Research Automation
The project aims to automate the entire research process, involving a global community to create a more open and accessible system in line with DeSci's philosophy of research as a public good.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:54 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 'Research Automation' is aligned with DeSci's mission as it proposes to automate the research process, thus making it more accessible and open, which could serve as a novel mechanism for conducting 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 undertakes the creation of a white paper and development of research automation in a decentralized manner, showing an effort to build technological infrastructure, thereby supporting the DeSci mission.
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 goal of automating the research process aligns with addressing issues such as archaic data sharing practices and could potentially contribute to solving the data reproducibility crisis by making research processes transparent and reproducible.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
There is insufficient information provided to determine if the 'Research Automation' project meets all the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy requirements. A thorough review of those policies needs to be conducted to ensure compliance.