Even if he doesn't quite get over the line through crowdfunding efforts for his MoodMission app, Monash University PhD student David Bakker still plans to develop the concept as an easy, intuitive way to help people learn better ways of coping with low moods and anxious feelings.

Mr Bakker, who has been developing the app over the past 18 months with his supervisor at Monash Nikki Rickard, is currently trying to raise the last $6000 or so of a $20,000 target on crowdfunding site Pozible.