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Jordan: Research Grant Committee Chairman

“Every dollar must justify its purpose.”

Role: Overseeing grant disbursement aligned with research phases.

Demographics:

  • Age: 40–65 | OS: macOS | Tools: Excel, Zoom.

Problem: Manual tracking of grant utilization.

Pains:

  • Audit failures due to unlabeled UTXOs.
  • No process for attaching compliance notes.

Goals:

  • Enforce grant terms (e.g., “Phase 3 Trials” labels).

Key Features Used:

  • Grant Labeling: Categorize UTXOs by research phase or budget line.
  • PSBT Comment Threads: Attach compliance notes (e.g., “ERC-20 Grant Clause 2.1”) to transactions.
  • Approval Chains: Require signatures from PI, department head, and auditor.

Benefits:

  • Automated compliance; milestone-aligned releases.

Trigger: Annual audits or milestone deliverables.

Barriers: Resistance from traditional institutions.

Scenarios:

Syncing labels with institutional accounting systems.

Tagging transactions with “ERC-20 Grant Clause 2.1” notes.