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Introduction

BackYourScience is a website platform for engaging the research community with its real base, the people.

We at backyourscience believe the only way to navigate through all the red tapes, roadblocks, and the frustrations that come along with a ‘work in progress’ system is through following a laissez faire approach within the regulatory framework. Essentially, this means we want this platform to work for you and us without the roadblocks that usually pop up in any such systemic environment.

The platform will be conducive for the flourishing of genuine, impactful and purposeful research initiatives using a crowdfunding model. The platform enables you to donate to research projects and be part of the scientific process.

BackYourScience will contain research projects which are carefully analyzed for their viability, usage, and relevance to the existing societal paradigm and on how it can further the existing paradigm.

In simple words, we intend to provide a platform for propagation and promotion of rational and scientific ideals in the society and thereby, contribute to the upliftment of the quality of life of all the stakeholders in the equation.

Your understanding of our Terms of Use is important to us, so we tried to draft these terms to be as lucid as possible given the legal realities. If You have questions about the Terms of Use please do not hesitate to contact us at contact@BackYourScience.com. We want to help You understand how we work the reactions in our lab..

*BackYourScience will levy a platform fee from the project if it is successfully funded, the pricing of which will be dependent on the amount of funds required for a project. All your donations will go towards backing science, and this platform fee will be used to run a sustainable platform for continually support science in India.

Acceptance of Terms

Please review the following terms carefully. These Terms of Use (these “Terms”) form a binding agreement between You and us, and govern Your access to and use of our web site located at www.BackYourScience.com (collectively, the “Site”) provided by us, including, without limitation, any content, information, products or services offered therein or that You post or submit thereto.

You promise to us that you have never been suspended from the Site, and promise that your use of the Site won’t break any laws or regulations. If you are using the Site on behalf of a company, organization, or other kind of entity, you represent to us that you have authority to bind the organization to these Terms on its behalf.

By using the Site, You are agreeing to be bound by all of the terms and conditions described herein, and these Terms will govern Your use of the Site. If You do not agree with these Terms, You must stop using the Site. The terms “BackYourScience” or “us” or “we” or “our” refer to BackYourScience Research Foundation., the owner and operator of the Site. The term “You” or “Your” refer to the person accessing or using the Site, or the company or organization on behalf of which that person accesses the Site. These Terms apply to You whether You are a registered user of the Site or a non-registered user of the Site.

Modification of Terms

We reserve the right to change or modify these Terms or any policy or guideline of the Site at any time or from time to time on a going-forward basis, and any such changes or modifications shall become effective immediately upon being posted to the Site. It is Your sole responsibility to check the Site from time to time to view any such changes or modifications to these Terms. If You do not agree to all of the changes or modifications, if and when such changes may be made to these Terms, You must cease use of the Site. Your use of the Site after any changes or modifications to the Agreement indicates that You agree to such modified Agreement.

Rules and Conduct

By accessing the Site, You hereby represent, warrant, acknowledge and agree that You:

Are able to form a binding contract in Your jurisdiction;
Will comply in all respects with these Terms;
Will not copy or distribute any part of any part of the Site in any medium without BackYourScience’s prior written authorization, which may be withheld in our sole discretion;
Shall not change any part of the Site other than in ways that may be reasonably necessary for You to use the Site for its intended purposes;
Shall provide accurate and complete information when creating an account;
Are solely responsible for the activity that occurs while signed in to or while using the Site;
Shall not collect any personally identifiable information, including full names, physical addresses or e-mail addresses, except as permitted by these Terms (including, without limitation, for commercial purposes);
Are solely responsibility for Your content submissions, including discussion posts, profile information and links, pictures, and other such content;
Own or have the necessary licenses, rights, permissions and consent to use and authorize BackYourScience to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all submissions to enable inclusion and use of the submissions across the Site;
Grant each BackYourScience user, whether using BackYourScience or an application developed by us or via a third-party developer, a non-exclusive license to access Your submissions through BackYourScience and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such submissions as permitted through BackYourScience’s functionality or under these Terms;
Will not submit material that is copyrighted or subject to third party proprietary rights, including, without limitation, privacy, publicity, trade secret, patent, trademark, copyright or any other intellectual or proprietary rights, unless You are the owner of such material or have the appropriate permission from the rightful owner of such material to specifically submit such materials to BackYourScience.
Shall not post, upload, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the Site any content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, deceptive, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable (as determined in our reasonable discretion); and
Affirm we have the right, but not the obligation, to determine whether any of Your submissions are appropriate and complies with these Terms, remove any and/or all of Your submissions, and terminate Your account with or without prior notice.

