Governance Research Round Eligibility

The focus of this community grant round, run by Metagov (https://metagov.org/), will be governance research. More specifically, the focus of this round is to support more researchers and practitioners exploring topics within DAOs and digital governance more broadly. This includes topics such as DAO governance and design, blockchain governance, open-source governance, AI governance — any research project pertaining to digital and decentralized governance is welcome. See the open problems at DAO Science (daoscience.org) for a sense of the range of possible research questions. To be clear, you do not have to be researching DAOs or Web3 specifically as long as the outcomes of your research have implications on or learnings for those working in digital and decentralized governance. This round was made possible with the generous support of Arbitrum, Uniswap, and MetagovDAO. This is not required, but any research that can address questions relevant to Arbitrum or the Uniswap Foundation is much appreciated.

Requirements

• You are a researcher. To qualify for this round you need to have a track record of research. This can be as part of an academic affiliation or as an independent researcher. If you are applying for a grant for your first research project, email hello@metagov.org with more info on why you are the right person to conduct this research.
• Governance focus for the research. We will only accept grants that have a clear focus on governance. As noted in the description, you don’t necessarily need to focus exclusively on DAO or web3 governance, but your research needs to be applicable to decentralized governance broadly. A focus on Arbitrum or Uniswap is appreciated but not required.
• No for-profit funding. If you have received VC funding or any other kind of funding that requires a return on investment, then it will not qualify. It is ok if you’ve received other grants.
• No retrospective funding. The research must either be launched soon or currently ongoing. Completed projects are not eligible for funding in this round.