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# MetaDAO Hanson Research Grant (META-036)
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**Type:** Research funding decision
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**Proposal ID:** META-036
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**Date:** Currently active (as of 2026-03-30)
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**Amount:** $80,000 (MetaDAO contribution)
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**Total project cost:** ~$112,000 (including GMU overhead and unfunded positions)
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**Recipient:** Robin Hanson / George Mason University
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**Status:** Active
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**Domain:** internet-finance
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## Overview
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MetaDAO's $80K grant to Robin Hanson (the inventor of futarchy) to conduct the first controlled experiments testing whether the futarchy mechanism actually works as theorized.
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## Grant Structure
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- **MetaDAO contribution:** $80,000
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- **GMU overhead absorption:** ~$32,000
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- **Unfunded GRA position:** Additional institutional contribution
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- **Total real cost:** ~$112,000
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## Strategic Significance
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This represents MetaDAO funding academic validation of its core mechanism by the mechanism's original inventor. The grant is notable for:
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1. **Academic legitimacy:** First controlled experiments on futarchy effectiveness
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2. **Asymmetric payoff:** If positive, provides validation "money can't normally buy." If negative, $80K to find a flaw "before it matters at scale is cheap."
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3. **Institutional buy-in:** GMU's willingness to absorb overhead and provide unfunded positions signals academic confidence in the research value
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## Timeline
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- **[Date unknown]** — META-036 proposal submitted
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- **[Date unknown]** — Proposal passed through futarchy governance
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- **2026-03-30** — Grant confirmed as currently active |