IberoAm: Blockchain Innovation Hub
Non-profit initiative supporting Iberoamerican blockchain projects with societal impact, emphasizing minorities and scientific communities through events, education, and development of innovative solutions.User Review
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Reviewed on 20 Apr 2024 02:06 PM
Projects should directly support the mission of DeSci to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner.
IberoAm: Blockchain Innovation Hub directly supports the mission of DeSci by aiming to develop blockchain/web3 projects that address social and/or regional impact, prioritizing minorities and including the organization of events and educational resources to promote innovation in scientific research.
DeSci projects most commonly support this mission by building and testing necessary technological infrastructure, but projects may also be eligible if they are deploying existing DeSci infrastructure in a scientific research context or if they are educating and recruiting members of the scientific community to contribute to the mission.
The project engages in educating and recruiting members of the scientific community through events such as DeSci Rio and by creating a Hacker House that encourages development of new DeSci projects and dApps, hence supporting the mission of DeSci beyond just building and testing infrastructure.
Concrete examples of issues covered by the DeSci mission include: the data reproducibility crisis and archaic data sharing practices; misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review; financial, linguistic, and academic barriers to globally inclusive research; intellectual property, patents, and financial incentives to trade progress for profits; academic disconnect and poor science/health literacy and trust in the lay public and government representatives.
The provided information does not specifically address how the project tackles issues like data reproducibility, publishing practices, or intellectual property barriers. While it does address inclusivity and community engagement, details on how it directly confronts the listed concrete issues are lacking.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
Without access to the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy details and without further project details, it is not possible to definitively assess the project's compliance with this policy.