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Stephen McAleavey, Associate Professor in  and , Assistant Professor of the Department of  have recently submitted an  for sponsorship on a new platform called . The ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ recently signed up as an Innovocracy Launch Partner and the Autism project has already raised 172% of its funding goal from individual donors within the first few days. The Innovocracy platform allows the aggregation of small donations to help propel innovative research in the support of proof-of-concept projects. Supporters include everyone from alumni, friends and family to the general public interested in autism research. This collaboration was initiated through an undergraduate Senior Design project, and subsequently received  for further development and early clinical evaluation.