metadata: {"signature": "0x1d6c2e7d25c7224080c73f7619a7f47ff0cca9d9680bcf496813b631b12d9a452efeeca261e98ae703fc9a6aec75d286d1ec620357f95e29e2d96bc00c1930ff1b", "application": {"round": "0x7b150594d8d758bcb2c3f855ffab3ece27ad2983", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "cn8xQUk2yn+6YHqXfDq4ZgQBInPdlHnagx8egb/a6jMKmSWK/0Fxf+MBZKnVWEZV", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "8d7f719afd3b6deb605880b13da5625db9df0fe8084448ec7f1bb0abebffa49daf395f3d0d57c4fe44b89c35bfb44f0b22e4ab7d444eca62b3e0a4cee5f59f71bf918799df05730fa3dc77c3af407a0d57f22cd1c53af6a6709a248f3ab7fab39868c6ec476b9e89e83a939ba8845e2cac1a048018dd281b0f184fd2b43c282d0000000000000020fcacc1cda26c0a0aead5d7b039274a6a898363aba079e212306737b45853bdd41b995a4f671c9319aec3bb9ed747cbaa"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Self-funding, crowdfunding and sponsorship", "hidden": false, "question": "Funding Sources", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "number", "answer": "5", "hidden": false, "question": "Team Size", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram username", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Over $50K", "hidden": true, "question": "Total prior funding for project in USD", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Hiro Hamada: https://twitter.com/HiroTHamadaJP\nSiro Takagi:https://twitter.com/46takagi\nRyuichiro Maruyama: https://twitter.com/rmaruy\nKazuki Nemoto: https://twitter.com/nimotougouDeSci\n\n", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with project", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "15 months", "hidden": true, "question": "How old is the project? (Months)", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Science has been a key driver for innovation. However, multiple issues such as lowered impact of research, low reproducibility and increased research & development (R&D) have been raised. It is also known that Japanese science ecosystem has been delining. To tackle on these issues, DeSci Tokyo bring a new form of research ecosystem in Japan.\n\nWe proposed new systems for peer-reviewing, funding, and research impact in 2023.\n\tImpact Citations https://mirror.xyz/hirotaiyohamada.eth/4kc5T0_aQU4BsUfFJC9eER1jF6h80oj4mjBHvJFmHOw\n\tOka, et al., Autonomous, bidding, credible, decentralized, ethical, and funded (ABCDEF) publishing. F1000Res, F1000Research, 12, 877. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.130188.2\n\tHamada, 2024. A novel ecosystem by decentralized science: Roles of DeSci.Tokyo. INFOSTA, 74 (3) https://doi.org/10.18919/jkg.74.3_86\n\nOur current main target of DeSci Tokyo is to try a funding system based on different financial sources from industry and philanthropy. We now focus on building a funding system with QF, show a demo in July, and expect its deployment until the end of 2024.", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe your project in a few paragraphs (ideally including a problem statement, solution, roadmap, and timeline for implementation)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our project is to support the goals of DeSci as an international hub. To do so, we set the following three missions as DeSci Tokyo.\n\n1. Building an international hub for DeSci in Tokyo\n2. Supporting decentralized infrastructures for liquidating data and IP \n3. Promoting a new form of metascientific exploratory research including DeSci and Science of Science\n\nIn doing so, we hope to practice DeSci collaborating with other international hubs.", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project support the mission or goals of DeSci?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We will use funds for developing a funding system with Quadratic Funding (QF) and related expenses in Japan. We plan to call a endowment fund using the funding system to stake holders in DeSci and philanthropists.", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe how funds from the grants program will be used for your project.", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds (i.e. DeSci GR15/ Beta) using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "No, we have not joined the past rounds.", "hidden": false, "question": "If this project participated in past DeSci grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones since the last round.", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "Is there any other information you would like to share about your project, previous work, other project affiliations, or potential conflicts of interest? (or anything not covered elsewhere in this application that you feel is relevant to share)", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "dropdown", "hidden": false, "question": "Does 50% of your team reflect the diversity of the community your project serves with a particular emphasis on including women, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPoC), individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community?", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Please read the following exclusion criteria that are not permitted and will result in rejection or removal from the round.", "questionId": 14}], "project": {"id": "0x8d590a9d748884846dbcca625d5f10b0cb9292ba6a04ac98a9a3d32b314fcbcf", "title": "DeSci Tokyo", "logoImg": "bafkreid7ga5prar6e74k7sd4sdbup26zjzpok4dwkfglkh7guqvuxmd764", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreifpna6ucvm3ozh7i46r62ofjrtbqds4h5baseivg3rjmo3637ap4q", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://desci-tokyo.jp/", "bannerImg": "bafkreihuwis3v5yw2oqonprerwkk5qzpjql3f6du34z727vdrdni4u2uvq", "createdAt": 1713791276291, "credentials": {}, "description": "DeSci Tokyo is a voluntary organization that aims to push the boundaries of human knowledge with decentralized science as a DeSci incubator in Japan. In 2023, we wrote hosted three social meetups and wrote multiple articles including an academic paper.\n\nMeetups\n\u30fbDeSci Labs with Dr.Hill\n\u30fbScisets with Dr. Hsia\n\u30fbAthenaDAO\n\nArticles:\n#Impact Citations\nhttps://mirror.xyz/hirotaiyohamada.eth/4kc5T0_aQU4BsUfFJC9eER1jF6h80oj4mjBHvJFmHOw\n\n#Emerging Trends in Decentralized Science (DeSci) in Japan\nhttps://mirror.xyz/hirotaiyohamada.eth/3rNTPZLm3mRIysZ8tVvYwE5uP8aPp5N4L2egEzgtJP0\n\n#Hamada, 2024. A novel ecosystem by decentralized\nscience: Roles of DeSci.Tokyo. INFOSTA, 74 (3). https://doi.org/10.18919/jkg.74.3_86\n\nWe organized one of the largest DeSci conference in the world and raising over $ 50K by crowdfunding and sponsorships.\nhttps://desci-tokyo.jp/\n\nIn 2024, we will focus on both incubating and practicing DeSci.\n\nWe are going to host a large DeSci conference collaborating with Funding the Commons in Tokyo. We also plan to try doing a funding experiment in Japan. We have been building a QF funding system for public goods including open science projects.\n\nHelp us in this round to proceed this movement in Japan in 2024!!!", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "DeSciTokyo"}, "recipient": "0x7DaB09290330d8f7FEc39d72b49e09a3Eb17C590"}}