The crowdfunding platform is one of the innovative services we plan to integrate with the discovery platform GOTRIPLE. The crowdfunding tool will help researchers finance their projects, thanks to the support of non-academic actors. Projects funded by this service can be considered as “pre-projects” before applying for national or European grants, or as “smaller projects” that do not necessarily need to apply for larger grants but still have a deep impact on societies.

We are now looking for a company who is interested in developing implementing such a crowdfunding tool. The successful applicant will respond within the framework of the TRIPLE project and will work mainly with Huma-Num (CNRS) but also with some of the other TRIPLE project European partners. The main tasks will include:

• Provide a European crowdfunding platform for SSH research projects from a technical point of view, connected via API to the GOTRIPLE platform and some of its innovative services
• Support researchers when submitting first projects
• Subcontract payments and tax credit management at the European level

The Call for Tender is open until 17 May 2021. The task will be launched in June 2021.

Download the Call for Tender document (in French and English) with further information on the task and all relevant application details here: TRIPLE Crowdfunding Platform_Call for Tender.pdf

Link to the platform to submit your tender (only available in French): CNRS – PUMA: Platforme des Marchés adaptés

TRIPLE has issued a Call for Tender for a feasibility study on the future scientific crowdfunding service which will be part of the innovative multilingual and multicultural discovery solution for the social sciences and humanities (SSH) that the TRIPLE project is currently developing. The purpose of the study is to shed light on the financial, legal and market feasibility of this scientific crowdfunding service. It is divided into 2 calls:

Call 1: “Market analysis for the implementation of a scientific crowdfunding service for the H2020 TRIPLE project”

The market analysis should focus rather on community than on institutional crowdfunding. The analysis must determine whether it is preferable to develop a new platform or to build on an existing one. In both cases, the market analysis should consider the contractual terms and conditions between the service provider and OPERAS AISBL.

Call 2: “Regulatory issues (financial and legal) concerning the implementation of a scientific crowdfunding service, in particular between French and European laws”

The financial and legal feasibility study should focus on regulatory issues, especially between national and European laws, in the context of crowdfunding (https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/180308-proposal-crowdfunding_en).

Applicants have the possibility to respond to only one or to both calls. Deadline for the submission of bids is 8 July 2020.

You can find more information (in French) here: Fiche de consultation MAPA and here: https://puma.cnrs.fr/app.php/consultation/2185?orgAcronyme=t5y