Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
Phase 1 of Pharos Network's Skill-to-Agent developer season asked builders to create reusable onchain agent skills. Submissions ran from June 8 through June 17, 2026; 40 selected developers received 500 PROS and advanced to the second-stage Agent Arena.
Polygon Ecosystem DAO Season 1 introduced a community bounty program for contributors to claim tasks and earn rewards for completed work. This early ecosystem program has concluded and is retained as a historical round.
Polygon Labs launched a one-year bounty program in April 2023 with $40,000 in USDC-denominated awards for high-quality Polygon Improvement Proposals. The governance team evaluated eligible core, contracts, interface, and informational PIPs quarterly, with award sizes based on proposal quality, complexity, impact, and implementation work.
A completed six-week global hackathon for open-source demos using Pyth Price Feeds or Entropy with real market data. Participants competed for PYTH rewards.
Solana Frontier Hackathon offers $3M in prizes and pre-seed funding for teams building on Solana. Colosseum’s largest online startup competition and accelerator provides $3M+ in total prizes and pre-seed investment for top teams. The deadline is May 11, 2026.
new hackathon with a $3,000 prize pool! build reactive dapps on somnia's layer 1 blockchain and showcase the future of real-time web3 applications. february 25 - march 20, 2026 register here: https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/somnia-reactivity/detail [Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:38:02 GMT]
A historical Optimism-funded security program delivered with Spearbit and Immunefi for large protocols building on Optimism. It funded competitive bounties for critical vulnerabilities under Proposal Tier 42: Phoenix. The governance proposal is archived and the program is concluded.
Ston.fi Vibe Coding Hackathon offers $250, $150, and $100 prizes plus a $700 shared pool for building TON apps using vibe coding and AI tools. The event provides real infrastructure from ston.fi and tonstakers and is limited to 25 participants. Applications are due April 12, 2026.
The first global 1inch hackathon ran online with ETHGlobal from July 25 to August 6, 2025. The 1inch Foundation funded the event's title partnership with the equivalent of $300,000 in 1INCH.
A completed USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service challenge for detection, control, and eradication tools addressing New World screwworm. USDA selected 40 projects for about $105 million in total funding after the February 23, 2026 application deadline.
The second wAtt-boost call offered training and two EUR 10,000 awards to youth-led African startups working in renewable energy, AI, smart grids, and climate technology. Applications closed on June 29, 2026.
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