Website lets scientists build funding and public support.
An innovative website lets the public donate to scientific projects. SciFlies (http://sciflies.org), publicly launched on 22 November, lists and promotes peer-reviewed projects, giving researchers 6 months to reach funding targets. Creator David Fries, a marine scientist at the University of South Florida in St Petersburg, says that the site lets scientists raise money and build a community of supporters. Donations are free from university contract and overhead rates, says Fries, so researchers get a large share.
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Gift system for science. Nature 480, 281 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7376-281d
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