Collaborate on a study.
Explore possible project support and funding scope. To contribute your research, technical, or community skills, see the contributor roles.
Looking to contribute your skills?
Astra is seeking people who can strengthen research methods, data work, product usability, and community involvement across disciplines.
Find an opportunity. Prepare a proposal.
Explore current U.S. federal opportunities, save official records, and prepare an evidence-backed brief with a budget, review plan and eligibility checks.
Open funding preparation tools · Search funding opportunitiesWhat support could make possible
Support can help turn a well-defined question into reproducible research. We are developing work packages with clear deliverables and review responsibilities.
| Proposed work package | Deliverable | Completion gate |
|---|---|---|
| Project scoping | A dated question, protocol, responsible lead, and resource plan | Scope and review responsibilities agreed |
| Data preparation | Licensed source archive, transformation code, provenance, and missingness report | Another person can reproduce the preparation |
| Independent methods review | A named reviewer’s comments and the program’s response | Unresolved concerns remain visible; approval is not assumed |
| Public release | Methods, code, bounded findings, limitations, and corrections | Claims trace to evidence and the agreed review record |
Before a funding commitment
No funding target, project budget, delivery date, legal recipient, or tax-deductibility status is announced on this site. A funding proposal must identify those details, its responsible owner, and any dependencies before support is agreed.
Milestones above are proposed deliverables, not a funded schedule. Support must not determine the conclusion of a study or suppress uncertainty or corrections.
What a collaboration proposal should contain
- The question and the people it affects.
- Your relevant expertise and proposed contribution.
- A bounded deliverable and the resources it needs.
- Data access, licensing, ethics, or other review requirements that apply.
- A proposed review process and disclosure of relevant interests.
Contact Jae DeSouza, Founder, to discuss a research collaboration or a scoped funding proposal.