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Our Hopes and Dreams for FundScience
Without repeating our mission, we just want to say that we hope that we can make science more understandable and accessible to everyone. We hope that we can foster an environment where people get together to solve the tough challenges our society faces in terms of a brain drain and technological advancement. And we hope we can give some of the decision making skills to the public and away from the NIH and other large corporations. Who knows maybe in a few years with the help of the public we can fund our own drug trials, create our own research institute and spin off our own technologically advanced socially responsible biotech companies. We should realize that none of this can be achieved by a single individual and that the input of thousands and millions of people would help this cause become a force to be reckoned with. Think back to how opensource software began, and see how much of a run for it’s money this movement is giving to Microsoft, Oracle, etc…
Our Founders
David Vitrant
Executive Director
David Vitrant David Vitrant has been a scientist for over 10 years now. Working in a variety of fields and labs over the years. Currently he is in his last year of Graduate School in the Department of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. As a CMU alumnus and scientist he is used to working in interdisciplinary fields and is the driving force behind FundScience. In his years as a researcher he noticed several things that led him to FundScience
  • Younger researchers were not being encouraged to stay in their research fields and become innovative (oversaturation).
  • Science is a very closed and anti-collaborative in many aspects.
  • There needed to be more interaction between scientists of all types and the public.
 
Mark Friedgan
CTO
Mark Friedgan Over the years Mark has been a software developer, consultant, manager and executive. In that time he has learned when technology works and when it doesn't. He has dealt with both successful and failed start-ups and is eager to apply successful entrepreneurial principles to the world of science.
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