Nucleate Dojo Undergraduate DeSci Grants
{"type": "project", "title": "Nucleate Dojo Undergraduate DeSci Grants", "logoImg": "bafkreifvobdivtux5vjx6zx5wcdafgv733cfumn3bitpniep4xe23fiiyq", "website": "https://nucleate.xyz/dojo", "createdAt": 1682379266926, "credentials": {}, "description": "Problem\nUndergraduate students are severely underfunded, undersupported, and lack ownership in traditional academic research settings. Despite the clear career-advancing effects of undergraduate research experiences, funding for undergraduate researchers make up the smallest allocation in science spending compared to other academic research occupations, and are rarely entrusted with full responsibility over a research project. There's an unspoken truth that you need to be financially privileged and/or have a Ph.D. to pursue and publish impactful research, which also poses as one of the biggest equity barriers for students in STEM - DojoGrants aims to change that. \n\nSolution\nDojoGrants provides no-strings-attached, institution-agnostic funding to outstanding undergraduate students to work on hard problems in biology, combined with the support of the Nucleate network, biotech industry leaders, and opportunities to publish their work in open science communities. The focus will be to adopt a novel funding structure for undergraduate research using decentralized science principles, outputting translational, commercializable projects that can help advance the biotech industry. Ultimately, our mission is to lower the barrier to entry for young talent to enter the life sciences and cultivate agency for grantees to become future leaders in their chosen fields.\n\nPlans for Funding\nStarting in June 2023, DojoGrants will pilot its inaugural program in which we will award at least 10 research grants to selected undergraduate students.\n\nTeam Members\nJennifer Tsai (Lead), Jesse Lee, Kim Tran, Binalpreet Kalra, Holly Zhuang\n", "logoImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "nucleatedojo"}