Pozible.com in an attempt to raise funds for their research projects. These include a study of the impact of salinity on marine invertebrate species such as rock lobsters, abalone and sea urchins, and the development of an app that will allow Melbournians to walk in the steps of immigrant photographer Mark Strizic and reshoot his images of their city. The Deakin-Pozible project, called Research My World, gives Australians the opportunity to make tax-deductible donations to a range of research that appeals to their interests and concerns. Read more...