DIY Science Funding | Proposals and suggestions

lucypatterson commented 7 years ago

Each issue in this project will be flagged for attention in the Mozilla Global Sprint, 1-2nd June 2017. To help new contributors, please use this title format then copy+paste the following text for all new issues and fill in as apropriate - Thanks!

This issue belongs to the DIY Science Network: Connecting and supporting initiatives that engage with science from a grassroots, non-institutional position: diybio community labs, civic environmental monitoring projects, patient activism groups, bioart collectives, interdisciplinary science hacking communities...

PROJECT: "How to get Funding" We are gathering information and best practice on different modes and sources of funding for DIY science initiatives. This should give us a good overview of what kind of funding is available in different countries (and where there could be more), what it's like to access that funding, and what kind of projects we are using that funding for. Each issue represents one funding source/model.

How to contribute

1. Describe a funding source/model

For each new funding source we document, make a new issue using this template (first check through the existing issues to make sure one doesn't already exist). You can also check this brainstorm list for ideas.

+++++++++++++++++++ FUNDING SOURCE/MODEL: New ideas and proposals DESCRIPTION: If you have suggestions or proposals for the community that haven't been tried out by this community yet, please post below! +++++++++++++++++++

2. Add comments

Please add information in the comments if you have experience with this kind of funding, good or bad. Alternatively, if you don't have personal experience, you can also help by researching others who have been funded this way.

This is the kind of information we're looking for:

NAME OF THE INITIATIVE WHO APPLIED (links, contacts, any relevant information about your status as an organisation etc):
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT YOU APPLIED WITH (links etc):
AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLIED FOR:
AMOUNT OF MONEY RECEIVED:
COMMENTS:

Thanks!

lucypatterson commented 7 years ago

Proposal from @kipomaha: USB Software and Storage Fundraisers https://github.com/DIYScience/DIYScience/issues/12

bthHuwi commented 7 years ago

+++++++++++++++++++ FUNDING SOURCE/MODEL: Proposal in a consortium for 'hands on' science communication: Bio- economy discourse for the country side of a region/federal state (Germany), at BMBF Federal Department for Education and Research. [-New ways of communication-] NAME OF THE INITIATIVE WHO APPLIED (links, contacts, any relevant information about your status as an organisation etc): ScienceShop Potsdam e.V (non profit organisation; wissenschaftsladen-potsdam.de; machbar-potsdam.de; contact: Björn; b.huwe@wissenschaftsladen-potsdam.de); University of Potsdam (main applicant;Iswi.de;InformationTechnology for Economics), Research institute for agriculture (ATB;atb-potsdam.de); Eventschool kanuFISCH (canufisch.com), openRadioPotsdam (frrappo.de); Agency for the future of the federal state Brandenburg (associated partner; zab-brandenburg.de) DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT YOU APPLIED WITH (links etc): The BioEconomyStrategy 2030 of the German government to base the Economy on renewable resources until 2050 is looking for new ways of communication and participation. In our modell-region (FederalStateBrandenburg) we develop a way to bring issues of Bio-economy by practical formats to all interested cities and municipalities of the state. The focus is by embower the municipalities by a discourse to bio-economy issues between the older generation (who have the 'power', actually) with the younger generation (which will have the 'power' in future). The technical input to bio-economy comes from ATB and is attend by UniPotsdam to research best way of communication. The output of these discourses will be shown to the younger generation, but hands on; in workshops (scienceshop), and experiences in the nature (kanufisch), but also by communication to the public by their own radiostation (frrapó). There will be a feedback to the older generation. AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLIED FOR: ~300000€ AMOUNT OF MONEY RECEIVED: ~in progress (but positive feedback) COMMENTS: As a ScienceShop we have the budget to rise a bioHackLab and for paying many workshops in the context of bio-economy. We are able to set the budget of workshops for a future market of workshops in this context. (Thank you @r.trojok for the link ). We are focused on DIY techniques. And we will try a variety mixes of technical input and experiences in nature and the BioLAB. I think what is very important to work with a university or a research institute is that you are not working with the whole institution, but with a department, represented by a 'leading' scientist you should have some sympathise with (big advantage, because they will tread you in equal, to other professionals;... in my experiences).
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bthHuwi commented 7 years ago

+++++++++++++++++++ FUNDING SOURCE/MODEL: Proposal in a consortium for science communication: Lakes and Oceans, during the German year of science 2016/2017; at BMBF; Federal Department for Education and Research NAME OF THE INITIATIVE WHO APPLIED: ScienceShop Potsdam e.V (non profit organisation; wissenschaftsladen-potsdam.de; machbar-potsdam.de; contact: Björn; b.huwe@wissenschaftsladen-potsdam.de) ScienceShop Vechta/Cloppenburg (official project leader) Wissenschaftsladen Bonn e.V Wissenschaftsladen KUBUS der TU Berlin basis.wissen.schaft e.V Wissensdialog,Technologie und Training (WTT)e.V DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT YOU APPLIED WITH: Meer davon - Berlin liegt an der Nordsee Our science shops are located in different federal states of Germany and as they are in unique local backgrounds they have each their own expertises. The expertise of our ScienceShop in Potsdam is a DIY-tech background, to do things hands on and Citizen Science from the grass-roots perspective AMOUNT OF MONEY APPLIED FOR: ~140000€ AMOUNT OF MONEY RECEIVED: ~140000 COMMENTS: There are dozens of different ScienceShop approaches (connected to universities or independent ). See the Living Knowledge Network for more information. In this project we are able to pay for workshops, events, equipment and other materials. In our case of an independent ScienceShop, as a project-manager I can pay for the development, documentation and the execution of workshops. My payment is nearly not existent and we still need passions for voluntary work in addition (approxy: 1/3). But, because we are community based this is the base of our unique work, I would say. +++++++++++++++++++

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