<p>A &quot;challenge setting&quot; challenge is how the Catalyst community chooses the themes and funding for <em>some</em> of the Catalyst challenges following the next six-week cycle.</p>
<p>They are significantly different than most other challenges.</p>
<ul>
<li>No reward is given to proposers</li>
<li>Proposals suggest new challenges</li>
<li>They do not contains proposals or solutions</li>
<li>Funds requested become the budget of the challenge</li>
<li>The outcome takes 3+ months to complete</li>
</ul>
<p>There is a long lead time on funds proposed in the challenge budget being delivered to the proposals that win in the resulting challenge.  If the challenge has a timeliness component (e.g. a &quot;Women&quot; theme to coincide with = International Women's day) it is best to propose it about 90 days in advance.</p>

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gRebel
<p>I have a solution idea that can be solved by Cardano and couldn't find the right category for it.  I want to put it in the &quot;challenge setting&quot; challenge.</p>
<p>Do &quot;challenge setting&quot; challenges have limits on what can be proposed?</p>

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What do you mean by "community challenges"? Are you referring to the "Challenge setting"?
Lucio Coire Galibone
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Thanks, edited for clarity and correct terminology.
gRebel
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What are Catalyst "challenge setting" challenges for?
# What are Catalyst "challenge setting" challenges for?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-28)

I have a solution idea that can be solved by Cardano and couldn't find the right category for it. I want to put it in the "challenge setting" challenge.

Do "challenge setting" challenges have limits on what can be proposed?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What do you mean by "community challenges"? Are you referring to the "Challenge setting"?  
> **username_0**: Thanks, edited for clarity and correct terminology.  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2021-04-28. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

A "challenge setting" challenge is how the Catalyst community chooses the themes and funding for *some* of the Catalyst challenges following the next six-week cycle.

They are significantly different than most other challenges.

* No reward is given to proposers
* Proposals suggest new challenges
* They do not contains proposals or solutions
* Funds requested become the budget of the challenge
* The outcome takes 3+ months to complete

There is a long lead time on funds proposed in the challenge budget being delivered to the proposals that win in the resulting challenge. If the challenge has a timeliness component (e.g. a "Women" theme to coincide with = International Women's day) it is best to propose it about 90 days in advance.


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