RIP-24: 2026 Platform Distribution Breakdown

Summary This proposal outlines ResearchHub’s 4% annual RSC token distribution, designed to directly reward high-quality scientific contributions and behaviors that improve rigor, reproducibility, and speed of discovery.

Annual Allocation (40M RSC):

• 10M RSC – Peer Review Incentives: Reward fast, rigorous, and constructive reviews
• 20M RSC – Funding Incentives: Support new and original research via matching funds and RFPs
• 10M RSC – Partnership Initiatives: Enable coordinated programs with universities and research organizations

Motivation ResearchHub distributes 4% of RSC annually to incentivize behaviors that strengthen the scientific ecosystem. This allocation emphasizes upstream incentives: funding well-designed research and rewarding early, high-quality peer review so proposals improve before experiments begin. By pairing funding with review incentives, ResearchHub aligns contributors around rigor, iteration, and transparency - while also creating leverage to attract external funders through matching mechanisms and institutional collaborations.

Proposal

• Peer Review Incentives
  • Amount: Up to 25% of distribution (10M RSC)
  • Mechanism: Reward community members who provide in-depth, constructive peer reviews and review assessments across proposals, preprints, and journal articles.
  • Allocation Details:
    • 10M RSC dedicated to high-quality reviews that meaningfully improve scientific work
    • Reviews are evaluated by editors to minimize spam and low-effort contributions
    • Emphasis on proposal-stage reviews to improve study design before execution
• Funding Incentives
  • Amount: Up to 50% of distribution (20M RSC)
  • Mechanism: Allocate RSC to support original research via crowdfunding, in-house RFPs, and matching funds for external sponsors. Matching funds incentivize external capital to enter the ResearchHub ecosystem.
  • Allocation Details:
    • 20M RSC supports novel research proposals and studies
    • Enables matching programs to attract external funders
    • Encourages pre-registered and reproducible research designs
• Partnership Initiatives
  • Amount: Up to 25% of distribution (10M RSC)
  • Mechanism: Support structured collaborations with universities, research institutes, nonprofits, and aligned organizations.
  • Allocation Details:
    • Support university-led challenges, student fellowships, or replication initiatives hosted on ResearchHub
    • Enable partners to leverage ResearchHub’s peer review, funding, and community infrastructure without building parallel systems
    • Fund co-branded RFPs and pilot programs with institutional partners

Conclusion This proposal offers a token distribution that directly links rewards to behaviors that promote reproducibility, accelerate scientific output, and strengthen community engagement. By supporting crowdfunding for pre-registered studies, ResearchHub can establish itself as a leader in addressing the reproducibility crisis. Incentivizing peer reviews, especially on proposals, advances ResearchHub’s mission to accelerate scientific progress at the front end and complements the funding process.