IORH Overview

A hub of blockchain research. Bringing IOG and inter-disciplinary academics from the University of Edinburgh together to work on research projects which impact the blockchain industry at large.

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Vision and Objectives

  • Promote interdisciplinary research in blockchain technology
  • Enable researchers of different backgrounds to develop common language and understanding 
  • Give opportunities to research areas not usually engaged on funded research related to blockchain systems to contribute to R&D

$4.5M - 3 years

IOG is providing funding of $4.5M over the course of 3 years.

Distributed over three annual calls for proposals

Proposals solicited from teams of researchers at the University of Edinburgh - all schools and colleges

Proposals submitted will be evaluated in terms of:

  • Research novelty and impact
  • Relevance to Input Output systems and wide R&D objectives

Important Dates 

Call for proposals: June 28, 2024

Proposal deadline: September 15, 2024

Steering Committee

Aggelos

Aggelos Kiayias

Chair, Informatics

Claudia

Claudia Pagliari

Usher Institute

Raffaella

Raffaella Calabrese

Business School

Burkhard
Pooya

Pooya Farshim

IOG

Marc Roeschlin

Marc Roeschlin

IOG

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