Applicant Name: Daniel Friedman

Applicant ETH Address: 0xEFCDc3A4164846b7e39C4708a7C816f4459F26bF

Organization(s) or Affiliation(s): Active Inference Institute

Why do you want to serve as an Expert Evaluator for the Localism Fund?

I have been in Ethereum ecosystem for years, related DAOs/groups, developer of geospatial systems, organizer, non-profit, research, program management.

🪴 Grant-Making Expertise

Program Design & Management: ****2

Evaluation & Impact Learning: 2

Financial Strategy & Fundraising: 2

Governance Systems & Mechanism Design: 2

Experiences, Highlights & Evidence:

Applied for, and received, grants over 10+ years, in the Academic research space (e.g. NSF postdoc), and non-profits (AI, Open Science), organized many grant teams to apply via the Active Inference Instiute: https://coda.io/d/_do5M5iYau8H/Grants_sunxzZfs

⚙️ Web3 / Ethereum Tooling

Applied Web3 Literacy & Systems Understanding: 2