Registration

You may browse the Site and view content without registering, but as a condition to using certain aspects of the Site, You may be required to register with BackYourScience and select a password and screen name (a "username"). You shall provide BackYourScience with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms, which may result in immediate termination of Your BackYourScience account. You shall not (i) select or use as a username or domain a name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use as a username or domain a name subject to any rights of a person other than You without appropriate authorization; or (iii) use as a username or domain a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene. BackYourScience reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel a username and domain in our sole discretion. You are solely responsible for activity that occurs on Your account and shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your BackYourScience password. You shall never use another user’s account without such other user’s express permission. You will immediately notify BackYourScience in writing of any unauthorized use of Your account, or other account related security breach of which You are aware.

Research Project Crowdfunding

BackYourScience is a platform for crowdfunding research projects. BackYourScience allows certain users (“Researchers”, “Project Owners”) to list projects (“Projects”) and raise funds from other users (“Donors”, “Supporters”, or “Backers”). All funds are collected through a third party processor, which we may change at any time or from time to time in our sole discretion (the “Processor”). User credit card information never touches BackYourScience’s servers.

You acknowledge and agree that BackYourScience shall not be liable for Your interactions with any organizations and/or individuals found on or through the BackYourScience service, and You hereby release and waive any and all claims, demands and/or damages You may have or assert against BackYourScience arising from or related to any such interactions. This includes, but is not limited to, delivery of goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with listings on BackYourScience. BackYourScience does not oversee the performance or punctuality of projects. BackYourScience is not responsible for any damage or loss incurred as a result of any such dealings. All dealings are solely between You and such organizations and/or individuals. BackYourScience is under no obligation to become involved in disputes between Backers and Researchers, or between site members and any third party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event of a dispute, You hereby release BackYourScience, its officers, directors, employees, agents and successors in rights from any and all claims, damages and demands of every kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and our service.

Though BackYourScience cannot be held liable for the actions of a Researcher, Researchers are nevertheless wholly responsible for fulfilling obligations both implied and stated in any project listing they create. BackYourScience reserves the right, but has no obligation, to cancel, interrupt or suspend a project listing and refund all associated members' payments at any time for any reason. BackYourScience reserves the right, but has no obligation, to remove a project listing from public listings for any reason.

BackYourScience makes no guarantees regarding the performance or fairness of the Processor. Additionally, because of occasional failures of some credit cards, BackYourScience cannot guarantee the full receipt of the targeted amount.

Starting a project

By starting a project on www.backyourscience.com , you thereby comply with the fee policy of BackyourScience

The funds that you are required to raise for the completion of your project crowdfunding process will include the 6% platform fee or 2.5 Lakh rupees of the total donations raised, whichever is lower in addition to the GST compliance fees.

And only when the stipulated amount is raised, is a project completed its life cycle and only then shall the donations be transferred to the project owner.

The transfer of funds will be done stage wise according to the milestones set by the project owner at backyourscience’s discretion. For more queries, contact us at contact@backyourscience.com.

The platform fee collected from the funds will be used for running a sustainable platform while helping research projects receive donations.

ALL OR SOMETHING: If your project raises above or equal to 70% of the initial funds required, you have the right to revise your project after thorough correspondence and clearance from the backyourscience review board. Only upon the completion of project revisal and acceptance, the donations made will be transferred to the project owner. BackYourScience fee policy remains the same on this condition as well.

Backing a project

By backing a project on www.backyourscience.com , you thereby comply with the fee policy of BackyourScience

The funds that you are donating towards this particular project will be used to provide funds for the completion of the same. And only when this project can raise the stipulated amount required, is a project completed its life cycle and only then shall the donations be transferred to the project owner.

A platform fee collected from the total funds raised will be used for running a sustainable platform while helping research projects receive donations.

ALL OR SOMETHING: If this particular project raises above or equal to 70% of the initial funds required, the project owners have the right to revise their project after thorough correspondence and clearance from you the funders and backyourscience review board. Only upon the completion of project revisal and acceptance from funders, the donations made will be transferred to the project owner. BackYourScience fee policy remains the same on this condition as well.

