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From the Grant Wire

Grant programs across
crypto, AI and open source.

Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.

480 programs on file258 active programsCrypto · AI · Open source

1-18 of 134 programs

1inch Network

Grants from the 1inch Foundation for developers, teams, or individuals working on tools, products, or content that benefit the 1inch ecosystem, including community engagement, protocol integrations, research and analytics, education, and events. Grants are non-dilutive, no intellectual property rights are claimed, contributions are expected to be open source, and payment is in 1INCH tokens or other agreed currencies, typically aligned with project milestones; the foundation directs interested parties to its governance forum rather than a direct application form.

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Active
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Aethir Ecosystem Fund

Aethir's $100 million Ecosystem Fund backs AI and gaming projects building on Aethir's decentralized cloud infrastructure, with applications submitted through an online form.

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Active
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Arbitrum Foundation

A co-branded grant program between Alchemy and the Arbitrum Foundation, combining a $10M grant pool with up to $500K in Alchemy infrastructure credits for builders on Arbitrum.

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Active
How to apply
Any time
Algorand Foundation

The Algorand Foundation's Grants Program is a broad, multi-year, worldwide program funding projects that grow the Algorand ecosystem, launched with a 250-million ALGO commitment.

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Active
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Aptos Foundation

Aptos Foundation provides non-dilutive, milestone-based grants for teams building tools, applications, public goods, payments infrastructure, and other products on Aptos. Funding levels and eligibility vary by track; Payment Grants have offered up to $150,000 for MVP+ teams working on wallets, APIs, compliance layers, and payment infrastructure.

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Active
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Arbitrum Foundation

An Arbitrum DAO grants program administered via Questbook in which community-elected domain allocators distribute milestone-based grants to projects building on Arbitrum across domains such as developer tooling, education, gaming, and new protocols and ideas. Allocators are elected quarterly and funding is approved on a rolling basis within each domain; later rounds run as Arbitrum DDA seasons on Questbook.

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Active
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AxonDAO

Grants, compute credits, mentorship, and connections for researchers and teams building in health AI, DeSci, bioinformatics, and scientific computing.

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Active
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BNB Chain
CryptoGrants

BNB Chain Grants

BNB Chain Grants funds developers building open-source initiatives and projects on or migrating to BNB Chain, part of a wider set of builder support programs.

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Active
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Canton Foundation

The Canton Foundation has launched the Protocol Development Fund to support the Canton Network ecosystem. This fund allocates 5% of future network supply through governance to key areas including core protocol R&D, developer tooling, security audits, reference implementations, critical infrastructure, and early DeFi liquidity. The initiative aims to bolster the network's growth and innovation by funding essential development and infrastructure projects.

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Active
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Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP)
CryptoGrants

CDP Builder Grants

Coinbase Developer Platform's grant program for developers building real, user-facing onchain applications using CDP tools (Wallets, AgentKit, the CDP SDK, Onramp, and the Swap API). Runs in quarterly/seasonal rounds ($3,000-$10,000 per grant, ~$30,000 per round); a project must be at MVP stage with a public demo video. CDP also funded prize tracks at the "Agents in Action" hackathon (Best Use of x402 + CDP Wallet, Best Use of CDP Wallet, Best Use of x402), each with 1st/2nd/3rd place awards.

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Active
How to apply
In rounds
ChainGPT

ChainGPT offers up to $1 million in tiered Web3-AI Grants, including research grants up to $5K in API credit, to accelerate AI-powered blockchain projects.

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Active
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Stacks Endowment
CryptoGrants

Community DeGrants

Community-run microgrants of $3,000-$5,000 for individual builders, creators, educators, and contributors delivering practical projects for the Stacks ecosystem, with Stacks Endowment funding and Community Stewards making award decisions.

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Active
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COTI

The COTI Builders Program is COTI Foundation's grants program funding developers building COTI-based solutions, run through a public GitHub repo of RFPs, alongside a separate $500K Gitcoin-partnered grants round for privacy projects.

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Active
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Decentraland

Decentraland's DAO Grants let users submit and vote on funding proposals across defined grant categories, tracked publicly, with enacted proposals including the Decentraland Ambassador's Program.

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Active
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Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.