Re:Show HN: Funderbuddy – Apply for multiple grants with 1 a...
by ISL on Thursday April 09, 2020 @02:19PM
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Targeting small-time private funders seems like the niche to go for when you are recruiting them. Getting the funder/researcher flywheel started will be slow/difficult at first.
I can't imagine the NSF/NIH/DOE engaging with something like this -- they have all the money, and they are bound by federal law, so they set all the rules.
Re:Show HN: Funderbuddy – Apply for multiple grants with 1 a...
by sakofchit on Thursday April 09, 2020 @02:35PM
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Yep you're right––I probably should've specified this. I think larger/gov't-operated grants probably won't use this, but I'm hoping smaller and private funders like you suggested would be the way to go
Thanks for the advice!
Re:Show HN: Funderbuddy – Apply for multiple grants with 1 a...
by mamcx on Thursday April 09, 2020 @03:42PM
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Is this useful for people outside USA?
Re:Show HN: Funderbuddy – Apply for multiple grants with 1 a...
by sakofchit on Thursday April 09, 2020 @03:58PM
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Hopefully in the near future! I'd definitely like to have funders outside of the US on the platform––in fact quite a few of the smaller grants I've been in touch with do support international applicants.
So a couple weeks ago, I posted a collection of different grants/funding opportunities with deadlines and all that (https://github.com/sakofchit/fund-my-project).
But as I was going through all these different grants/funding opportunities, I’ve realized that a lot of them ask similar, if not the same questions.
So I wanted to build a platform that simplifies the process of applying to grants and funding opportunities. Rather than having to apply to each grant/opportunity individually, you could apply with just one application. In order for this to work, there would need to be individual funders/grants registered on the site. (There are no funders at the moment, but I’m optimistic)
Searching for grants the fit your niche can be tough, and I genuinely think that this could help with the discoverability of various grants as well.
I wrote more about this here: https://funderbuddy.net/blog
There’s still a lot of work that still needs to be done. Let me know what you think!
Also feel free to follow @funderbuddy on Twitter for updates! (https://twitter.com/funderbuddy) and feel free to join the discord server (https://discord.gg/4j8zqrZ)