Project Status: COMPLETED
[Completed] [”Research at Near” OCTÓPODE DAO]
Project accounting:
four research grants on Near that generated a result of four oral presentations on Near with the themes; a) What is Near? Where does it come from? How did it come about?, b) What is a DAO? What is it for? How to create it? c) What is Near’s forum? Why was it created?; d) What is Near grant? How and why to make a project sustainable? The four presentations can be checked on the Octopus DAO’s youtube channel through the link - - Octópode DAO - YouTube
**Budget: 1000 USD in NEAR
**Updated project timeline:
The pre-production of the project began on June 5th with the elaboration of the rules for the selection process of the scholarship recipients. The rules of participation were created, as well as the schedule for the research and presentation of the project. The registration for the scholarship selection began on June 11th. This was the day in which enrollment was open and it lasted until June 15th. An artwork was made for publicizing the project and an application form was created for those interested to apply. The selection criteria was the answer to the question: "Why should you be part of this research fellowship? The most convincing answers that demonstrated the greatest interest in the position were chosen. In all, 12 people were interested in taking the survey and of these four were selected. Through the links on instagram you can see the announcement of the beginning and end of registration ; https://www.instagram.com/p/Ceq6KqluBJ6/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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After completing the applications and selecting the scholarship recipients, a meeting was held with them to review the research schedule to be developed and the deadlines for presentations. A whatsapp group was also created with those selected to ask questions directly with members of the DAO and for messages and warnings during the research process.
The presentations took place on June 29th and 30th via Google Meet. They are available on the Octopode’s youtube channel according to the links below;
Video presentation Fred - https://youtu.be/Q-e8Tr1dg0k
Video presentation Mariana Sacrini - https://youtu.be/Ug8ILU3RibA
Video presentation Naju - https://youtu.be/YpGHNx9sQDs
Video presentation Francine - https://youtu.be/QemtF5-mucs
The fellows, during the research also had to create portfolios to mint works about their relationship to the research developed. Of the four fellows, three already had portfolios and one had to create his own. The accounts are; fstrings.near, marisacrini.near, najunft.near e ruidelafont.near
Below are links to the minted artwork
Highlights and criticisms:
A very pertinent written and oral presentation collection has been created about Near. The oral presentations can be checked on youtube and the written papers can be requested directly from octopode dao. This collection was built by the fellows who had to do not only the oral presentation but also a written paper about the research.
One criticism is that we have not yet found a way to make the written work available. However, in July we intend to make them available to anyone. For the time being, those interested can request directly from dao.
Learning:
Each fellow, even those who already had some knowledge about Near, made a point of thanking us and commenting that the research was an even greater learning experience for them about how the Near ecosystem works. They were able to further their knowledge and create video and written material about Near that will be permanently recorded and freely accessible on the internet.
*Next Steps:
The next step now is to pair up the fellows and they will have to conceive, write, approve and execute a project from start to finish. In the first month they have done theoretical work on Near and now in the second month they will do practical execution work where they will have the opportunity to create artistic content in NFT and display it in mintbase and the forum as well as on their social media.
