Proposal: College Blockchain IUR(Industry-University-Research) Cooperation

Proposal: College Blockchain IUR(Industry-University-Research) Cooperation
Proponent: GoJFTV1woTYY24MJhB3bBrWLrmH1RfHBxawo4Lt24fMbrnU
Date: June 14, 2024
Requested KSM: to be completed at submission, we apply for 2917 KSM total allocation for August 2024 - January 2025（6 month） depending on EMA(30) AVG rate（ KSM = 29 USDT）

Short description: Accelerate the enthusiasm of Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem builders to participate and cultivate more potential high-quality developers to enter the Polkadot ecosystem.

Before you see the proposal, please see the information about us and the contract as below; 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rjOjTYholcG0HdLnnNFRRRHjk2ilErUzL6qrY6wUgOI/edit?usp=sharing

And  there were very fewer paticipants in every Polkadot/Kusama offline event in China, with university partners the promotion will be more efficient.

Problem and Solution

The basis for the continued prosperity of the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem is a steady stream of high-quality developers. We very much agree with the educational philosophy and practical results of Polkadot/Kusama Blockchain Academy (PBA).However, the high participation threshold and steep learning experience, especially English-taught courses, have dampened the enthusiasm of a large number of potential developers and builders. We believe that in the Chinese community, there should be an introductory course for PBA and a mechanism for a large number of undergraduate graduates to participate in the construction of Polkadot/Kusama. 

To this end, we will establish IUR-DAO and cooperate with six Chinese universities （more universities will be involved in the future）to guide potential developers to the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem through a combination of undergraduate graduates' learning, innovation and entrepreneurship. Briefly, we intend to carry out four main tasks in this proposal:

1. Cooperate with there Universities on the Polkadot/Kusama ecological project.
2. Create PBA Chinese introduction courses and train the university’s blockchain course instructors.
3. Carry out graduate project design and entrepreneurial practice or join an existing parallel chain team for internship.
4. Guide and recommend outstanding graduates to participate in Polkadot Hackathon.

In the future, we will make improvements based on the actual results of this project and promote it to more Chinese universities to cooperate with us.

Please see the Introduction to partner universities and further information:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QCWrrKlcwwIy2mU-Zdv3egDHVj-0SjsDhpCSW8fWTGg/edit#heading=h.ofb88j3x9b0d

Key Results and Goals
Workscope & OKR Breakdown: August 2024 - January 2024
Objective：Accelerate the enthusiasm of Polkadot ecosystem builders to participate and cultivate more potential high-quality developers to enter the Polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.

1. PBA Chinese introductory course
OKRs for the 6 months period of this proposal:

- Completed the Chinese translation of PBA-Book.Based on the technical characteristics of Polkadot and the necessary knowledge points for developing basic applications, combined with the actual knowledge level of undergraduates, the PBA English course has been appropriately tailored.
- Trained for CUIT instructors how to use the PBA Chinese introductory course.
- Use the PBA Chinese introduction course to train 900 undergraduate students across the college.
- All recorded live streams will be uploaded to YouTube channel.
- Select highlights from the live streams will also be transcribed into text and published as articles.

 

2.Cooperation framework with universities
OKRs for the 6 months period of this proposal:

- Sign a cooperation agreement with these universities.

• Developed an innovation and entrepreneurship Polkadot/Kusama training plan for over 3000 students.
  
  a. Innovative training project: Undergraduate students individually or in teams, under the guidance of instructors, independently complete the design of polkadot/Kusama innovative experimental methods and write summary reports, etc. The innovation training project advocates the application of projects based on practical problem research combined with the needs of cutting-edge technology in the blockchain industry, and is encouraged to be combined with undergraduate graduation thesis (design).
  
  b. Parachain training project: Under the guidance of school instructors, each student plays one or more specific roles in the project implementation process. By conducting feasibility studies, preparing parachain plans, and simulating operations, Carry out a certain level of coding, write entrepreneurial reports, etc.
  
  c. Entrepreneurship practice project: Under the joint guidance of school mentors and business mentors, student teams use the results of previous innovation and entrepreneurship training projects to propose an innovative product or service with market prospects, and carry out entrepreneurial practice activities based on this.
  
  - Distributing all contents across more than 3 largest blockchain media or communities outlets in China.

3. Educational Contents Production
OKR for the 6 months period of this proposal:

• Select 100 outstanding papers from 1000 undergraduate graduation papers and publish them in no less than 5 mainstream blockchain media or communities in China.The total number of delivery times is not less than 100*5.
• Topics other than outstanding papers include introducing infrastructure projects in the Polkadot ecosystem, parachains,helping the community understand ecological diversity and the experiences during the learning process.
• Design and produce a graduation certificate in the form of NFT.

4. User metrics
OKR for the user growth goal we want to achieve based on the above three work results:

• Target users: more than 3000 users to enter the polkadot/Kusama ecosystem.
• Potential builders: more than 50.
• marketing means:
  1. Publish a Polkadot/Kusama-related article every month to attract users to follow the Wechat official account.
  2. Host 1 online/offline activities once a month and transfer the user from the broadcast room to the Wechat official account.
  3. Include a follow method at the end of all our videos.
  4. Occasionally release our own custom-designed Polkadot swags to attract users to follow and share articles to increase article views.
  5. Each month, we collaborate with one ecosystem project to launch small user growth activities, such as DeFi liquidity provision, staking, gift giveaways, and airdrops. These are specifically designed events that require close coordination with the eco teams.

5. Reporting
IUR-DAO will focus on the Polkadot/Kusama technical education in China assisting the Polkadot/Kusama Community to expand the impact and cooperate with potential projects to help them build the dApp on Polkadot/Kusama. We will publish a Monthly Review and Report on Polkassembly on the last day of every month, including performance data and all activities and materials created, to be shared with the Direction channel and comments on our original proposals for regular updates.

Based on the budget in the above table, we apply for USD 14,100 per month, which is USD 84,600 in total (from August 2024 to January 2025).

Why us
We are one of the first domestic units engaged in improving professional skills in the digital economy under the general outline of the "Digital China Development Plan". The founding team was invited to participate in China's second global blockchain industry conference in 2016. Summit Forum, in 2018, it cooperated with the first batch of blockchain universities in China, such as Tsinghua University, China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shenzhen University, etc., and was inspected by national leaders. At the end of 2020, in accordance with the national vocational education policy and combined with the requirements of industry, market and enterprise development, the unit recommended that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security establish a new profession of blockchain operator and was approved. At the same time, it participated in the formulation of the "National Vocational Skills Standards for Blockchain Application Operators (2021 Edition)" and is the only professional skill level certification organization for blockchain application operators in Zhejiang Province. Certification work such as "Blockchain Application Operator", "Digital Twin Application Technician" and "Digital Solution Designer" can be carried out within Zhejiang.In April 2023, the first batch of "AIGC Application Engineer" and "Prompt Engineer" courses in the country was opened providing teaching services: courses and training systems, multimedia teaching systems.

We rely on the digital economy industry venture capital fund to cultivate talents and industrial investment and incubation action paths, fully tap the needs of local industry improvement and momentum conversion, and support the development of major Internet companies and emerging industries through talent cultivation and industry It combines development with smart technology and digital-real linkage and conversion with local industries to achieve social significance such as digital economic transformation and regional economic growth.

For specific information about the further information about this project, please send us an email for consultation.Email address: [email protected].