Federal spending on scientific research hasn’t kept up with inflation in recent years, and it’s made it harder for researchers to fund their work. Some of them are turning to another source: crowdfunding. But this funding source raises new questions for scientists.
Susan Nagel, a researcher at the University of Missouri, studies the health impacts of chemicals used in fracking. Last year, she found remnants of these chemicals in Colorado streams near where fracking spills had occurred.
Image: George Leikauf of the University of Pittsburgh is trying to help sequence a mouse genome through crowdfunding. REID FRAZIER ALLEGHENY FRONT
