[IMPACT]
My solution to this issue is a series of educational podcasts stored on the Cardano blockchain. The series go on about basic sciences, substance harm reduction, blockchain technology, basic financial knowledge, blockchain, DeFi and much more both in English and Spanish.
We already have published over 20+ lectures on those topics, completely for free and they are for sure helping the Cardano community as a whole to up their game level. We have given to the community a good grasp of the scientific method and how to use it too.
I've been working for free all this time and to continue this valuable series would appreciate your support.
Upcoming series topics include: Linguistics and Development and Gender and Science (both in Spanish and English!)
My solution gives the much needed education that everyone needs and should have as a basic human right.
Using the guidance questions provided on the challenge brief I have provided a summary of how the proposal addresses the fundamentals of this challenge.
Guiding questions:
- How can we ensure future efforts benefit from the work that is funded today?
-Education is one of the most invaluable assets, helping empower whole communities and helping create new batches of developers and creators for the community. We help educate the future generations of Cardano creators and devs.
- How do we align between different open source community efforts?
-The nature of the conversations being held in the Spaces usually gathers many creators, artists and developers that want to learn as well as share their knowledge.
- How can we encourage experts to collaborate and share their knowledge and work?
-One of the main ideas that is stressed in the spaces together with a proper use of the scientific method, is that development in sci and tech has always been thanks to the collaborations of many minds. Many developers and creators have met in my spaces and started their own project together.
- How can we develop a sustainable ecosystem while sharing knowledge and efforts?
-This is basically all what my project is about. Sharing knowledge is an ethical and moral obligation for scientists like me. We ensure that all the education we are providing is backed up by sources and up-to-date. We work really hard for giving TOP QUALITY education to the Cardano and blockchain community as a whole.
The main issue I've been having with my project is the lack of funding. I am a PhD student and hence have no time to carry a normal "fiat farming" job along with my NFT project. As all my educational material is completely for Free I don't get much from that either.
Paying my bills and getting proper tools for continuing this work is the main issue I've faced (for example, I will be getting an iPhone to have better connectivity and to give the community better Twitter Spaces experiences, as my Android phone usually ruggs and it gets really annoying).
[FEASIBILITY]
This project is already on the go. We have over 20+ Hours of Both Scientific and DeFi education, in spanish and english. Below you will find a collection of some of our lectures, all in beautiful NFT ( or FT???) format and accessible completely for free (all of them are pool.pm links, dont worry!)
We have also already planned institutional collaborations with traditional educational institutions in the future (Universities and others).
Please help me continue educating the community and doing what I truly love!
English:
https://www.bit.ly/HighScience1
https://www.bit.ly/HighScience2
https://www.bit.ly/HighScience3
https://www.bit.ly/HighScience6
https://www.bit.ly/HighScience10
https://www.bit.ly/HighScience-11
https://www.bit.ly/HighScience-14
https://www.bit.ly/HighScience-16
Spanish:
https://www.bit.ly/FiloCiencia1
https://www.bit.ly/FiloCiencia2
https://www.bit.ly/FiloCiencia3
There are still many new podcast series planned and we still need funding to the the Basic Science series reboot in Spanish (We are reaching about 80% of the world population by using English and Spanish).
I'm currently requesting 23.000 USD for developing my project this year.
7.000 USD will be spent on techwear to up the quality of my work and will be spent in the following assets:
- Pro Camera and Microphone
- iPhone
- Fix or replace my PC
- iPad
The rest 16.000 USD will be used to pay my bills for this year (currently struggling hard on that), this includes:
- Electricity and Basic services
- Rent
- PhD costs
Not funding this proposal could mean that another Cardano scientists will be struggling in his everyday life while attempting to get his PhD.
I WILL NOT STOP WORKING THOUGH. I love what I do, I love what I've created with ADATOMS and it really touches me how much impact I've had in the community and the way in which they see the universe and themselves.
I am a top tier chemist & PhD student in Chile.
- Over 5 years Research experience on Theoretical, Computational and Quantum Chemistry
- Development of Machine Learning models for predicting biological activities
- Thesis: Machine Learning QSAR for predicting the Carcinogenic Activity of Nitroaromatic and Aromatic Amines
- I have an already accepted paper in "Toxicology In Vitro" related to Machine Learning, Density-Functional Theory and QSAR.
- I have over 12 years of experience in Educating Science
- Doing my PhD in Molecular Physical Chemistry
I am a well known member and contributor of the community.
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I have created more than 20+ lectures on different topics
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Wide experience in the NFT ecosystem, pushing the boundaries of what can be done with Cardano NFTs (metadata) for a variety of educational and academic purposes
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I have a bunch of collaborations with important projects and well known actors of the community including @anetaBTC, @CardanoNoodz, @CardanoStonerzClub and many SPOs
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Co-funded The Alexandria Project (https://twitter.com/AlexandriaTAP)
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Published the FIRST EVER scientific study in a blockchain together with @Noodz and @TAP (https://pool.pm/asset13z2f0aa9xkg7ljpd2de4xkxaktzj8nmfynrp08)
[AUDITABILITY]
The indicators for progress in for this Proposal are the following:
1) Finishing the DeFi-ning Education! series (currently at chapter 4, still about 7 more to go)
2) Finishing a Basic Science series reboot in spanish (That would be about 10 lectures/podcast episodes)
At the end it will be very easy to measure if what was promise was achieved. If I get the funding, at the end of this year I will have AT LEAST produced 2 new educational series for the Cardano community, accounting for more than over 15+ new lectures in N-FT format, free to access and open to everyone.
This project is already successful! As stated above, I have already given to the community more than 20+ hours of top quality free decentralized education using the Cardano blockchain to power our efforts.
Success for this proposal, as stated above, would look like 2 new educational series finished and living for ever on the Cardano blockchain.
There is no previous proposal related to this one.
SDG Rating
SDG goals:
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
SDG subgoals:
4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre‑primary education so that they are ready for primary education
4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
Key Performance Indicator (KPI):
4.7.1 Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
Other: Ensure a vast body of high quality educational material secured by blockchain technology.
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