Researchers at Deakin University have completed a really interesting pilot project using crowd-funding to source money for research projects. The pilot titled, Research My World, was run in partnership with crowd-funding site Pozible.com and is the first of its kind in Australia. Of the 8 projects put forward for funding 6 were funded (75% success rate!). However, not only did the pilot raise funds for the projects it also generated huge media and social-media attention for the projects and the researchers. In addition it provided an excellent introduction for the researchers to the use of social media in engaging the wider community in university research.
A copy of the Research My World pilot project evaluation can be found at this link:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/documents/research-my-world.pdf
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