Establish or expand programs that provide real-world experience in open-source practices, open-payment technologies, and inclusive digital financial systems.
The proposed project/initiative should be built on diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and
support the Interledger Foundation's thrust to foster an empowering ecosystem for digital
financial inclusion.
This grant seeks to collaborate with tertiary institutions to highlight the impact of technology on
financial access and inclusion. Overall, the grant aims to accomplish the following goals:
● Increase student engagement, interaction, and learning about open-payment
technologies, open-source, and digital financial inclusion with a significant focus on the
Interledger Protocol and related technologies.
● Enable faculty to implement effective forward-thinking initiatives to enable digital financial
literacy and inclusion.
● Showcase career pathways in open payments, open-source, sustainable development,
and the multi-disciplinary fintech space.
