Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
KUB Chain has introduced a developer grants program structured around three pillars of support to foster innovation within its ecosystem. The program aims to empower builders by providing support for growth and development on the KUB network. The announcement did not include funding amounts, an application route, or a launch date, so the program remains announced rather than open.
Milestone-based funding framework for the Obol Collective across three tracks: contributor work on Obol Collective SQUAD Goals, retroactive funding for community workshops/meetups/onboarding sessions (proof of attendance), and open research/technical contributions advancing distributed staking. Grants are issued in OBOL tokens negotiated at USD-equivalent value; applications went through Questbook with no fixed deadlines while live. Per Obol's own docs, the program is currently paused.
The Optimism Governance Fund funds Missions — scoped funding requests reviewed by the Developer Advisory Board and the Foundation Mission Team — for measurable, onchain contributions across the Superchain. Individual missions specify budgets in OP tokens; recent cycles include Season 7 and cross-chain infrastructure mission requests.
Optimism Grants Council Cycle 28 allocated a remaining 15,000 OP budget through Season 6 mission requests and introduced a Token House-approved audit mission process. The cycle has ended and is retained as a historical governance funding round.
Intent 3: Grow Application Developers on the Superchain Objective : Establish a comprehensive repository of open-source, on-chain contracts for the Optimism ecosystem. This repository will serve as a critical resource for developers building on the Superchain, providing backend solutions for DeFi products and NFT marketplaces.
Optimism Grants Council Season 6 funded mission requests for Superchain growth, developer adoption, experimental applications, and subsidized smart-contract audits. The season concluded in November 2024 after receiving 91 applications and approving 22.
Optimism Grants Council Cycle 49 awarded multiple grants, including a Growth Grant to ArcadiaFi for automated liquidity management, one-click concentrated liquidity positions, leverage, and yield optimization on Optimism Mainnet. The full Cycle 49 report detailing all awarded projects is available at https://gov.optimism.io/t/cycle-49-grants-council-report/10630.
Optimism's Season 9 Grants Council mission funded incentives, vaults, routing, tooling, and integrations intended to increase DEX liquidity and trading efficiency for collateral-borrow pairs used by lending markets across the Superchain.
A recurring Optimism grants mission that funded Superchain growth through the Grants Council. Season 9 submissions closed May 20, 2026. The Grants Council was later dissolved; there is no public Season 10 window as of 2026-08-29.
A community-governed, milestone-based grants program funded by the Polygon Community Treasury. Season 2 Direct Track applications closed April 15, 2025. From Season 3 the treasury moved to an investment and program-director model. There is no public grant apply portal as of 2026-08-29.
Season 2 of the Polygon Community Grants Program made up to 35M POL available to fund builders on Polygon, split between a Grant Allocators Track (up to 15M POL, themed around AI, DePIN, and memecoins via independent allocators like Gitcoin, IoTeX, and Eliza Labs) and a Direct Track (up to 20M POL for any category). KYC was mandatory and funding was milestone-based. The program now shows as closed on Questbook.
Polygon Village's 2023 grants format funded projects building on Polygon. This historical program was later succeeded by the Polygon Community Grants Program.
Following on from the Celo Seasons 0 funding approval, Prezenti is pleased to open its ‘Almond Round’ of Celo grant funding! Like the Mint round, this round is open to all builders on Celo for a period of time. This round is facilitated using Charmverse .
We are thrilled to announce that a selected team from Celo Camp Batch 9 or the Startup Pathway will win a $25,000 cUSD Growth Pool grant from Prezenti! This is a $25,000 cUSD grant for delivering their next set of works, against agreed milestones. One payment of $12,500 upfront and the final payment of $12,500 upon successful completion.
A season-based Decentraland funding program for small open-source projects that can ship within 90 days. Season 1 offered up to $15,000 in MANA for mobile content and AI-assisted builder tooling; applications closed April 24, 2026. No later season has been announced.
A Rubicon developer fund that Optimism governance described as approved and active in October 2024. The update authorized roughly 110,000 OP in unused allocations for builders and contributors, but no current application route, intake status, or closure notice could be verified.
A three-month Scroll Community Council pilot funding events, meetups, hackathons, and flexible community requests worldwide. Individual awards ranged from $200 to $10,000 within an approved SCR 312,500 program budget.
A Sia Foundation funding program for open-source tools and applications supporting user-owned data. Intake for new proposals was paused on June 25, 2026 through the end of Q3 while the Foundation completes a long-term program strategy; approved projects continue during the pause.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.