Discover Frontier Science Initiatives

Explore milestone-driven research programs and track community-backed funding progress

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Project cards, totals, and backer counts are illustrative so supporters can see how Nova will route yield to real labs. Live initiatives will go through scientific diligence before NOVA launches.

Demo Total Staked

$2.4M

Preview Initiatives

Demo Backers

12,847

Avg. Days Left (demo)

Neuroscience Interfaces

9.5 QF Score

BrainBridge Neural Restoration

High-resolution brain-computer interfaces for motor function recovery

Johns Hopkins APL

Initiative Funding Progress56.7%

AI Safety & Alignment

9.4 QF Score

USC ISI Autonomous Science Agents

AI copilots that orchestrate complex experimental workflows for national labs

USC Information Sciences Institute

Initiative Funding Progress53.9%

Topological Quantum Error Correction

Fault-tolerant quantum computing through topological qubits

Stanford Quantum Lab

Initiative Funding Progress56.7%

AI Diagnostics for Inertial Fusion

Real-time anomaly detection for fusion target implosions

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Initiative Funding Progress61.6%

Programmable Biosurveillance Platform

Portable metagenomic sequencing for early pathogen detection

Broad Institute x USC ISI

Initiative Funding Progress51.8%

Direct Air Carbon Capture Network

Scalable atmospheric CO₂ capture using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

MIT Climate Lab

Initiative Funding Progress68.5%

Space & Planetary Science

8.2 QF Score

Orbital Debris Laser Tracking

Ground-to-space optical system to monitor centimeter-scale debris

Caltech Space Systems Lab

Initiative Funding Progress48.9%