The TEC is interested in continuing our research on using our novel Tunable Quadratic Funding (TQF) mechanism to enable capital allocation decisions to better reflect the underlying values of their communities. We have tested TQF in four Gitcoin Token Engineering Grants rounds, confirming its ability to augment Quadratic Funding (QF) in interesting ways. Our initial tests demonstrated the ability to embed wallet-based signals of Subject Matter Expertise (SME) into the QF voting signal, by boosting the weight of contributions from donors with 'proof of knowledge' NFTs from the Token Engineering Academy. We have also tested the ability to boost voting signals for token ownership (using the $TEC token) and contributions of work with [Praise](https://givepraise.xyz/). More recently, we have successfully tested TQF’s ability to boost signs of leadership stake in a community (using Optimism delegate wallet addresses). 

We believe the TQF mechanism has much untapped potential and are interested in sharing this mechanism with other communities that are similarly interested in tuning their capital allocations to reflect their values. To this end, we have released a [TQF research repository](https://github.com/CommonsBuild/tqf) that others can use. We are also beginning to work with other communities to help them run TQF themselves, starting with [Regen Coordi-Nation](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/projects/0x44a654c52e7f9b2d471ac6be97521d6ced3219f24ba35aed1e0711dc2924de72) – a pioneering collaboration between GreenPill Network, ReFi DAO, and Celo Public Goods. 

With this grant, we seek to support one or two communities in using TQF for their grant rounds. We also seek to publish a follow-on report of our additional findings on the application of TQF through the TEC’s own Gitcoin rounds. 