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