AI Internet-Meritocracy explores an alternative approach to funding science and open-source software. The potential benefits below are goals to evaluate through testing, not demonstrated improvements over existing funding systems.
How AIIM grants are good for students and amateur scientists
AIIM does not require a science degree or a traditional grant proposal. Participants need documented research or software contributions and must satisfy applicable authorship, identity, and recent-activity requirements. Eligibility does not guarantee payment.
How AIIM grants are good for scientists
Connect your ORCID records to help document your research. AI-assisted assessments inform funding calculations; additional evidence may be needed to establish authorship and eligibility. Payments depend on available donated funds.
How AIIM grants are good for free software developers
Connect your GitHub account to document open-source contributions. An account alone does not establish eligibility: relevant work, authorship, identity, and recent activity may need verification. No traditional grant proposal is required, and payment depends on available funds.
How AIIM is good for donors/philanthropists
Donations support development and testing of an experimental approach to funding research and open-source work. AIIM aims to improve access and allocation; its comparative impact has not yet been established.
How AIIM is good for government
AIIM is proposed as a tool for exploring lower administrative costs and fairer R&D funding. These outcomes require comparative evaluation. See the proposal for governments and current product status.
Help Turn AIIM’s Beta into Evidence
AIIM remains experimental. The next proposed milestone is a five-month public adversarial test, with $1,000 planned for distribution to eligible funding recipients. Donations support the work required to run and evaluate that test.
Fund the public test → Test proposal → Independent review →
AI-generated evaluations can contain factual errors or biases; decentralized governance and non-custodial components remain under development. Public testing, auditability, and external criticism remain part of the project.