You also comply with all terms and conditions that you have accepted during the sign-up process.

Fees and Payments

It is free to join BackYourScience. However, we do charge fees for certain services. When You use a service that has a fee You have an opportunity to review and accept the fees that You will be charged, which we may change from time to time. Such changes shall be effective after we provide You with notice by posting notice of the changes on the Site. We may choose to temporarily change the fees of our services for promotional events (for example, free listing days) or new services, and such changes shall be effective when we post notice of the temporary promotional event or new service on the Site.

You are responsible for paying all fees and applicable taxes associated with Your use of the site. In the event a listing is removed from the Service for violating these Terms, all fees paid will be non-refundable, unless we determine, in our sole and absolute discretion, that a refund is appropriate.

It is solely Your choice to contribute to a Project. You understand that making a Donation to a Project does not give You any rights in or to that Project, including without limitation any ownership, control or distribution rights, and that the Researcher shall be free to solicit other funding for the Project, enter into contracts for the Project, allocate rights in or to the Project, and otherwise direct the Project in its sole discretion. You further understand that nothing in this Agreement or otherwise limits BackYourScience's right to enter into agreements or business relationships relating to Projects. BackYourScience does not guarantee that any Project's fundraising goal will be met. Any rewards offered to You are between You and the Researcher only, and BackYourScience does not guarantee that rewards will be delivered or satisfactory to You. BackYourScience does not warrant the use of any Project funding or the outcome of any Project.

Donations to Projects are nonrefundable. Under certain circumstances BackYourScience may, but is under no obligation to, seek the refund of Project funding if the Researcher misrepresents the Project or misuses the funds. You acknowledge and agree that any and all Donations You make are between You, the Researcher and the Processor only, and that BackYourScience is not responsible for Donation transactions, including without limitation any personal or payment information You provide to the Processor.

BackYourScience makes no representations regarding the deductibility of any Donation for tax purposes. Please consult Your tax advisor for more information.

Payment processing services on BackYourScience are provided by RazorPay and are subject to the RazorPay Connected Account Agreement, which includes the RazorPay Terms of Service(collectively, the “RazorPay Services Agreement”). By agreeing to these terms or continuing to use BackYourScience, you agree to be bound by the RazorPay Services Agreement, as the same may be modified by RazorPay from time to time. As a condition of BackYourScience enabling payment processing services through RazorPay, you agree to provide BackYourScience accurate and complete information about you and your business, and you authorize BackYourScience to share it and transaction information related to your use of the payment processing services provided by RazorPay.

Registering as a member and setting up a Campaign on BackYourScience is free.
BackYourScience charges fees to Project Owners at the conclusion of the campaign or whenever the Project Owner chooses to collect the pledged funds. Funds can only be collected once the campaign has reached its goal.
BackYourScience will initiate a capture of all funds from Campaign Funders and transfer the funds to the Project Owner (minus the BackYourScience fees).
BackYourScience charges a service fee of 5-10%, which is deducted from the total amount of funds raised at the end of the campaign. This will be used to run a sustainable platform for helping us back science continually.
BackYourScience charges a transaction fee for Credit / Debit Card on BackYourScience 1.9-2% + 30p per transaction to cover costs incurred from the RazorPay payment gateway.
There is a 7 – 10 business day processing period (after the end of a Campaign) in which supporters who have had their pledges declined are invited to re-submit their pledge.
BackYourScience may change fee policies and the fees for services.
BackYourScience may choose to temporarily change our fees policy and the fees for our services for promotional events (for example, free service days) and such changes are effective when we post the temporary promotional event.
If BackYourScience introduces a new service, the fees for that service are effective at the launch of the service.
Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in the currency of the project.
The member is responsible for paying all fees associated with using our services and all applicable taxes (including any goods and services or value added taxes, which will be added to amounts billed to you, if applicable).
The member should consider BackYourScience fees when determining the funding goal of Campaigns.
The Project Owner is responsible for paying any taxes that may be required e.g. if the funding is paying for salaries.

