Overview

• Ethereum Foundation committed up to $6 million to the new center, including $500,000 annually for the first three years.
• The center will receive an additional $1.5 million in philanthropic contributions to fund operations, competitive research and fellowships.
• Tim Roughgarden, a Columbia computer science professor and blockchain protocol expert, will lead the center at Columbia Engineering in New York.
• Research will target foundational infrastructure across computer science, engineering, policy and economics, with summer bootcamps planned for junior researchers.
• The initiative reflects the Foundation’s move toward focused programs following a grants pause, a new roadmap and the launch of its dAI Team.