DeSci Youths
Creating a centralized platform to engage and empower the next generation, especially in the global south, with Decentralized Science (DeSci) ecosystems and student communities.User Review
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Reviewed on 19 Apr 2024 08:02 AM
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.
DeSci Youths' aim to nurture and empower young citizen scientists via a central platform aligns with the mission of DeSci. Their focus on inclusivity, particularly in the global south, seeks to address the issue of scientific brain drain and provides accessible engagement with DeSci.
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.
While not explicitly developing new technological infrastructure, DeSci Youths is deploying and utilizing existing platforms such as Notion and Discord to cultivate a community centered on DeSci, thereby educating and recruiting members of the scientific community.
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 project description does not specifically address how it tackles the concrete examples listed such as the data reproducibility crisis or issues with scientific publishing, but it does aim to combat scientific brain drain and the accessibility barriers to scientific research in the global south.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
Without the details of the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy and corresponding information about the project's compliance with those policies, an accurate assessment cannot be made. The application lacks specific details that would allow us to confirm compliance.