Curtin’s new cryptocurrency scholarship fund

Curtin’s new cryptocurrency scholarship fund a boost for
PhD students

Curtin University has launched an innovative
new Cryptocurrency PhD Scholarship Fund, designed by Curtin
data scientists, which will enable companies and individuals
to donate cryptocurrency to fund PhD students in the areas
of blockchain, cybersecurity and data analytics.

The
crowd-sourced fund uses a Web 3.0 payment system developed by
project partners Nelnet International and Centrality to
enable real-time, peer-to-peer payments on both Bitcoin and
Ethereum blockchains.

As the fund develops, a series of
projects that students can apply for will be announced,
while significant donors of cryptocurrency will have named
PhD Scholarships in their areas of interest.

Curtin
University Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research
Excellence Professor Garry Allison said the scholarship…