Metagov
Nonprofit collective developing standards and tools for digital self-governance, offering APIs, governance data sets, research, and seminars to improve online community management.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:27 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.
The project 'Metagov' involves research and development of governance tools like the Metagov Gateway and DAOstar, which promote open and accessible scientific research governance. Their work in creating standards and infrastructure for digital self-governance aligns with the DeSci mission of innovating research practices.
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.
Metagov contributes to the DeSci mission by building infrastructure such as the Metagov Gateway and DAOstar. These tools facilitate the creation, review, and dissemination of scientific knowledge. Additionally, the project's work with DAOs and governance data sets contributes to the technological infrastructure of open science.
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.
By focusing on digital self-governance and creating tools like Agreement Engine and Govbase, Metagov addresses several DeSci-related issues such as misaligned incentives in research and barriers to inclusive research practices.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
While Metagov appears to satisfy specific DeSci criteria, the evaluation provided does not include details on the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy and whether Metagov meets these broader requirements.