# ResearchHub — Full Reference > ResearchHub is an open science platform where researchers publish, peer review, fund, and discuss scientific research. Contributors earn ResearchCoin (RSC) for their work. ## About ResearchHub ResearchHub's mission is to accelerate the pace of scientific research. It is a collaborative platform centered on funding scientific work and conducting open peer review of both proposals and preprints. Funded proposals have a clear path from idea to execution. The platform is maintained by two entities: - **ResearchHub, Inc.** — the technology company that builds and operates the platform, based in San Francisco, CA. - **ResearchHub Foundation** — helps fund research, runs the editorial program for peer reviews, and houses the community. ResearchHub differs from traditional academic publishers because approved peer reviews earn $150 worth of RSC, all content is published open access, peer review completes in as few as 14 days, and a token-based incentive system (ResearchCoin) rewards contributions. User-contributed content (excluding peer reviews) is licensed under CC BY 4.0; peer review content is governed by a separate license (see Terms of Service, Section 4A). ## Core Values ResearchHub believes scientific research should be: - **Accessible** — No paywalls, no costs to participate. Summaries in plain English. - **Collaborative** — Academics and non-academics interact publicly, incentivized by ResearchCoin. - **Efficient** — Traditional funding-to-publication cycles take 3–5 years. ResearchHub aims for at least one order of magnitude faster. ## Products & Services ### Research Funding Direct funding pathways for scientific research. Funded proposals have a clear path from idea to execution. - **Funding Opportunities:** Open opportunities from the Foundation and community funders, with defined scope, funding amount in USD, and deadlines. Spans biomedical sciences, computational biology, physics, economics, and more. - **Proposals:** Researchers submit their own proposals for original work. Each undergoes open peer review evaluating methodology, significance, and feasibility. Funded projects can be supported with RSC, donor-advised funds (DAF), or credit card contributions. - **Nonprofit attachment:** US-based researchers can attach their university nonprofit for tax-deductible contributions and fast fund delivery (typically 2–3 weeks). More: https://researchhub.com/fund ### ResearchHub Endowment The ResearchHub Endowment turns RSC holdings into a continuous stream of research funding. Anyone holding RSC in their ResearchHub account automatically earns yield in the form of **Funding Credits** — a non-transferable currency that tracks the price of RSC but can *only* be used to fund preregistered research proposals on the platform. The more RSC you hold, the more science you can fund. Key properties: - **Automatic yield, no action required.** RSC held in a ResearchHub account earns Funding Credits without staking, locking, or signing transactions. - **Daily distribution.** Credits are distributed every day based on each holder's share of total RSC held on the platform. Holders can begin funding research almost immediately after depositing. - **No lockups, principal always revocable.** Holders can withdraw their RSC principal at any time. There are no gas fees and no penalty for exiting. - **Restricted use by design.** Funding Credits cannot be transferred, traded, cashed out, or spent on bounties or tips. They exist only to fund preregistered research proposals — the yield must flow to science. - **Self-balancing yield.** The protocol emits new RSC on a decaying schedule (starting at 9.5M RSC in Year 1, halving every 64 years). Annual yield rate depends on what share of total RSC supply is held on the platform: lower platform participation produces higher per-holder yields, higher participation produces lower yields. At an estimated average 30% participation scenario, Year 1 yield is approximately 23.6%. This makes the Endowment a vehicle for individual donors, institutions, and foundations to convert one-time capital into ongoing, transparent research funding without giving up the underlying assets. More: https://researchhub.com/endowment Documentation: https://docs.researchhub.com/researchhub/product-features/fund/researchhub-endowment ### Peer Review Program ResearchHub compensates researchers for peer-reviewing both scientific preprints and funding proposals. Unlike traditional peer review — typically unpaid and months-long — approved reviews on ResearchHub earn $150 worth of RSC with turnaround around 10 days. Reviewers build a public track record that strengthens their academic profile. Peer reviews provide context for authors, funders, and readers — they are not used to gatekeep publication. Guidelines: https://docs.researchhub.com/researchhub-foundation/programs-and-initiatives/peer-review-program/peer-review-guidelines More: https://researchhub.com/peer-review ### Home Activity Feed The home page is a live feed of platform-wide activity — funding, peer review, and discussion as it happens. It has tabs for open Requests for Proposals and for community proposals seeking funding. More: https://researchhub.com/ ### ResearchHub Journal An open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal built for speed and transparency. - Accepts research across all scientific disciplines. - Peer review turnaround in as few as 14 days. - Submissions are immediately available as preprints. - Reviews are conducted openly (unblinded) and published alongside the paper. - Approved reviews earn $150 worth of RSC. - Papers that complete review are published as the version of record. More: https://researchhub.com/journal ### ResearchCoin (RSC) ResearchCoin (RSC) is an ERC-20 token earned by contributing to ResearchHub. Uses: - Create bounties for peer reviews and specific tasks. - Tip users for valuable contributions. - Fund research proposals. - Earn Funding Credits via the ResearchHub Endowment by holding RSC on the platform. Documentation: https://docs.researchhub.com ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Is content on ResearchHub open? Yes. User-contributed content (excluding peer reviews) is shared under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Anyone can reuse that content for any purpose with attribution — a hyperlink back to the source page is sufficient. Peer review content is governed by a separate license under the Terms of Service (Section 4A). CC BY is the gold standard for scholarly content, used by PLOS, eLife, and BMC. ### How does peer review work? Researchers browse open peer-review bounties — covering both preprints and funding proposals — find work in their field, and submit structured reviews following published guidelines. Reviews are evaluated by the requesting author or editorial team. Approved reviews earn $150 worth of RSC and are published openly alongside the paper or proposal. ### How does research funding work? Researchers apply to open funding opportunities or create their own proposals. Proposals undergo open peer review. Funded projects receive RSC by default; if a researcher attaches a linked nonprofit (such as their university), the funding is delivered as USD to that nonprofit, enabling tax-deductible contributions. ### How does the ResearchHub Endowment work? By holding RSC in a ResearchHub account, holders automatically earn yield as Funding Credits — distributed daily based on their share of total RSC held on the platform. Funding Credits are non-transferable and can only be spent on funding preregistered research proposals; they cannot be cashed out, traded, or used for bounties or tips. There are no lockups and the RSC principal is always revocable. Yield rates are self-balancing: when less RSC is held on the platform, per-holder yield is higher; when more is held, yield is lower. The mechanism converts one-time capital into perpetual research funding while leaving the principal under the holder's control. ## Key Links - [Website](https://researchhub.com): Main ResearchHub platform - [About](https://researchhub.com/about): Mission and values - [Funding](https://researchhub.com/fund): Research funding opportunities - [Endowment](https://researchhub.com/endowment): Earn Funding Credits by holding RSC - [Peer Review](https://researchhub.com/peer-review): Earn for peer reviews - [Proposals](https://researchhub.com/fund/proposals): Community research proposals seeking funding - [Journal](https://researchhub.com/journal): ResearchHub Journal - [Documentation](https://docs.researchhub.com): ResearchHub documentation - [Foundation](https://researchhub.foundation): ResearchHub Foundation - [X](https://x.com/researchhub): ResearchHub on X - [GitHub](https://github.com/ResearchHub): Open-source repositories - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/researchhubtechnologies): ResearchHub on LinkedIn - [Email](mailto:hello@researchhub.com): hello@researchhub.com - [Privacy Policy](https://researchhub.com/privacy): Privacy policy - [Terms of Service](https://researchhub.com/tos): User agreement