Ask HN: Who's Looking for Funding?

4 pointsgushogg-blake1mo ago1 comments

A post for projects that benefit society in some way, but either do not fit, or do not receive enough donations from, regular funding sources such as government grants or charity donations.

There are many reasons why a (potentially) highly beneficial project, such as a study, may be unable to attract funding - due to lack of awareness or that it goes against some vested interest, for example.

This is the place to post these projects, so that people who have the money and like to see such projects succeed can find out about them.

1 comments

gushogg-blakeOP1mo ago

Project: Jaw Health (https://jawhealth.org)

Purpose: raise awareness of the jaw epidemic.

Background: changes related to agriculture and industrialisation are causing our jaws to grow smaller and more backwards and downwards. This is behind much of the prevalence of malocclusion (crooked teeth), sleep-disordered breathing (inc. sleep apnea), and jaw joint problems we see. It's being ignored because a) historical separation of dentistry and medicine -- neither GPs nor dentists are trained to recognise it, and b) it challenges the business model of orthodontics (common procedures such as extractions and retraction can cause or make issues worse; if orthodontics accepts the jaw epidemic idea as stated then almost all practitioners will have to retrain significantly).

Funding needed: Living expenses for one person + server costs, ~£700 per month.

Possibilities for further funding: improving website, running ad campaigns for awareness.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse