Why is it important?

Decisions and directions are better made when information and data is available. Community funded research effort can add significant value

What does success look like?

How many research papers that are funded are used in or to create proposals?

Key Metrics to measure

At the end of this challenge, we will be asking ourselves: what can we do with this information and data discovered from the research?

Successfully 'published' (presented to the community) research. How have proposers, stakeholder and the community used or looking to use the research results.

Number of proposals applying the research.

What further research is needed to expand on what was revealed by funded research?

Challenge brief

This challenge is designed fund community directed research. Cardano is a research based blockchain. Currently the direction of this reserch and funding of it is not in the hands of the community. This challenge is to test what might be possible if it was in our hands.

Research should be focused on the Cardano blockchain and it's ecosystem. How can the information and data obtained through this research help further Cardano?