DeSci London - Growing a Network of Communities
A London-based DeSci community hosting free events, conferences, and offering a co-working space to foster collaboration between builders, investors, academics, and the curious in the decentralized science sector.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:47 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.
DeSci London aims to create a hub for DeSci builders, researchers, and investors to connect and collaborate, which indirectly supports innovation in scientific research by fostering an inclusive community and facilitating knowledge sharing.
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 focuses on community building and education which recruits and educates members of the scientific community, contributing to the mission even though it may not be building or testing new technological 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 project description does not provide specific details on addressing these concrete issues directly; however, the community and events may indirectly contribute to tackling these issues by promoting discussion and collaboration.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
Without access to Gitcoin's General Eligibility Policy details and the project's compliance specifics, it's impossible to determine if the project satisfies all general eligibility requirements.