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Please provide details and evidence of your participation.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/grantsscope---grantee-discovery-using-llms", "hidden": false, "question": "Do you have a Karma GAP set up? If yes, please provide proof. If not, can you set one up before applying?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Donors in Octant Community Round 1 will receive personalized recommendations based on their donation history. The app will be live on 14th September at the following link: https://grantsscope.streamlit.app/\n\nThe solution is based on several LLM and data analytics experiments on QF data over the last year as documented here: https://grantsscope.xyz/", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe how your project contributes to the growth and development of the Octant ecosystem.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "GrantsScope empowers Octant donors to explore projects that resonate with their values, reduces information asymmetry, and fosters informed decision-making in funding rounds. This approach supports the growth of community-driven and educational initiatives by ensuring that all projects, regardless of their marketing strength, have a fair chance to receive funding.", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project align with the round's focus on community and education within the Octant ecosystem?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Immediate milestone: Launch app for Octant Commnuit Round QF donors for personalized recommendations on Sep 14th 2024.\n\nGG22 Readiness (Oct 2024): Improved user experience to offer recommendations categorized by multiple community rounds\n\nRecommendations based on Social Graph (Jan 2025): Complement existing data-driven recommendations by incorporating a Farcaster network graph of donor to drive grantee discovery based on social connections\n\n\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Provide a clear roadmap of your project, detailing future milestones and deliverables. How does this demonstrate your commitment to long-term impact and growth within the Octant ecosystem?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This is a one-person project built by Rohit Malekar.  He has been developing crypto-native commons and digital public goods, with expertise in blockchain research, content strategy, grant design, data engineering and applying machine learning in public goods funding.", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe your team's expertise and how it contributes to the successful execution of your project.", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "By focusing on improved data analytics, transparency, and tailored recommendations, GrantsScope supports ongoing efforts to democratize funding and increase engagement without competing directly with other education efforts that are content-driven.", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project complement or enhance existing initiatives within the Octant ecosystem rather than competing directly against them?", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "GrantsScope has directly benefited from user feedback and many of the current features directly result from engaging donors with the solution as part of their donation experience. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe your approach to community engagement and how you plan to contribute to a collaborative and constructive funding environment.", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Continue to deploy learnings from experiments in the data-led grantee discovery for future QF rounds in the Octant ecosystem. For a history of past experiments that have led to the current state of the solution, see: https://grantsscope.xyz/", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you plan to use the funding to maximize your project's ongoing impact within the Octant ecosystem if selected?", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "In March 2024, GrantsScope launched a tool to assist Octant donors in the GreenPill Network x Octant Community Round. This tool allowed donors to explore projects by selecting those that piqued their interest, identifying similar and distinct initiatives, and using clustering techniques to visualize the entire solution space. This approach enabled donors better to understand the range of projects within the round, fostering more informed and strategic funding decisions while enhancing engagement with the community\u2019s initiatives.\n\nApp link: https://gp-octant.streamlit.app/\nSample output: https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1770025174093660546", "hidden": false, "question": "What unique educational content or resources have you created for the Octant ecosystem? How has the community received these? 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To revolutionize how donors identify and support grantees during PGF rounds.\n\n**QUICK LINKS**\n- [View latest implementation of GrantsScope](https://grantsscope.streamlit.app/)\n- [GrantsScope details on prior funding and impact on Karma GAP](https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/grantsscope---grantee-discovery-using-llms)\n\n### The Challenge: \nIn large PGF rounds, where hundreds of grantees vie for attention, the brightest spotlight often falls on those with the strongest marketing. This imbalance creates a cycle where deserving projects may go unnoticed, leading to an uneven distribution of resources and opportunities.\n\n> Information silos create cultural silos\n\n### The Result: \nThis disparity not only places additional burdens on grantees to amplify their visibility but also diverts their focus from creating meaningful impact. As a result, the true potential of PGF is left untapped, and innovation in public goods is stifled.\n\n### Our Solution: GrantsScope\nWe believe in leveling the playing field. GrantsScope harnesses the power of data analytics, machine learning, and advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance project visibility and democratize access to funding. Our experiments are designed to assist donors during quadratic funding rounds on Gitcoin Grants by\n- Providing personalized recommendations, helping donors easily navigate the complexity of PGF rounds.\n- Offering self-discovery tools that empower donors to explore and connect with projects that resonate with their values.