JOGL is for all innovators, not just formally trained-scientists. We believe that magic happens when innovators from different backgrounds come together.

Document your work to find opportunities and collaborators

<aside> 💡 Documenting your past and current work makes you easy to find by innovators looking for collaboration or to contribute to your work

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Past publications: Find projects that are carried out based on your publications. Engage with them.

Past and current projects: Advertise your work by creating projects. Make them easy to find by adding relevant keywords and literature in your project’s library.

Join or create communities

<aside> 💡 Communities can host and support projects (see linking containers). Projects that are linked to a community are not necessarily visible to everyone in the community. The project admin is always in control of the container privacy and member permissions.

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If you are passionate or investigating a specific topic, join an expert communities that can help you go deeper on that topic, keep track of the latest news, and directly contribute to your project.

• **Community library:** You will find all the relevant literature for that community in the community library, as well as the papers added to the libraries of the projects that are linked to the community.
• **Community discussions:** Discuss with community members on threads or launch a thread
• **Needs:** You can help projects linked to the community, or the community itself by answering a need. Answering needs is a great way to connect with community members and build your network.
• Join or organize call for proposals: Allocate resources to the best projects. Leverage your community’s expertise to review the projects,