SciWard is an experimental AI-assisted funding and recognition platform for researchers and free software developers.
It evaluates documented work and computes suggested allocations. Participation does not generally depend on holding a PhD. Actual payments are constrained by donated funds, eligibility and the platform’s operating rules.
SciWard is in beta, and independent validation of evaluation quality and fairness remains pending. See Product Status and Testing & Evidence.
Help Turn SciWard’s Beta into Evidence
SciWard 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;. Public testing, auditability, and external criticism remain part of the project.