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The Open Notebook Science Challenge is an Open Notebook Science Crowdsourcing research project[1] that allows anyone to contribute to the effort of measuring the solubility of organic compounds in organic solvents and report their findings using open notebook science.

The challenge began on September 28, 2008[2] and now involves researchers and their students in at least 4 different countries[3] and has resulted in the measurement of over 375 solubility measurements[4].

Prizes

To encourage participation, each month an award is given to the student who does, in the opinion of the judges[5], the best work. In order to participate, students have to be a US or UK resident[6]. The award is a US$500 cash prize and a year's subscription to the journal Nature. The awards are sponsored by Submeta and Nature.

Chemical Donations

Sigma Aldrich is also an official sponsor of the Open Notebook Science challenge. Sigma Aldrich is participating by donating and shipping requested chemicals to any experimenters in the US or UK[7] for free.

References

  1. ^ Open Notebook Science Challenge
  2. ^ The beginning of the Open Notebook Science challenge
  3. ^ List of experiments
  4. ^ Solubility of Organic Compounds in Organic Solvents
  5. ^ ONS Challenge judges
  6. ^ ONS Challenge Rules
  7. ^ Sigma Aldrich's involvement with the ONS challenge
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