Third Party Site

The Site may permit You to link to other web sites or resources on the internet, and other web sites or resources may contain links to the Site. When You access third party web sites, You do so at Your own risk. These other web sites are not under BackYourScience's control, and You acknowledge and agree that BackYourScience is not responsible or liable for the content, functions, accuracy, privacy policies, legality, appropriateness or any other aspect of such web sites or resources. We encourage You to read the terms of service and privacy statements of each and every web site You visit. The ability to access information of third parties from BackYourScience, or links to other web sites or locations, is for Your convenience only and the inclusion of any such link does not imply endorsement by BackYourScience or any association with the operators of any third party web site. You further acknowledge and agree that BackYourScience shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for, and You hereby release and waive any and all claims, demands and damages against BackYourScience arising from or in connection with, any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with Your use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web site or resource.

Content and License

You agree that the Site contains content specifically provided by BackYourScience or its partners and that such Content is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws. You shall abide by and maintain all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in any content accessed through the Site.

BackYourScience grants each user of the Site and/or Service a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-transferable license to use, modify and reproduce the content, solely for personal, non-commercial use. Use, reproduction, modification, distribution or storage of any Content for other than personal, non-commercial use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from BackYourScience, which consent may be withheld in our sole discretion, or from the copyright holder identified in such content's copyright notice. You shall not sell, license, rent, or otherwise use or exploit any Content for commercial use or in any way that violates any third party right.

Third Party Intellectual Property – Copyright Notifications

At BackYourScience, we respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask You to do the same. If You believe that Your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible via the Service, please notify us at contact@BackYourScience.com with the following information:

Identification of the copyrighted work that You claim has been infringed;
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and where it is located on the Site;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit BackYourScience to contact You, such as Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
A statement that You have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or law; and
A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate, and that You are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS, IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE MATERIAL IS INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY AND CIVIL PENALTIES, INCLUDING MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS' FEES.

In accordance with the applicable law, BackYourScience has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at BackYourScience's sole discretion, members who are deemed to be repeat infringers. BackYourScience may also at its sole discretion limit access to the Service and/or terminate the accounts of any Users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

Intellectual Property Rights – Project Creators

The Site provides You with the ability upload, add, create, upload, submit, distribute, collect, or post ("Submitting" or "Submission") Your videos, audio clips, written forum comments, data, text, photographs, software, scripts, graphics, or other information to the Site (collectively, the “User Content”). BackYourScience will not have any ownership rights in Your User Content, however, BackYourScience needs the following license to perform the services made available through the Site. You hereby grant to BackYourScience and each user of the Site the worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable and transferable license and right to (and to allow others acting on its behalf to) (i) use, host, display, perform and otherwise fully exploit the User Content including, without limitation, use, host, stream, transmit, playback, transcode, copy, display, feature, market, sell, distribute and otherwise exploit ("Host") Your User Content, along with all associated copyrightable works or metadata, including without limitation photographs, graphics, and descriptive text in connection with the services made available through the Site; (ii) use, stream, transmit, playback, download, display, feature, distribute, collect, and otherwise use Your User Content; and (iii) use and publish, and permit others to use and publish, the name(s), trademarks, likenesses, and personal and biographical materials of You and the members of Your group, in connection with the provision of the services made available through the Site, in all cases on Your behalf and/or in connection with the Site and BackYourScience’s (and our successor’s and assigns’) business including, without limitation, for promoting and redistributing all or part of the Site (and derivative works thereof) and the services made available on the Site in any media formats and through any media channels including, without limitation, third party websites.

By Submitting any User Content to the Site, You hereby represent, warrant, acknowledge and agree that:

You are publishing that User Content, and that You may be identified publicly by Your username association with any such User Content;
You (i) own or otherwise control all rights to all content in Your User Content, or that the content in such User Content is in the public domain, (ii) have full authority to act on behalf of any and all owners of any right, title or interest in and to any content in Your User Content to use such content as contemplated by these Terms and to grant the license rights set forth above, (iii) have the permission to use the name and likeness of each identifiable individual person and to use such individual’s identifying or personal information as contemplated by these Terms; and (iv) are authorized to grant all of the aforementioned rights to the User Content to BackYourScience and all users of the Site;
You agree to pay all royalties and other amounts owed to any person or entity due to Your Submission of any User Content to the Site;
The use or other exploitation of such User Content by BackYourScience and the use or other exploitation by users of the Site as contemplated by this Agreement will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including without limitation any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any kind; and
You understand that BackYourScience shall have the right, but not the obligation, to delete, edit, modify, reformat, excerpt, or translate any materials, content or information submitted by You; and that all information publicly posted or privately transmitted through the Site is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated and that BackYourScience will not be liable for any errors or omissions in any content; and that BackYourScience cannot guarantee the identity of any other users with whom You may interact in the course of using the Site.

