# BIO Protocol

> The web3 layer for open science

Bio Protocol helps fund decentralized science by enabling communities to create biotech DAOs that develop tokenized research IP.

Bio Protocol helps scientists and patients fund biotech research by creating decentralized communities that govern scientific IP development. Users can curate BioDAOs, participate in governance, and access breakthrough treatments. Bio Protocol transforms traditional biotech funding through blockchain-based coordination.

- Type: Project
- Sector: Science
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2022-05-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/bio_protocol

## Products

- [Bio Launchpad](https://thegrid.id/profiles/bio_protocol): Bio Launchpad is a curation and funding mechanisms for biotech DAOs through governance-based selection, enabling community-driven research financing. The system provides standardized frameworks while maintaining decentralized oversight of scientific IP development. (Launch Pad, Live, Main Product)
- [BioAgents](https://thegrid.id/profiles/bio_protocol): BioAgents implements AI-driven research acceleration through autonomous scientific analysis agents, enabling automated literature review and hypothesis generation. The system provides computational support for BioDAO research operations and data processing workflows. (AI Agent, Open Beta)

## Assets

- [BIO (BIO)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/bio_protocol): BIO is the governance token of Bio Protocol, a decentralized science platform. It is used to signal which BioDAOs to support, get access to whitelists in BioDAO funding rounds, vote on future BIO incentives, and vote on programs for the development of BioDAOs and IP assets in the BIO ecosystem. Holders must lock BIO into vBIO to vote on which new BioDAOs join the ecosystem and can participate in the governance of BioDAOs by holding their tokens and making decisions on scientific IP assets. (Governance)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.bio.xyz)
- [Documentation](https://docs.bio.xyz)
- [Blog](https://www.bio.xyz/blog)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.bio.xyz/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.bio.xyz/terms-of-use)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/bioprotocol)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/bioxyz)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/bio_protocol)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/bio-xyz)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@thebioprotocol)

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- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP