Web 2.0 for researchers

The NIH is funding university-driven development of a web 2.0 social networking application. As described in the press release, it's

a two-year, $12.2 million grant to bolster a national, Facebook-like, professional social network that enables scientists to find new biomedical research and partnerships.

There have been a number of commercial attempts at this concept, though there don't seem to be any clear market leaders. Perhaps this effort will have a better chance.

(h/t to the ever-vigilant Dave Cassidy at TCG for the links.)

Comments

[Michael]

Some of the latest things that Collexis has been doing are proving to be pretty special. Michigan just released a new version of the Collexis' based Research Dashboard available at: http://www.researchprofiles.collexis.com/michiganv3/. Seems that the funding the gov't put out, building on vivo.cornell.edu is re-invigorating this discussion...