This proposal seeks funding for the development of a comprehensive online course with which Cardano to be introduced to a target group of STEM undergrads and technology enthusiasts in Brazil. The scientific course entitled "Cardano Science on Networks" for which the proposal seeks funding is with a length of 30 hours, so this is a serious in depth course. The target group that this course will address is a very important group for the growth of Cardano. I strongly agree that there are no other suitable challenges where this project could fit.

It sounds great to promote Cardano and engage students to yield future proposals to the Cardano Ideascale, but it doesn’t seem to contribute that much more to the community if the students wont engage after the course is done. So I assume that the proposal doesn’t have the ability to scale future and address future challenges. If this proposal would apply for other Catalyst challenges in future funds, it would be a good fit for example “Grow Brazil, Grow Cardano”.

The proposal is aiming to educate the academic community in Brazil about Cardano through a comprehensive online course. Students are our future rock stars, by introducing them to Cardano early on we can gain broader and more natural adoption. The online course presented is ambitious and includes relevant subjects. This proposal is submitted in the Miscellaneous Challenge and it does align with the campaign brief. It could be questioned if the proposal should be placed in the "New member onboarding" category but it focuses more on the Project Catalyst, which is not the aim of this proposal. As a result, the proposal is considered impactful. This proposal aims to equip students with the right tools early on to be introduced to blockchain theory and Cardano. That is indeed impactful and the proposal will receive a score of 5 stars in this section.

The roadmap with millstones is extremely simplified and could be worked out some more. There is not mentioned how the community would follow up the progress of the proposal. It’s not that clear if the course will continue if there isn’t a success for the students.

The proposer suggests that the progress of the project could be done on a monthly basis in line with the incremental milestones provided in the roadmap. Presumably the results will be seen on the website created to host the course, but that is not explicitly stated. The proposer does not attach any specific numbers against which the progress could be compared, number of website visits, number of students following the course, etc. The success measures for the project are also ambiguous, without concrete numbers and will be difficult for the auditor to define. I disagree that this proposal provides me with sufficient information to assess the progress in attaining its stated goals.

The description of progress is laid out quiet sparsely in the proposal with no real definition of how a phase is considered done or achieved. The milestones are split up into three months and it would be interesting to have a more clear definition of done in each stage in order for the community to audit the project. The definition of success is also quiet general and hard to measure, it could be argued that it is straight up subjective. A suggestion is to include a clear goal that is measurable and easy to follow up. A few examples could be 50 potential candidates, 30 enrolled students, 20 students completed the course, 15 students achieved a great score (if applicable). With the above mentioned points in mind, the score will be neutral in terms of auditability. Score: 3-stars.