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Our mission is to democratize science by creating a decentralized, user-friendly platform for scientific data management and publication. We aim to empower scientists by providing them with full control over their data, fostering increased collaboration, and offering new avenues for data monetization. This platform addresses a critical gap in the current scientific ecosystem - the under-publication and lack of accessibility to raw scientific data. \n\n![banner](https://firstapproval.s3.amazonaws.com/photo3.jpg)\n\n#### The Problem\n\nThe current scientific publication system is fraught with challenges:\n\n- A vast majority of raw scientific data is never published, reviewed, or shared, leading to significant knowledge wastage.\n- There's a lack of motivation for scientists to share data under the existing publication models.\n- Concerns about data security and the intensive effort required to prepare and publish datasets further discourage data sharing.\n- This situation contributes to a reproducibility crisis, hindering scientific progress.\n\n![problem](https://i.imgur.com/7ZF0iqt.jpg)\n\n#### Our Solution\n\nFirst Approval is designed to overcome these challenges by offering:\n\n- A decentralized platform leveraging blockchain technology for secure and transparent data management.\n- A user-friendly interface that simplifies data annotation and publishing processes.\n- Compatibility with various data types, including large datasets.\n- Ensuring data protection and offering blockchain-based proof of authorship and data history.\n- Incentives for scientists, including enhanced publication activity and data monetization prospects.\n- A collaborative ecosystem connecting individual researchers, laboratories, universities, institutes, corporations, and foundations to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration.\n\n![raw scientific data](https://firstapproval.s3.amazonaws.com/photo4.jpg)\n\n#### Current Progress\n\n- Development of a platform with integrated IPFS or cloud storage.\n- Easy data management & annotation.\n- Provision of open-access data publication.\n- Instant PDF of data publication.\n- Early adoption by scientists who have started using our platform for data publishing.\n\nFA platform is available [here](https://firstapproval.io).\n\n![beta](https://firstapproval.s3.amazonaws.com/photo2.jpg)\n\n#### Future Roadmap\n\nDiverse Publication Options:\n- Access upon request for secure data sharing.\n- Co-authorship opportunities in exchange for data access.\n- Paid early access with a model that transitions to free access over time.\n\nBlockchain Integration:\n- Utilizing Polygon blockchain for recording data history and establishing proof of priority.\n- Offering public certificates of authenticity to data authors.\n\nSpecialized Features:\n- Categorization of data according to scientific fields.\n- Assignment of DOIs to each published dataset for better citation and tracking.\n\nAI-Driven Outreach:\n- An AI system to identify and contact scientists for potential data publication on First Approval.\n\nEnhanced Submission Capabilities:\n- Facilitating direct data submissions to funds and scientific journals.\n\nPeer Review Feature: \n- In the future, we plan to integrate a peer review option, enhancing the credibility and scholarly value of published data.\n\n#### Impact Vision\n\nWe aim to catalyze a paradigm shift in scientific publication. By ensuring every piece of data is published, we hope to increase publication activities and foster a culture of openness and collaboration in the scientific community. \n\nWhile we enable pricing for early data access to encourage publication, our ethos dictates a gradual reduction in price, culminating in free and open access to all data.\n\nIn our model, access for co-authorship allows a dataset to potentially spawn numerous journal publications, thus not only showcasing a scientist's data but also significantly boosting their publication activity.\n\n![publication](https://firstapproval.s3.amazonaws.com/photo1.jpg)\n\n#### Our Team\n\nComprising enthusiasts with extensive experience in scientific research, biotech startups, IT development, and blockchain technology, our team has passionately worked for over 1 year to create a platform that genuinely aids scientists and elevates the current publication process, driving scientific discovery and innovation.\n\n#### Join Us\n\nWe cordially invite the Gitcoin community to join our mission to revolutionize the sharing and publication of scientific data. Together, we can surmount the crisis of science and cultivate a more open, collaborative, and dynamic scientific community.\n\n#### Learn More\n\n- Check out our [platform](https://firstapproval.io/)\n- Explore our [about page](https://about.firstapproval.io/)\n- Discover our [code source](https://github.com/FirstApproval)\n- Join our [Telegram](https://t.me/First_Approval), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/FirstApproval), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/first-approval/)", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "FirstApproval", "projectTwitter": "FirstApproval"}
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