Welcome to steemit. Thanks for your research I'm all for good scientific work being done.
I think your on the right track seeing if your can get funding from a place like steemit. Far too often I see big governments only wanting to fund research if it comes out in a way they want it, not what science determines.
A good example Ecigs. Proven by science to be 99% MUCH SAFER than cigarettes, yet it took a grass roots effort of people like me to finally get big governments to admit to the truth. All government studies wanted to make vaping or ecigs just as bad as traditional smoking... Which was 180 spin to good privately funded research. Governments I believe don't care about public health, rather what is good for big business.
Again thanks for you work, look forward to your future posts and welcome to steemit!