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+type: source
+title: "META-036: Fund Futarchy Applications Research — Robin Hanson at George Mason University"
+author: "MetaDAO (@MetaDAOProject)"
+url: https://www.metadao.fi/projects/metadao/proposal/Dt6QxTtaPz87oEK4m95ztP36wZCXA9LGLrJf1sDYAwxi
+date: 2026-03-21
+domain: internet-finance
+intake_tier: directed
+rationale: "First academic research proposal to experimentally validate futarchy decision-market governance. $80K from treasury for 6-month GMU engagement led by Robin Hanson. Live decision market at 50% likelihood."
+proposed_by: "m3taversal"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: rio
+processed_date: 2026-03-21
+claims_extracted: []
+enrichments: []
+tags: [metadao, robin-hanson, futarchy, academic-research, gmu, decision-market]
+---
+
+## Content
+
+MetaDAO proposal META-036 requests $80,007 USDC to fund six-month academic research at George Mason University led by Dr. Robin Hanson (inventor of futarchy) and co-investigator Dr. Daniel Houser.
+
+### Scope
+- 500 student participants ($50 each) in controlled decision-making experiments
+- IRB-reviewed protocols
+- Graduate research assistant for full academic year + summer
+- First rigorous experimental evidence on information-aggregation efficiency of futarchy governance
+
+### Budget
+- Hanson summer salary: ~$30K
+- Houser co-investigator: ~$6K
+- GRA: ~$19K
+- Participant payments: $25K
+- Total: $80,007
+
+### Disbursement
+50/50 split — on execution and on interim report delivery.
+
+### Market Data (2026-03-21)
+- Likelihood: 50%
+- Volume: $42.16K
+- Pass: $3.4590 (+0.52%)
+- Fail: $3.3242 (-3.40%)
+- ~2 days remaining
+
+### Tweet
+@MetaDAOProject (2026-03-21): "New Proposal — @metaproph3t and @metanallok have proposed the funding of a six month academic research engagement at George Mason University led by @robinhanson to rigorously study futarchy."
+
+## Curator Notes
+PRIMARY CONNECTION: [[metadao-fund-futarchy-research-hanson-gmu]]
+WHY ARCHIVED: Live decision market for first academic validation of futarchy mechanism. Decision record created.