# CBDC Research Collaboration Agreement

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [BANK OF ENGLAND](/buyers/bank-of-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Award value: £88,066
- Tender value: £88,066
- Award date: 10 February 2023
- Published: 12 September 2023
- Contract start: 10 February 2023
- Contract end: 29 January 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 87c2d9e3-4d2c-496a-8c40-9fb8d26be7e3-679773
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-67c65e5b-0c3f-4b3e-a32b-c8b17d945d2f

## Description

This contract with MIT Media Lab's Digital Currency Initiative is for a twelve-month research collaboration focused on exploring the technical and regulatory affordances to achieving privacy and protecting personal data across a central bank digital currency \(CBDC\) platform\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/87c2d9e3-4d2c-496a-8c40-9fb8d26be7e3-679773)