Without limiting the foregoing, to enable BackYourScience to Host Your content pursuant to the above provisions, You hereby grant to BackYourScience the worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable right to use, reproduce, copy, and display Your trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos or similar proprietary rights (collectively, the "Trademarks") solely in connection with the services made available through the Site.

You further acknowledge and agree that BackYourScience does not endorse and has no control over any User Content. BackYourScience cannot guarantee the authenticity of any data which users may provide about themselves. You acknowledge that all content accessed by You through the Site is at Your own risk and You will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to any party resulting therefrom.

Termination

BackYourScience may terminate Your access to all or any part of the Site at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with Your membership. If You wish to terminate Your account, You may do so by following the instructions on the Site. Any fees paid hereunder are non-refundable. All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Warranty Disclaimer

BackYourScience has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to You. You acknowledge that BackYourScience has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding any of the following: which users gains access to the Site; what content You access via the Site; what affects the content may have on You; how You may interpret or use the content; or what actions You may take as a result of having been exposed to the content. You release BackYourScience from all liability for You having acquired or not acquired content through the Site. The Site may contain, or direct You to websites containing, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. BackYourScience makes no representations concerning any content contained in or accessed through the Site, and BackYourScience will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained in or accessed through the Site or the services made available through the Site.

THE SITE AND THE SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY ANY COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. BackYourScience, AND ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, PARTNERS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (A) THE SITE WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; (B) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; (C) ANY CONTENT OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE AT OR THROUGH THE SITE IS OR WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR (D) THE RESULTS OF USING THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. BackYourScience FURTHER DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE SITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED BY THE SITE, AS WELL AS FOR ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY LINKS RECEIVED THROUGH THE SITE.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ALL SUBMISSIONS OF USER CONTENT SHALL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

BackYourScience MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF CONFIDENTIALITY OR PRIVACY OF ANY COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TRANSMITTED ON THE SITE OR ANY WEB SITE LINKED TO THE SITE.

BackYourScience will not be liable for the privacy of email addresses, registration and identification information, disk space, communications, confidential or trade-secret information, or any other content stored on BackYourScience’s equipment, transmitted over networks accessed by the Site, or otherwise connected with Your use of the Service.

Indemnification

You shall, at Your sole expense, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless BackYourScience, its affiliates and each of its, and its affiliates employees, contractors, directors, suppliers and representatives from any and all liabilities, claims, damages, judgments and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that arise from or relate to Your use or misuse of, or access to, the Site, the services or content made available through the Site, Your Submission of User Content, or otherwise from Your use of the Site, violation of these Terms, or infringement by You, or any third party using Your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. BackYourScience reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by You, in which event You will assist and cooperate with BackYourScience in asserting any available defenses.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL BackYourScience, OR ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, SUPPLIERS, REPRESENTATIVES OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE OR THE SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM, ANY (I) LOST PROFITS, DATA LOSS, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES (HOWEVER ARISING), (II) BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE (REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE OF ORIGINATION).

International

Accessing the Site is prohibited from territories where such Content is illegal. If You access the Site from other locations, You do so at Your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Questions and Contact Information

If you have any questions or complaints regarding a project, donation, or content, contact us by email at contact@BackYourScience.com.

Campaign Rewards

By listing a Reward on BackYourScience the Project Owner warrants that all aspects of the Reward comply with BackYourScience’s published policies.
The Project Owner warrants that the Reward may be legally sold.
The Project Owner must accurately describe the Rewards and all terms of sale in the Campaign Description and the Reward Description.
Reward Descriptions may only include text descriptions, graphics, pictures, videos, photographs and other content relevant to the sale of that Reward.
Rewards must accurately and completely describe the item(s) or experiences on offer. If the available quantity of the Reward is more than one or unlimited, all items and/or experiences listed in that Reward tier must be identical.
Each unique Reward must have its own listing as a new Reward.
All Project Owners are urged to outline seller policies for their Campaigns. These policies may include, for example, shipping, returns, payment and selling policies.
Project Owners must create reasonable policies in good faith and must abide by such policies. All seller policies must comply with BackYourScience’s site-wide policies.
Project Owners are responsible for enforcing their own reasonable seller policies.
BackYourScience reserves the right to request that a Project Owner modify a seller policy.
All Reward sales are binding on the Project Owner.
The Project Owner is wholly responsible for meeting any obligation or Reward stated or implied in their campaign. BackYourScience is not responsible for the delivery of Rewards stated in campaigns. Campaign Funders should contact the Project Owner if the delivery terms are not clearly stated in the project description.
The Project Owner is obligated to provide the Reward(s) or otherwise complete the transaction with the Campaign Funder.

