Researchers and social networking

There seems to be an online social network out there for just about everyone these days, making it easier than ever to connect to people and share information. We're glad to see the research community also in the mix, since collaboration has always been an important part of research.

One site, Academia.edu, shows the web of researchers by university affiliation and research interest in a visually appealing tree formation.

Researchgate.net is another networking and collaboration site that supports the concept of Science 2.0:

The vision of Science 2.0 is promising: Communication between scientists will accelerate the distribution of new knowledge. Without anonymous review processes, the concept of open-access journals will assure research quality. Science is collaboration, so scientific social networks will facilitate and improve the way scientists collaborate. Cooperation on scientific publications can be facilitated through Wiki-like concepts.

These two sites help researchers find one another and collaborate on ideas. Subawards.com, created by Cayuse, assists with the next step - receiving the funding necessary for the project. We invite Science 2.0 (and Science 1.0) to check it out - it is free and guaranteed to simplify collaboration between researchers preparing federal grant proposals together.