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<h2><b>Funding Avenues: Where should an iGEM team look for money?</b></h2> | <h2><b>Funding Avenues: Where should an iGEM team look for money?</b></h2> | ||
<p style = "font-size: 22px"><i>Crowdfunding</i></p> | <p style = "font-size: 22px"><i>Crowdfunding</i></p> | ||
| − | <p style = "font-size: 18px">Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet. As a revenue stream it can be hit or miss. How well it does depends solely on how well you advertise it. UMaryland iGEM 2015 used a University-run crowdsourcing program called LaunchUMD. Our team reached out to over 200 donors to reach our funding goal. Again, having a video is key to making crowdfunding work.</p> | + | <p style = "font-size: 18px">Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet. As a revenue stream it can be hit or miss. How well it does depends solely on how well you advertise it. UMaryland iGEM 2015 used a University-run crowdsourcing program called LaunchUMD. You can explore our crowdfunding effort for our 2014 project by clicking the image below. Our team reached out to over 200 donors to reach our funding goal. Again, having a video is key to making crowdfunding work.</p> |
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<a href = "https://www.launch.umd.edu/project/543"><img src = "https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/thumb/c/ce/UMDLaunch.png/800px-UMDLaunch.png"></a> | <a href = "https://www.launch.umd.edu/project/543"><img src = "https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/thumb/c/ce/UMDLaunch.png/800px-UMDLaunch.png"></a> | ||
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<p style = "font-size: 22px"><i>University Support</i></p> | <p style = "font-size: 22px"><i>University Support</i></p> | ||
<p style = "font-size: 18px">The first place you should look to fund your school’s iGEM team is the school itself! Most schools would be happy to give a few thousand dollars to send its students to an international synthetic biology conference. UMaryland iGEM 2015 received funding from the Integrated Life Science Honors Program, the Fischell Department of Bioengineering, the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, and the Clark School of Engineering. Since we have a diverse group of students consisting of business, biology, bioengineering, computer science, nutrition, public health, biochemistry, and entrepreneurship students, we were able to tap into the coffers of multiple academic departments. Convince your university to give money by talking about how an international conference can further your careers and enhance your educations, as well as bring positive media attention to the school.</p> | <p style = "font-size: 18px">The first place you should look to fund your school’s iGEM team is the school itself! Most schools would be happy to give a few thousand dollars to send its students to an international synthetic biology conference. UMaryland iGEM 2015 received funding from the Integrated Life Science Honors Program, the Fischell Department of Bioengineering, the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, and the Clark School of Engineering. Since we have a diverse group of students consisting of business, biology, bioengineering, computer science, nutrition, public health, biochemistry, and entrepreneurship students, we were able to tap into the coffers of multiple academic departments. Convince your university to give money by talking about how an international conference can further your careers and enhance your educations, as well as bring positive media attention to the school.</p> | ||
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| + | <p style = "font-size: 22px"><i>Corporations</i></p> | ||
| + | <p style = "font-size: 18px">There are many corporations out there that would be happy to help students, but it’s really hard to get a hold of them unless you know a key contact. For UMaryland iGEM, we found a contact with MedImmune and Dupont.</p> | ||
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