# Research

#### Responsibilities

* Find yield-maximizing investments/strategies in the Solana ecosystem.
* Produce content for the alpha chat.

#### What we are looking for

* NFT mint Tracking.
* People who don't need to be told what to do, who can perform self-directed research and turn it into critical and original analysis.
* People who prefer to be given a project to look into and summarize relevant information in an easily digestible form.
* Fundamental analysis, technical analysis, finding alpha early – really anything that helps people make money, keep their money, and find communities they gel with.
* Ability to express ideas clearly.

#### Long-term goals

* Find ways to show those in class B and lower (including those who aren't Grape members) what they are missing out on.
* Increase the number of people who join Grape for the research.
* Implement a way for people to request researchers to perform research on specific projects.

*A pre-requisite for the acquisition of any skill role is being a Great Ape.*

***Application Steps***

**Step 1: Share your Talent**

Start by sharing your talent and particular research focus in a short paragraph here, in [<mark style="color:purple;">**#share-your-talent**</mark>](https://discord.gg/Kj6CJKh6H2) on [<mark style="color:purple;">**Discord**</mark>](https://discord.gg/grapedao), and express your interest in joining the Researcher team.

**Step 2: Share your Alpha**

Start sharing your Solana Alpha content over at [<mark style="color:purple;">**#grape-chat**</mark>](https://discord.gg/amTprhcNn9) on [<mark style="color:purple;">**Discord**</mark>](https://discord.gg/grapedao) to get noticed.