The Crowdsourced Research Projects initiative at Digital University Foundation is designed to enable collaborative, multi-participant research through structured contributions from researchers, students, and domain experts across different locations, based on established "crowd science" and "citizen science" approaches.
Participation Model
- Propose a Project — researchers or groups can submit research ideas or project frameworks for collaborative development
- Join Existing Projects — contributors may participate in ongoing projects based on their expertise or interest
All projects are expected to have a defined lead or coordinating team responsible for maintaining research structure, methodology, and ethical compliance.
Suitable Research Areas
- Large-scale data collection studies (environmental, health, or social datasets)
- Multi-site or multi-institutional research
- Replication studies and validation research
- Interdisciplinary projects requiring distributed expertise
- Data annotation, classification, or analysis tasks
Current Status
This initiative is structured as a developing collaborative framework, with pilot concepts and project models being explored. The Foundation's role is to facilitate collaboration, provide structural guidance, and ensure adherence to ethical and research standards.
Participation in crowdsourced research does not automatically lead to publication or authorship. Any resulting outputs are subject to standard academic practices, including authorship criteria, peer review, and independent evaluation.