The funds will support the execution of our initial set of studies. They will be used to:

- increase research capacity by hiring more researchers from the DeSci community
- seed funding for research equipment and materials, eg. heart rate monitors, thermometers, EEG, video recording equipment, survey tools, lab space
- legal assistance to comply with regulations about running experiments

Additionally, we are working on a guide to best experimentation practices for non-institutional science. Our philosophy is about balancing a dedication to rigor with the courage to proceed and experiment. We believe that we can and should apply scientific truth-seeking methods to more unexplored questions, even in the absence of ideal conditions, with transparency in how we communicate results. The funds will support the research for this philosophical guide, including consultations with experts in statistics, experiment design, and scientific epistemology.