Stopping Alzheimer's with Light and Sound
Developing a therapeutic headset and software suite (IRENA) for a decentralized clinical trial on non-drug interventions to combat Alzheimer's and enhance cognitive function.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:39 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 aims to conduct a decentralized clinical trial, which is a novel approach to scientific research. They are also developing hardware and software (PIA MindSet and IRENA) to make scientific research more accessible and inclusive.
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 is building a therapeutic device and corresponding software suite for decentralized trials, effectively building and testing necessary technological infrastructure for DeSci.
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 addresses issues such as data sharing practices and financial barriers to research by proposing a decentralized clinical trial that is accessible and inclusive, thereby potentially disrupting traditional and restrictive data-sharing models and proprietary research approaches.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
The provided information does not specify compliance with the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy; further investigation is required to determine this.