Crowdfunding your Research

While reading the Science of Blogging blog, part of the 17 Must Read Science Blogs by Next Scientist, I managed to find something very interesting, a potential new source of funding! Raising money through crowd funding, Petridish does for struggling scientists what Kickstarter does for struggling artists.  In the process of putting your project up for public funding, you will likely create some interesting media that will help in enhancing your digital footprint while promoting your project to a wider audience.