{"id":14956,"date":"2018-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/2018\/01\/18\/dash-arizona-state-university-elevate-blockchain-research-offer-graduate-course-and-scholarships\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:38:28","slug":"asu-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dash.org\/news\/asu-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash, Arizona State University elevate blockchain research, offer graduate course and scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"
Blockchain Research Lab expands applications in wake of soaring industry growth<\/h2>\n
Tempe, Ariz. \u2013 January 17, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Arizona State University and Dash, a top digital currency for payments, today announced a partnership designed to accelerate research, development, and education in ways that advance blockchain transaction speed, efficiency, security, and expand its uses.<\/p>\n
The new $350,000 Dash-ASU agreement announced today includes:<\/p>\n
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The Dash Scholars Program, which provides $100,000 in scholarships for undergraduate and graduate research fellowships;<\/li>\n
Research lab and Industry open source projects, providing an additional $100,000 in funding for ASU\u2019s Blockchain Research Lab (BRL) and $50,000 in new funding for the Luminosity Lab, and<\/li>\n
Blockchain course development, with $100,000 for creating an online graduate course expected to be offered at ASU this fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n