{"id":5527,"date":"2023-02-08T09:23:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T06:43:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T06:43:04","slug":"five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project","title":{"rendered":"Five tips for crowdfunding your research project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Crowdfunding&#8212;the use of small amounts of capital from a large number of individuals (usually online) to finance a business or artistic enterprise&#8212;is an established method of raising capital for entrepreneurs and creative artists. And it\u2019s now becoming a popular way of securing funding for scientific research,<a href=\"#_edn1\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\" title=\"\"><span class=\"MsoEndnoteReference\" style=\"vertical-align:super\"><span class=\"MsoEndnoteReference\" style=\"vertical-align:super\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> especially among early career researchers, who may otherwise be at a disadvantage when it comes to securing grants from funding agencies. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">If you\u2019re interested in exploring crowdfunding for your next research project, here are some tips to keep in mind:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"media-element file-default\" title=\"Default Title Text\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Five%20Tips%20for%20Crowdfunding%20Your%20Research%20Project.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div id=\"edn1\">\n<p class=\"MsoEndnoteText\" style=\"margin:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\" title=\"\"><span class=\"MsoEndnoteReference\" style=\"vertical-align:super\"><span class=\"MsoEndnoteReference\" style=\"vertical-align:super\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Conroy, G. Struggling to win grants? Here&#8217;s how to crowdfund your research. <i>Nature<\/i> <i>Index<\/i><b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature-index\/news-blog\/how-to-crowdfund-your-research-science-experiment-grant\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature-index\/news-blog\/how-to-crowdfund-your-research-science-experiment-grant<\/a> (2020).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2381],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5527","comic_strip","type-comic_strip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funding-sources"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five tips for crowdfunding your research project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This infographics gives you some tips to consider when crowdfunding your research project.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five tips for crowdfunding your research project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This infographics gives you some tips to consider when crowdfunding your research project.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Editage Insights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Editage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-10T06:43:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3891135-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"656\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Editage\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project\",\"name\":\"Five tips for crowdfunding your research project\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/editage-insights-generic-banner_298.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-08T09:23:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-10T06:43:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"This infographics gives you some tips to consider when crowdfunding your research project.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/editage-insights-generic-banner_298.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/editage-insights-generic-banner_298.webp\",\"width\":656,\"height\":336},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/five-tips-for-crowdfunding-your-research-project#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Infographics &amp; 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