Overview
The RChain cooperative board has approved funding for scholarships to support participation in RCon3. More information about RCon3 is at https://developer.rchain.coop/conference.
The RCon3 scholarship program will solicit scholarship applications and will rely on a committee of at least five members of the cooperative to review these applications based on a rubric, and to make recommendations to the board.
Selection process
The RChain scholarship program solicited volunteers to participate on the scholarship committee on June 4, 2018. We received ten applications. From those 6 were invited to be on the committee along with two employees of the RChain Coop and an administrator from Pyrofex.
Committee members
| Name | Email address |
|---|---|
| Lee Carter | lee@reflectiveventures.io |
| Dror Dayan | dayandror@gmail.com |
| Glen Braun | glen@glenbraun.com |
| Derek Rose | derek72@gmail.com |
| Kevin Huynh | kevin@cryptoparency.com |
| Karachi Chidindu Ojimadu | kgo4life@gmailcgo08018@gmail.com |
| Lilia Rusu (RChain Coop) | lily.rusu@gmail.com |
| Kate Gonsalves (RChain Coop) | Kate.Gonsalves@rchain.coop |
| Kelly Foster (Pyrofex) | kelly@pyrofex.net |
Round one scholarship awards
The deadline for round one scholarship applications was July 20. Due to the small number of applicants, all applicants who met the eligibility requirements were offered a scholarship that includes: free event registration and 100% reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses associated with attending RCon3.
Round one scholarship awards by the numbers:
- 37 applications submitted
- 2 applications were duplicates
- 35 applications reviewed for meeting eligibility requirements by the committee
- 23 scholarships awarded
- 12 scholarships applications denied due to not being a RChain Cooperative member at the application deadline, and if there was already a record of membership payment by the deadline, after an invitation to complete the membership verification process by Aug. 1.
- 3 scholarship awards deferred to RCon4 to support time required to secure a visa.
Round two scholarship awards
The deadline for round one scholarship applications was Aug. 6. Due to the small number of applicants, all applicants who met the eligibility requirements were offered a scholarship that includes: free event registration and 100% reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses associated with attending RCon3.
Round two scholarship awards by the numbers:
- 26 applications submitted
- 26 applications reviewed for meeting eligibility requirements by the committee
- 24 scholarships awarded
- 2 scholarships applications denied due to not being a RChain Cooperative member at the application deadline.
Geographic distribution of all scholarship awards