Refunds

BackYourScience transfers the funds to the Project Owner after the campaign deadline.
Funds collected through the BackYourScience platform are non-refundable and BackYourScience is not responsible for issuing refunds to Project Funders
Project Funders may initiate refunds at their own discretion.
If, for any reason, BackYourScience is required to refund monies to Project Owners, the Project Owner will fully compensate BackYourScience for the amount refunded as well as any associated costs, including but not limited to transaction or administrative costs.
The member agrees that any attempt to obtain a refund without first having obtained prior written consent to refund shall entitle BackYourScience to deactivate the member’s account unless and/or until such time as the fees are repaid or a credit or refund is agreed with BackYourScience.

Communications with BackYourScience

Communications between the Member and BackYourScience are to be in electronic form.
The member consents to receive communications and notice from BackYourScience electronically and agrees that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that BackYourScience satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were in writing.

Tax and legal compliance

In addition to these terms and conditions the member must familiarise them self with, and comply with the Policies, domestic laws (including common law), country legislation, international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding use of BackYourScience services including listing and supporting Campaigns.
Project Owners should be aware that funds raised using BackYourScience could be taxable income. It is the Project Owner’s responsibility to declare the funds and comply with local tax laws.
Project Owners alone, and not BackYourScience, are responsible for ensuring that the campaign listing and any other activities conducted on the BackYourScience website are lawful.
Project Owners must ensure that they comply with all applicable laws in India and all other countries.
Project Owners must also ensure that they strictly comply with these term and conditions and the policies, which form part of the agreement.

Dispute Resolution

The member shall attempt to resolve all disputes arising out of these Terms and Conditions in a spirit of cooperation without formal legal proceedings.
Any dispute which cannot be resolved and other than injunctive relief shall be subject to mediation upon written demand of the member to BackYourScience and any notice of dispute shall be provided within seven (7) days of the dispute arising.

General Overview

The member is solely responsible for the member’s conduct and activities on the BackYourScience venue and any and all data, text, information, graphics, images, photographs, profiles, audio, video, items, and links (together, “Content”) that are submitted, posted, and displayed on the BackYourScience venue.The member’s content and use of BackYourScience shall not: be false, inaccurate or misleading; be fraudulent or involve the sale of illegal, counterfeit or stolen items; infringe upon any third-party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary or intellectual property rights or rights of publicity or privacy; violate this Agreement, any site policies, any site guidelines, or any applicable laws, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); contain items that have been identified by your local government as hazardous to consumers and therefore subject to a recall; be defamatory, libellous, unlawfully threatening, unlawfully harassing, or impersonate or intimidate any person (including BackYourScience staff or other users), or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent affiliation with any person, through for example, the use of similar email address, nicknames, or creation of false account(s) or any other method or device; be obscene or contain pornography, child pornography or explicit content; contain or transmit any code of a destructive nature that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; modify, adapt or hack BackYourScience or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with BackYourScience; appear to create liability for BackYourScience or cause BackYourScience to lose (in whole or in part) the services of BackYourScience’s ISPs or other suppliers; link directly or indirectly, refer or contain descriptions of goods, experiences or services that are prohibited under this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, or other policy documents as posted on BackYourScience; Members must not list any Reward on BackYourScience (or consummate any transaction that was initiated using BackYourScience’s service) that, by paying to BackYourScience the transaction or fee, could cause BackYourScience to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or that violates these Terms and Conditions; BackYourScience reserves the right to terminate a member’s access to BackYourScience if BackYourScience suspects, after investigation, that they have misused the BackYourScience service, violated the terms of this Agreement, or have otherwise used the BackYourScience service to conduct any fraudulent or illegal activity or breached BackYourScience’s Terms and Conditions; In the event an account is suspended or terminated for breach of this Agreement (in each case as determined in BackYourScience’s sole discretion), BackYourScience may suspend or terminate the account associated with such breach and any or all other accounts held by you or your affiliates, and your breach shall be deemed to apply to all such accounts.

