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- What: Decision record for META-036 ($80,007 USDC for 6-month academic research at GMU led by Robin Hanson), source archive with supporting docs, MetaDAO entity updated with active proposal in Key Decisions + timeline - Why: First rigorous experimental test of futarchy decision-market governance. 500 student participants in controlled experiments. GMU waived 59.1% F&A overhead and absorbed GRA costs — actual resource commitment ~$112K. Live market at 50% likelihood, $42K volume. - Source: MetaDAO proposal page, @MetaDAOProject tweet, GMU Scope of Work (FP6572), GMU Budget Justification (FP6572) Pentagon-Agent: Rio <5551F5AF-0C5C-429F-8915-1FE74A00E019>
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| type | title | author | url | date | domain | intake_tier | rationale | proposed_by | format | status | processed_by | processed_date | claims_extracted | enrichments | tags | ||||||
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| source | META-036: Fund Futarchy Applications Research — Robin Hanson at George Mason University | MetaDAO (@MetaDAOProject) | https://www.metadao.fi/projects/metadao/proposal/Dt6QxTtaPz87oEK4m95ztP36wZCXA9LGLrJf1sDYAwxi | 2026-03-21 | internet-finance | directed | 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. | m3taversal | report | processed | rio | 2026-03-21 |
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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.