Crowd Funding Research at ANU

The Australian National University is hosting a free Seminar on "Crowd Funding Your Research" in Canberra,  9:30 AM, 26 August 2014.

Event Details

Got a great idea for a project? Thought about crowd funding but don't know where to start?

NECTAR, the Early Career Academic initiative at ANU, has brought together two experts to share their insights and experiences of using crowd funding to support research projects.

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  Dr Melanie Thomson, Lecturer in Molecular Medicine at Deakin University Geelong, has successfully crowdfunded 2 research projects: Mighty Maggots in 2013 and Hips 4 Hipsters  in 2014.
   
• Mr Prashan Paramanathan is Founder and CEO of the not-for-profit crowd funding platform chuffed.org, a platform focused on non-profit and social enterprise projects.

Mel and Prashan will speak to us about the good and bad of crowd funding, marketing strategies to maximise your chance of success, intellectual property, building relationships with your community, and pitfalls to avoid.

Register on Eventbrite: "Crowd Funding Your Research".

Early Career Academic Staff are also invited to attend an afternoon workshop session, where Mel and Prashan will help individuals develop their project ideas. Register for this session by emailing nectar@anu.edu.au.

For more information please contact Dr Julie Preston, NECTAR Coordinator:
Email: nectar@anu.edu.au
Website: http://nectar.anu.edu.au
Twitter: @NECTARatANU