What is BackYourScience?

BackYourScience is a website platform specifically for the community, i.e you where you can actively participate in the science of it all.

We want this platform to be a place where researchers and the larger scientific community of India and the people come together to learn, interact, communicate, contribute, and drive scientific enquiries and in turn add value to all the lives of all the participants on the platform and all this while not losing out on the excitement, curiosity, and the fun of science.

Who funds the projects on BackYourScience?

Anybody with access to the internet can fund projects that are showcased on our platform.

But the most important part being, anybody and who would like to be involved with the science at works in each of the project listed on our platform.

What is the reward for backing science?

The project owners on BackYourScience will make you part of the entire project completion process, constantly updating the backers of a project with updates, community engagement activities, and awareness campaigns. This might usually come along with the rewards that the project owners have decided upon to give to the backers at their discretion.

In addition, the project owners will make their discoveries, findings and the research open to all the backers and eventually accessible to everyone which might come in the form of peer-reviewed journal publications, or other academic communication such as posters, thesis, open data sets, and more.

How is the science behind the projects reviewed?

BackYourScience has a transparent and a fair system of parameters to which the projects up for crowdfunding have to adhere to.

These projects will be carefully evaluated for their economic and resource viability, practicality and their potential scientific impact on the backers as well as the society, in consultation with subject experts from the respective fields.

What is the cost of starting a project?

It is free to start a project on BackYourScience. If a project is fully funded , BackYourScience charges a platform fee plus payment processing fees (roughly 2-3%). See our fee policy for more information.

What happens if a fundraising campaign doesn't reach the goal?

BackYourScience is an all-or-something fundraising platform. If the project doesn't reach its funding goal(100%), then none of the backers are charged and a refund will be initiated.

But, if a project raises above or equal to 70% of the initial funds required, the project owners have the right to revise their project after thorough correspondence and clearance from your funders and backyourscience review board.

Only upon the completion of project revisal and acceptance from funders, the donations made will be transferred to the project owner.

Is BackYourScience a non-profit or for-profit organization?

BackYourScience is a non-profit company. All donations made towards BackYourScience will be used to continually back science sustainably.

Are the donations tax-deductible?

As of now, donations are tax deductible for select projects affiliated with certain kinds of non-profit organizations. These projects are labeled as tax-deductible on their project pages.

If you donate to a tax-deductible project, you will be put into contact with an organization administrator who can send you a tax receipt from the project owner’s side.

BackYourScience is in the process of acquiring tax exemption certificates, upon completion, you will be contacted.

How are the donations collected for a project transferred to the project owner?

Once a project is approved and successfully funded, BackYourScience will transfer the funds to the project owner. If the project owner is associated with an institution, then the funds will be transferred to the institution and the project owner should do the necessary to acquire these funds. The project owner should provide the details whilst starting the project.

If the project owner is not associated with any institutions, then the funds will be directly transferred to the project owner.

The BackYourScience fee policy will remain the same for both these conditions.

How do you protect my intellectual property when I submit a proposal for a project on BackyourScience?

BackYourScience is a platform for community engagement in science for India.

As long as you are communicating, engaging and being transparent with your backers regarding the science that you wish to do with their funds and the scope of your project, you DO NOT HAVE TO reveal the technical information/ intellectually sensitive information on our platform.

How do academic researchers use BackYourScience?

BackYourScience can be used to conduct early stage research to build upon the confidence in your idea and then can be used to build a case to acquire funds from traditional funding agencies.

Can I delete my launched project?

Projects that have launched on this platform cannot be deleted. When the campaign ends, it will no longer be discoverable by common search engines, but the URL will still exist.

Can I get a refund?

No, all payments that are charged once a project has met its goal are final.

Only projects that are unsuccessful in reaching its funding goal can initiate refunds to the backers.

How do I reset my password?

You can use the password reset feature on login window to reset it.

How can I contact you?

We at BackYourScience would be glad to hear from you! Contact us at contact@backyourscience.com and we will be at your behest and reach out shortly!

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