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A low-cost portable molecular laboratory system to monitor biodiversity in remote areas

The current rate of biodiversity loss calls for immediate actions. The recent commercialisation of portable...

University of Ferrara

12%
funded

$5,300
goal

5
days left

Participatory research to explore fungal biodiversity and its importance to bees

Of the millions of fungal species, less than 150,000 are known. At our community lab, Hackuarium, we have...

71%
funded

$10,055
goal

10
days left

Kelp Forest Restoration and Monitoring using Community Science

Since 2014, more than 96% of bull kelp in Northern California has been lost due to a combination of stressors...

Annie Bauer-Civiello, PhD

Reef Check Foundation

90%
funded

$14,500
goal

8
days left

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Ocean Solutions

$250,000 Grant

Biotech for Conservation

$50,000 Grant

Other Grants and Funding Opportunities

Beyond Experiment, here are opportunites from other science funders worth exploring

National Science Foundation

The NSF Seed Fund helps startups navigate the earliest stages of technology translation, investing roughly $200 million annually in approximately 400 startups. Each startup can receive up to $2 million to support translational research and development.

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