UC San Diego is faring poorly in its first attempt at crowdfunding for research dollars, a stumble that may stem in part from bad timing and the confusing message about its goal of developing small sensors for measuring pollution and identifying diseases.
The university’s Distributed Health Labs set a goal of collecting $50,000 through the crowdfunding website Indiegogo between Dec. 12 and Jan. 21. Through Tuesday afternoon, the campaign had received $4,605, less than 10 percent of the school’s target.
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