Resources
An ever-growing list of resources for Indie Researchers
No affiliate links, just our suggestions.
If you’d like us to add something specific to the list, message us on twitter or send us an email.
Institutes/Organizations
- The National Coalition of Independent Scholars: a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing professional affiliation, support services, and camaraderie to scholars outside of tenured academia.
- IGDORE: an independent research institute dedicated to improving the quality of science, science education, and quality of life for scientists, students and their families.
- Ronin Institute: the Ronin Institute’s mission is to provide an academic community for people who are committed to truth and empathy.
Problems in Academia
- If you love research, academia may not be for you by David Matthews (Times Higher Education).
- The Long, Lonely Job of Homo academicus (archive retrieved via the Wayback Machine) by John Ziker (The Blue Review).
Personal Finance/Financial Independence
- Wealthing like Rabbits: book by Robert R. Brown.
- Your Money or Your Life: book by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin.
- Personal Finance Reddit: Learn about budgeting, saving, getting out of debt, credit, investing, and retirement planning.
- Financial Independence Reddit: A place for people who are or want to become Financially Independent (FI), which means not having to work for money.
Funding
- Understanding science funding in tech, 2011-2021: article by Nadia Asparouhova about how philanthropy in tech is becoming geared towards “doing science better”.
- Convergent Research: launches large-scale, high-impact science projects to fill gaps in the R&D ecosystem.
- Funding the commons: a virtual summit for individuals and organizations building new models of sustainable public goods funding and value alignment in open source networks.
Other Items of Interest
- The Indie Manifesto by Francisco J. Jariego (independent researcher).