DeSci Round Operations Fund
DeSci community runs its grant rounds, using a multisig treasury for collecting funds and managing expenses for grant operations and governance.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:57 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 DeSci Round Operations Fund supports the mission by managing a multisig treasury for collecting matching funds and covering costs of grant rounds and governance, which facilitates novel mechanisms of funding and operating DeSci initiatives.
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.
Although the project is not directly building new technological infrastructure, it supports the DeSci ecosystem by deploying existing infrastructure (Gitcoin Grants Stack and Allo Protocol) for grant round operations, which is crucial for the ecosystem's function and growth.
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 provide specific information regarding direct engagement with the issues such as data sharing practices, incentives in publishing, or intellectual property reform. However, by facilitating funding for DeSci projects, it could indirectly address some of these challenges.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
The information provided does not specify whether the project satisfies all aspects of the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy. Further review of the project's adherence to these general policies is required.