IOST Partners With Unic’s Institute for the Future to Empower Women in Blockchain

PRESS RELEASE. The partnership goals to assist, promote, and encourage feminine leads within the blockchain area, providing annual endowed studentships to the University of Nicosia’s main MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency.

NICOSIA, CYPRUS— December 2021. The Institute For the Future (IFF) – University of Nicosia (UNIC) and the Internet of Services Foundation (IOST) are delighted to announce a scholarship programme to empower Women in Blockchain, by means of which an annual cohort of gifted, and motivated candidates can have the chance to pursue the University’s main Masters programme within the subject. The partnership kicks off with two (2) endowed studentships over a two (2) 12 months interval, with the choice to extend the variety of college students sponsored per 12 months as of the following consumption to UNIC’s MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency, in Spring 2022.

The thrilling partnership is geared toward fostering the following technology of leaders within the area, with a declared emphasis on supporting and selling feminine leads targeted on blockchain expertise. This intention is consistent with IFF’s mission to coach leaders, develop data, and construct communities to assist society put together for a future formed by transformative applied sciences. At the identical time, it aligns with IOST’s unwavering efforts in selling the training and adoption of blockchain expertise.

As a part of the settlement, each events open up the potential to collaborate in different domains of mutual curiosity, together with, however not restricted to, the event of instructional tech programs and analysis and growth within the subject of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT).

“The strategic alliance with the University of Nicosia permits us to additional interact in blockchain training and analysis, which we consider are essential steps in direction of wider adoption of blockchain expertise. We consider that supporting such initiatives will assist entice extra gifted people, who’re going to assist develop a myriad of fascinating options and use circumstances”, stated Kudakwashe Samkange, Director of Business Development on the Internet of Services Foundation. “The scholarship programme will contribute to a extra inclusive blockchain area, in which there’s typically very low illustration of ladies. We want to be a part of resolving that”, concluded Mr. Samkange.

UNIC beforehand made headlines when it became the first university in the world to accept cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) for tuition payment. Indeed, UNIC is a world chief in crypto and blockchain training and analysis, having been the primary college on the earth to supply a level within the subject, in addition to the world’s first massive open online course (MOOC) focused on blockchain, which to this point has seen virtually 65,000 college students enroll from over 110 nations. UNIC was additionally the primary college to supply a MOOC on Decentralized Finance (DeFi) in 2021. Most not too long ago, the University launched the UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative, targeted on the educational, analysis and coverage points regarding the metaverse, with a selected emphasis on open public methods and requirements. This ties in with UNIC’s launch earlier this 12 months of a strong and defensible methodology for calculating Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market capitalizations on an ecosystem foundation with the proposal of NFTValuations.

“We have proudly been on the forefront of blockchain analysis and training, as attested to by our engagement and providing”, underlined Dr. Klitos Christodoulou, Research Manager at IFF. “An intricate a part of that’s connecting with likeminded leaders within the area to broaden accessibility and encourage engagement. The partnership with IOST represents simply that, expressly reflecting our dedication, by way of annual endowed studentships, to assist, promote, and encourage feminine leads within the blockchain area”, concluded Dr. Christodoulou.

About the Institute For the Future (IFF) of the University of Nicosia (UNIC)

The Institute For the Future (IFF) is a number one international supplier of training and analysis in blockchain and digital currencies. It is an interdisciplinary analysis middle on the University of Nicosia (UNIC), geared toward advancing rising applied sciences and contributing to their efficient software in business, authorities, and training, in addition to evaluating their influence on employment, wealth inequality and our lives and societies normally. Its total mission is to coach leaders, develop data and construct communities to assist society put together for a future formed by transformative applied sciences. The Distributed Ledgers Research Centre (DLRC) hosted at IFF, is the Institute’s utilized analysis laboratory on blockchain protocols and distributed ledger expertise.

IFF: www.unic.ac.cy/iff

DLRC: www.unic.ac.cy/iff/dlrc/

E-mail: iff@unic.ac.cy

Twitter: @IFFunic

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/institute-for-the-future-iff/

About Internet of Services Foundation (IOST)

IOST is a high-speed, decentralized blockchain community that’s primarily based on the Proof of Believability (PoB) consensus algorithm. It is a next-generation blockchain expertise that gives community infrastructure to assist a service-oriented ecosystem that meets the safety and scalability wants of the decentralized economic system. Smart contracts with post-deployment modifications, JavaScript programming language assist, and infinitely low growth prices make the IOST blockchain a extremely viable enterprise answer.

Being one of many public chain leaders when it comes to adoption, efficiency, and utility, IOST stays dedicated to our mission to unleash the facility of blockchain. IOST at present has the ever-expanding 500,000 group members in over 20 nations, over 400 nodes, a prime staking economic system, symbiotic relationships with companies dotted worldwide.

Contact & Application Process

Step1: Register your interest for the MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency program

Step2: Complete your software to the MSc – UNIC enrollment crew will attain out and information you on the required paperwork and course of.

Step3: Complete the IOST scholarship application, choose “IOST Women in Blockchain Scholars”

Important Notes:

• IOST encourages females (inclusive of transgender candidates) to use.
• IOST Scholars software deadline: 17 January, 2022
• IOST Scholars recipient choice: 19 January, 2022
• MSc programme begin date: 31 January, 2022

For extra data on enrollments and/or any queries relating to the UNIC-IOST Scholarship Programme, please contact: Hazal Aripinar, Business Development and Enrollment Manager at IFF aripinar.h@unic.ac.cy

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