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Keystone Research Solutions, LLC
1121 Annapolis Road, No. 172
Odenton, Maryland 21113-1633
United States of America
front.desk@keystone-research-solutions.com
+1-443-569-9889 (voice and text)

We are a veteran owned small business in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, not far from the Chesapeake Bay. We have assisted independent researchers and small businesses since 2006.

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What we do

We provide tailored assistance to your science and humanities research projects.

We do research problem solving, analysis work, field work, library and Internet work, and consulting work. We work in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, history, and genealogy.

We offer a research assistant work-based learning opportunity.

We’ve offered work-based learning opportunities since 2011. Our participants work remotely as research assistants to professional research programs through Eterna (RNA molecule folding), Foldit (protein folding), Zooniverse (citizen science portal), and other platforms. Our program has been recognized by the Education Foundation of Anne Arundel County Public Schools (formerly the 21st Century Education Foundation).

What we have done

We developed and published plain language guides, tutorials, and research pieces.

We expanded the Odenton Heritage Society museum exhibit for local military members lost in action from World War I through 9/11, and wrote a booklet on the topic, Odenton Area Military Killed in Action.

We assisted astronomy and planetary and solar science projects such as Active Asteroids , Asteroid Zoo , Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors , Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 , Black Hole Hunters , COSMIC , Disk Detective , Earthquake Detective , Euclid - Challenge the Machines , Galaxy Builder , Galaxy Zoo , Galaxy Zoo Mobile , Gravity Spy , Kilonova Seekers , Local Group Cluster Search , Milky Way Project , Planet Four , Planet Hunters TESS , Protect Our Planet From Solar Storms , Radio Meteor Zoo , Solar Stormwatch , SuperWASP Variable Stars , and The Daily Minor Planet .

We researched the military service and family history of a World War II veteran from an isolated newspaper clipping preserved by a nephew.

We consolidated information and wrote the personal history of a World War II refugee for their surviving family.

We assisted ocean, land, and water life studies such as Deep Lake Explorer , Floating Forests , Fossil Atmospheres , Invader ID , Jungle Rhythms , Leaf Targeting , Orchid Observers , Plankton Portal , Rainforest Flowers , and Seafloor Explorer .

We developed a poster sized display of a 57 member, 4 generation family network, and included a birth place map and timeline.

We recorded oral history stories, scanned documents, and photographed artifacts for a group of senior citizens.

We digitized 12 years’ worth of paper notes and documents and photographs for a genealogy researcher.

We helped animal research projects such as Astro-Ecology , Beluga Bits , Buzzy Bee - African Canopy Pollinators , Canid Camera , Chicago Wildlife Watch , Chimp&See , Condor Watch , Danish Butterflies and Moths 2020 Challenge , eMammal , Iguanas from Above ,  London Bird Records , Manatee Chat , Measuring Giraffes , Michigan ZoomIN , Nest Quest Go: American Kestrels , PELIcams , Penguin Watch , Rodent Little Brother: Secret Lives of Mice , Shark Spy , Skink Spotter NZ , Snapshot Camdeboo , Snapshot Elephants for Africa , Snapshot Grumeti , Snapshot Hoge Veluwe , Snapshot Karoo , Snapshot Kgalagadi , Snapshot Madikwe , Snapshot Mountain Zebra , Snapshot Ruaha , Snapshot Serengeti , SquirrelMapper , Steller Watch , The Wilds’ Wildlife Watch , Whales as Individuals , Where is Spoony? , Wild Gabon , Wild Wolf Watch , Wildcam Gorongosa , Wildebeest Watch , and Wildwatch Burrowing Owl .

We created a digital archive of corporate historical documents dating back to the 1940s in the offices of an association in downtown Baltimore.

We designed an activity and status report online system for a Maryland veteran association having 70+ field offices and 20,000+ members.

We assisted biology projects including Brain Match , Cell Slider , Dental Disease Detection , Eterna , Foldit , Microscopy Masters , Monkey Health Explorer , Node Code Breakers: looking for patterns in lymph nodes , Notes from Nature - Butterflies , Notes from Nature - Capturing California's Flowers , Notes from Nature - Labs , Notes From Nature - Southeastern U.S. Biodiversity , Parasite Safari , Science Scribbler: Virus Factory , and Worm Watch Lab .

We gathered and analyzed questionnaire responses for a researcher studying human communication difficulties at the scenes of medical, police, and fire emergencies.

We built an automated Web based tool to gather time changing data and present it alongside reference information.

We helped projects such as Bash the Bug , Colorado Corridors Project , Cyclone Center , Dark Energy Explorers , Decoding Punch Cards , Drawing Knowledge , Higgs Hunters , HumBug , Maturity of Baby Sounds , Muon Hunter Classic , Muon Hunters 2.0 , New Particle Search at CERN , Sounds of New York City (SONYC) , The Plastic Tide , Scribes of the Cairo Geniza , Understanding Animal Faces , and Worlds of Wonder .

We transcribed works for projects including  1961 Census , African American Civil War Soldiers , The American Soldier in World War II , Ancient Lives , AnnoTate , Civil War Bluejackets , Deciphering Secrets: Unlocking the Manuscripts of Medieval Spain , Meteororum ad Extremum Terrae , Operation War Diary , Parochial Archive Project in Rome , Shakespeare’s World , and Southern Weather Discovery .

We wrote a Tutorial for Fluid Templating, used in the TYPO3 content management system community during versions 8.7 and 9.5 (about 2018–2020).