Enhance existing metrics with deeper tracking, impact assessment, and real-time insights all in one place, with full transparency.
TL;DR
This proposal outlines an extension of the Cosmos Network’s existing grant and treasury monitoring infrastructure through the development of a Grant Progress Tracking Dashboard. The platform will provide the community with a unified, transparent interface to monitor grant milestones, funding status, risks, and deliverables in real time. Building on existing metrics, it will introduce milestone tracking, automated alerts, and project health analytics. The proposed total cost is $22,000, reflecting a more robust feature set and 12 months of maintenance and support.
Motivation
While Cosmos already collects data on grants and treasury activity, current visibility into execution progress is fragmented and often reliant on manual updates on multiple forum posts. This makes it difficult to easily track progress across initiatives, detect risks early, and ensure accountability. A unified, structured, and automated system would significantly improve transparency and response times.
Rationale
We propose building on existing infrastructure by launching a fully integrated Grant Progress Tracker integrated into the cosmos.network website with the following capabilities:
- Milestone Tracking: Breakdown of deliverables and timelines for each grant, with real-time completion status.
- Update Automation: Automated or semi-automated status updates from grantees to reduce reporting friction.
- Alerts & Notifications: Custom alerts for missed deadlines, risk triggers, or scope changes, sent via email and dashboard.
- Risk Monitoring Engine: Use pattern detection and machine learning to identify and surface early warning signs of underperformance or stagnation.
- Data Visualizations: Clear, interactive charts and graphs to show project trends, funding usage, and ecosystem-wide progress.
- Admin Oversight Tools: Enable DAO contributors and admins to review, sort, filter, and escalate projects based on real-time data.
Demo link: Avaiable
Project Scope & Cost Breakdown
Total Budget: $22,000
Duration: 6-month development + 6-month maintenance window
Breakdown:
- Dashboard Development – $5,000
Front-end UI for grant tracking, filtering, and visualization - Risk Detection Engine – $10,000
Light ML-based scoring and milestone deviation tracking - Admin and Governance Tools – $3,500
Access control, alerts, exports, and escalations - Integrations & Reporting – $2,000
Connection to existing Cosmos governance/forum tools - Maintenance & Feedback Loop – $2,500
One year of post-launch support, updates, and iteration
Benefits to the Cosmos Community
- Greater Transparency: Granular, up-to-date visibility into grant outcomes and challenges.
- Better Stewardship: Treasury disbursements can be linked to clear milestones and project status.
- Faster Interventions: Early detection of delays helps prevent grant failures.
- Increased Engagement: Delegates, contributors, and the wider community have a single place to monitor progress and contribute feedback.
By extending Cosmos Network’s existing grant oversight infrastructure, this project enables a higher standard of accountability and a more data-informed grant ecosystem. The dashboard will be built to align with Cosmos’s modular governance stack and community workflows.