To empower and accelerate the development of open and collaborative science through decentralized funding, enabling equitable support and innovation across the global scientific community.
1. The goal of DeSci QF is to raise awareness for Decentralized Science projects via democratic funding mechanisms
2. Fundraising, operations and co-marketing is conducted by Operators and community-elected Round Stewards who are responsible for overlooking the applications and managing the funds
3. Stewards get rewarded during the Round by donations to the project “DeSci Stewardship” exluding matching funds
4. Responsibilities include smooth operations: fundraising, drating eligibility criteria, project selection, sybill analysis, community engagement and distribution of funds
6. Gitcoin Allo Protocol & Grants Stack will be used for distribution (selected projects has to follow Gitcoin Rules)
1. Fill out our Voter Onboarding form
2. You will need a wallet on the Arbitrum chain to collect donations and get money from the fund. Can also be a Gnosis multisig
3. Create your project on Gitcoin (on Arbitrum or other chains)
5. Apply for the DeSci QF Round
5. Promote your project (according to Gitcoin Rules) and raise donations in your marketing efforts.
6. Once the Round ends, all donations will be checked to comply with rules (e.g. decent gitcoin passport score, no self donations).
7. Once the results are approved, you’ll receive a portion of the matching fund as a bonus on your wallet