\n- Reducing information asymmetry, ensuring donors comprehensively understand the PGF landscape.\n\n### Our Impact: \nHere are the list of apps deployed as part of the project implementation:\n- August 2024: The GG21 version will combine previously experimented features using LLMs and clustering algorithms to offer one-click grantee recommendations to donors. Visit the app at https://grantsscope.streamlit.app/ on or after August 8th after donations begin to explore the functionality\n\n- April 2024: Grantee [discovery tool](https://all-about-gg20.streamlit.app/) through conversational experience to explore 500+ grantees in GG20 participating in 4 OSS and 5 community rounds. See examples [here](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1786413137220059398), [here](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1785304850814677129), and [here](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1784869975435456620).\n\n- April 2024: One-click personalized [Personalized Grantee Recommendations](https://gitcoin-cr3.streamlit.app/) for Citizens Round #3 to re-discover the grantees you\u2019ve supported in the past, explore grantees backed by the community who also champion your favorite projects, and uncover similar but previously unknown grantees\n\n- March 2024: From its inception as a Gitcoin Round in late 2021 to its evolution as Climate Coordination Network, over 400 grassroots climate projects have found the support they need to flourish in the climate round - a visual drill-down [here](https://ccn-impact.streamlit.app/).\n\n- March 2024: [Clustering-based Discovery tool](https://gp-octant.streamlit.app/) for GreenPill Network x Octant Community Round to guide your exploration of projects by picking a project that sparks your curiosity, discovering similar and distinct projects.\n\n- January 2024: PoCs for [Grantee Recommendations Engine](https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/concepts-pocs-and-early-results-for-personalized-grantee-recommendations/17469) by tapping into historical donation data and for driving interactive visualization to discover similar projects based on clustering.\n\n- December 2023: [Code-created NFT](https://zora.co/collect/oeth:0x4e17da9659cca38ebfd98446d2b404bf94fe9997/1) art to illustrate power of PGF. The art uses a logarithmic scale for brightness to highlight even lesser-known projects, symbolizing their potential to become significant over time.\n\n- December 2023: [2023 Wrapped](https://2023-wrapped-gitcoin.streamlit.app/) with Personalized Grantee Recommendations for Gitcoin Donors. Read full description [here](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1742196496152642030?s=20).\n\n- November 2023:  [Conversational App](https://all-about-gg19.streamlit.app/) for 500+ projects in GG19 \u2013 Program Rounds and Climate Solutions Rounds. Examples [here](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1726662662803820789?s=20), [here](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1727055572686782631?s=20), and [here](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1727420457379676430?s=20)!\n\n- October 2023: [Conversational App](https://citizen-round-2.streamlit.app/) for Gitcoin Citizens Round #2,  to explore queries such as who is working on [innovative technical ideas](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1712731683269865628?s=20) or who is [pushing the needle on governance](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1713911298759573965?s=20) or understand a [particular project\u2019s objective](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1712731688781091135?s=20)!\n\n- August 2023: [A ChatGPT-like experience](https://gg18-llm.streamlit.app/) (with conversational memory) to explore 80+ grantees in the Climate Round of GG18, with new feature for capturing user feedback. The app can be used to [write a Twitter thread](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1694430171112026232?s=20) for your project, interact in [language of your choice](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1694430173800677403?s=20), [seek clarification](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1694430177974001789?s=20) for a grantee\u2019s work, and explore [projects by topics](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1694430180834464034?s=20) of your interest.\n\n- June 2023: Focused on the grantees in the inaugural Gitcoin Citizens Round, you can use the [app](https://gitcoin-citizens-round.streamlit.app/) to inquire about the [round](https://x.com/RohitMalekar/status/1671609676063027204?s=20), a [grantee\u2019s impact](https://x.com/zer8_future/status/1671645653951459328?s=20), or search for [projects on a topic ](https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/b3b1a5dbf3cf3e32fc0222ee239ca0a9/x_Attachments/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%203.44.04%20PM%201.png)you care about.\n\n\nVisit https://grantsscope.xyz/ to access the complete list of apps, source code, and sample results.\n\nJoin a growing community of over 500 unique users, as verified by StreamLit analytics, in exploring innovative applications that leverage conversational experiences using LLMs (Large Language Models) and clustering techniques.\n\n### Examples\n\n**One-click personalized grantee recommendations based on donation history**\n\n![](https://grantsscope.files.wordpress.com/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-18-at-9.47.05-pm.png)\n\n**Grantee discovery using clustering techniques**\n![](https://grantsscope.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/zoom-in.gif)\n\n**Rediscovering grantees supported in the past**\n![](https://grantsscope.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/ezgif-7-c799965c44.gif)\n\n**LLM-assisted grantee discovery through conversational experience**\n![](https://grantsscope.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/qmqk1by9qpp8aew61x2qjidfcxbzp5ea3qnr7iqkfz5sky.jpeg)\n\n### What's next?\nAs the next milestone, GrantsScope will utilize existing onchain data and clustering techniques to offer personalized recommendations to donors in Octant Community Round 1. Visit the following link on or after 14 Sep for the latest data - [https://grantsscope.streamlit.app/](https://grantsscope.streamlit.app/)\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "grantsscope", "projectTwitter": "rohitmalekar"}, "recipient": "0x2dd2036C9Db2ADA2739509AF0047c00C8b9291EF"}}