Please include here information about all (co-)applicants, with names, affiliations, scientific background, and any information related to the merits of the applicants for the research. In case there are multiple applicants, it should be clearly stated that who is the corresponding applicant. The corresponding applicant will take primary responsibility for the project, e.g., managing the progress of the project, communicating with VeChain foundation, and in charge of the budget distribution.
CVs of the applicants should also be included, either in the end of this proposal or in a separate file.
A USDT (ERC 20) payment address should be provided. We don't accept payments for the program in other currencies at this stage.
⚠️ The combination of your GitHub account submitting the application and the payment address above will be your unique identifier during the program. Please keep them safe.
It is recommended that the summary be less than 300 words.
Select the research field out of the 9 fields listed below or state "others".
- Blockchain consensus mechanisms
- Cryptography
- Economical models / Incentive mechanisms / Governance
- Blockchain security / privacy
- Empirical studies / real-world measurements / performance analysis & comparison
- DeFi
- Smart contracts
- Blockchain interoperability / Oracle
- Blockchain applications
List no more than five keywords that are closely related to the research.
The applicants may use any preferred structure to state this part as clear as possible. It is recommended for the applicant to include the following parts.
The applicants should clearly describe the research problem to be tackled and why the problem is significant for VeChain and its ecosystem.
The approach to conduct the research, also reasoning about the viability of this approach, e.g., the applicants have conducted similar research or used similar approaches before.
Discussion about the possible risks during the research process and their consequences.
The applicants should define multiple milestones together with the budget and the expected outcome of each milestone. The outcome may, for instance, be a prototype system, proof-of-concept, scientific paper, technical report, etc. Note that the grant will be disbursed step-by-step according to the budget of each milestone as explained in the Application Process.
A detailed budget should be provided to justify the requested fund. Please note that funding for each research project will be capped at 30,000 USD.