Show HN: ThinkLab – A platform for massively collaborative open science

This is a very interesting idea and I really hope it takes off. The people involved seem to genuinely care about the mission and I think that's a very good sign.

That said, I do have a few questions that I couldn't answer from looking at your website:

- Is funding only available within the US or are other countries considered too?

- What about existing research projects that are currently closed but intend to become open and have their data shared, would your process support that?

- Do you enforce what should be shared and how, or is it up to the leaders/collaborators? (reason I ask is because, for instance, patient data may be involved but cannot be shared)

Also, under "Phase 3: Research" > "2. Collaborative Wrap-up" you mention packaging the research. I think that's one of the biggest problems in research, it's a jungle out there (e.g. randomly formatted Excel files are still the norm in a lot of places...). Providing directions, templates, access to platforms, etc. i.e. doing a lot of hand-holding might be necessary here. I also think it would drive a lot of people to using your platform and spreading the word about it.

In any case, best of luck!