Project Abstract In 3-5 sentences what problem are you trying to solve? (The project abstract may be used for for the winners announcement.) Objectives What are you hoping to accomplish with this grant? How do you define and measure success for this project? Outcomes How does this project benefit the greater Ethereum ecosystem? Grant Scope
2/24/2025The Ecosystem Funding Initiative team is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2024 Academic Grants Round! This round, we are proud to support 41 projects from researchers and institutions worldwide. These projects address fundamental challenges and opportunities in areas critical to Ethereum’s growth, including cryptography, consensus mechanisms, security, execution, and more. Budget Summary by Category Category Number of Projects Total Budget Client engineering 1
1/17/2025[TOC] Econ & Game Theory General comments Relevant fields include mechanism design, algorithmic game theory, econometrics, market microstructure, consensus mechanisms, learning, finance. We strongly encourage applicants to survey current discussions such as the latest Columbia Cryptoeconomics workshop (see videos). Staking Economics
12/16/2024We firmly believe that information is a public good that should be freely shared within the community. In line with this philosophy, in 2022 we initiated a series of grants to support academic research to foster knowledge and further enhance the Ethereum ecosystem. The response we received was overwhelming, and we awarded 39 grants to exceptional builders who actively worked across diverse domains to push Ethereum-related knowledge forward. In this blog post, we are excited to present a summary of the results achieved by each grantee, along with resources for those seeking deeper insights. We will keep sharing results as they come, as some grantees continue their research. Title Grantee(s) Summary Amplification Messaging for Short-Term Slot Finality and Improved Reorg-Tolerance Hammurabi Mendes, Ph.D.; Jonad Pulaj, Ph.D. at Davidson College Proposal of a slashable quorum system for enhanced consensus finality.
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