Providing a website featuring technology that connects scientists and research suppliers in any scientific discipline, facilitating communication with individual experts, academic core facilities, government labs and for-profit companies that offer any form of research as a service, and enabling online discussions and social networking; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring a computer software platform that enables research suppliers to communicate with potential customers, exchange information and sell their custom research services and products; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring a computer software platform for managing both internal and external research sourcing projects and for sharing of scientific information and institutional knowledge across a research organization through a central hub; Providing a website featuring technology that connects scientists, companies, and laboratories with service providers