OpenCivics Collaborative Research Round Eligibility

The OpenCivics Collaborative Research Round is designed to foster collaboration among researchers, civic innovators, and community organizers through open source research and knowledge production. Projects in this round are committed to contributing critical research into the commons and collaborating with others to share that knowledge in forms that directly empower community organizers.

Requirements

• At least one project lead must be a member of the OpenCivics Consortium
• Projects must conduct research that is Creative Commons as a public good
• Research must fall into one of the focus areas listed in the round description
• Projects must agree to coordinate and collaborate during and after the round with other grantees to collate and present their research progress in a Grantee Impact Showcase prior to GG22
• Grant applications must direct funds to a multi-signature wallet
• Projects must indicate what collaborative mechanism they will utilize to govern, evaluate and compensate participant contributions (Coordinape, DeWork, Charmverse, Notion, DAO Haus, Google Docs & Sheets, etc)
• Projects must indicate reasonable and verifiable milestones for the following possible funding amounts received: $1,000; $3,000; $6,000