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Technology topic
Distributed Ledger (DL)
The Distributed Ledger topic area covers a wide range of technology areas of current and emerging commercial significance and impact spanning all areas of distributed ledgers, including blockchains, directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) and related capabilities (cryptography, smart contracts, etc.). Applications of these technologies and approaches across any range of industries and commercial uses are appropriate for this topic area. Proposed projects should involve novel, distinctive approaches and/or disruptive innovations with high potential impact and competitive advantages in their field of use. These subtopic areas are meant to serve as examples of what entrepreneurs may propose in this space; all distributed ledger proposals with technical innovation and significant commercial potential are welcome, regardless of the specific area of focus of the project.
Sub-Topics
DL1. Autonomous Systems and Economies, and Smart Contracts
DL2. Blockchain, DAGs, and Next-Gen Protocols
DL3. Convergence with Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence
DL4. Convergence with Internet of Things, Crowdsourcing and Crowdsensing
DL5. Cryptography, Security, and Cybersecurity
DL6. Digital Assets
DL7. Distributed Consensus and Fault Tolerance Mechanisms
DL8. Distributed Ledger in Edge and Cloud Computing
DL9. Distributed Ledger Interoperability
DL10. Distributed Ledger in Network Architecture and Management
DL11. Financial Technologies
DL12. Human-to-Technology Interfaces and Decentralized Applications (dApps)
DL13. Scalability Solutions and Accumulators
DL14. Trusted Identity and Identity Management
DL15. Other Distributed Ledger Technologies
Application process for Distributed Ledger (DL) funding
Eligibility for Distributed Ledger (DL) funding +
- Your company must be a small business (fewer than 500 employees) located in the United States.
- At least 50% of your company’s equity must be owned by U.S. citizens or permanent residents. NSF does not fund companies that are majority-owned by multiple venture capital firms, private equity firms, or hedge funds, to participate in SBIR and STTR.
- All funded work, including work done by consultants and contractors, needs to take place in the United States.
- The project’s principal investigator (tech lead) must be legally employed at least 20 hours a week by the company seeking funding. The principal investigator doesn’t need any advanced degrees.
- The principal investigator needs to commit to at least one month (173 hours) of work on a funded project per six months of project duration.
Evaluation Criteria: What We Look for When Evaluating Distributed Ledger (DL) proposals +
- Technological Innovation
- Broader Impacts
- Commercial Potential
- Read more about our criteria
Take our project assessment to see if your work might be a good fit for NSF funding.