James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Any contribution of $5 receives: A personal mention on the project's blog 8 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $15 receives: A hand-written thank you note on a leaf from the Ginkgo tree whose leaves the great German poet Goethe - a contemporarian of Beethoven - used to send to his close friends 13 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $20 receives: A postcard from where I am the day I receive your contribution 11 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $75 receives: A coffee mug featuring a musical score by Beethoven 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: A jigsaw puzzle based on a figure in a scholarly article (you can choose) 6 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $250 receives: A Creative Commons T-Shirt "Stand back - I am going to try Science"
Any contribution of $500 receives: A 2012 calendar based on figures from scientific publications
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: A Living Review on a scientific topic of your choice
Any contribution of $5,000 receives: A 2012 calendar based on figures from scientific publications + a Living Review on a scientific topic of your choice + a 2013 calendar based on 12 Living Reviews, including a monthly image and a non-technical summary
Started by Daniel Mietchen October 31st, 2011
We really appreciate any feedback on the project, on the SciFund initiative in general, or whatever else crosses your mind when thinking about these. Some food for thought: http://www.science3point0.com/evomri/2011/11/11/how-would-you-fund-research-an-open-science-perspective/ . If you are not comfortable using this space, you can reach us on Twitter as @EvoMRI and @kubke, or via email under daniel.mietchen [at] evomri.net . Thank you!
