Elsevier offered $35,000 to software developers to create apps and help more than 15 million researchers, medical professionals, librarians and students accelerate science

Elsevier is offering $35,000 in prizes and challenging software developers to help more than 15 million researchers, medical professionals, librarians and students navigate scientific content, improve scientific search and discovery, visualize sophisticated data in more insightful and attractive ways and stimulate collaboration.

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information, has opened their vast catalog of scientific content and provided APIs that enable developers to create apps that improve researcher productivity and workflow. Elsevier’s trusted content and meta-data integrates more than 10 million full text articles from over 2,500 journals and 11,000 books as well as over 42 million abstracts, citations and web content covering 18,000 titles from over 5,000 publishers.

Developers are encouraged to collaborate with researchers to develop the best apps to enhance the customer experience. Developers will retain full IP rights to their submissions and can host their apps on Elsevier’s SciVerse Application Marketplace where they can market their apps and gain revenue from 15 million users in over 10,000 institutions. Apps For Science is open to individual residents and organizations domiciled in seven countries: Australia, India, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States.