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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

37-54 of 120 programs

Digital Chamber

A 2026 call for state blockchain associations, university blockchain clubs, and community innovation groups advancing blockchain policy engagement and programming in the United States. The Digital Chamber's State Network offered five $2,000 grants, with applications due February 6 and recipients scheduled to be announced at the March 2026 DC Summit.

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Longview Philanthropy

Longview Philanthropy announced a request for proposals for research and applied work on digital minds, seeking applications for project grants, research fellowships, and career development fellowships on the potential consciousness, sentience, moral status, and legal position of AI systems.

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Drupal Association

The Drupal Association offered needs-based scholarships and community grants tied to DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 (24-27 March 2025). Applications for that event are closed; this record is the event-specific call, not a standing year-round intake.

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OpenAI Foundation

Open call for external researchers in applied causal inference, labor economics, and productivity to run empirical studies on AI's economic impact via structured collaborations with OpenAI's Economic Research division; research support and data access, no fixed grant figure published.

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Ethereum Foundation

The Ethereum Foundation's 2026 PhD Fellowship supported Ethereum-related academic research across multiple disciplines. It planned nine to ten fellowships of $24,000 each for one year. Applications closed April 22, 2026.

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ENS

The third season of ENS DAO's Service Provider Program invited teams to apply for DAO funding to deliver ongoing services to the ENS ecosystem. Applications ran from May 19 through June 9, 2026, followed by committee review and interviews for a cohort budget of approximately $2.89 million.

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Longview Philanthropy

Longview Philanthropy's RFP funds proposals to reduce risks of AI enabling extreme concentration of power, with grants of $100K-$2M/yr across 12 priority areas plus career transition funding. The listed deadline was July 2, 2026.

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Blueprint Biosecurity

Blueprint Biosecurity's FIR Protocol RFP funded the development of clinical-trial protocols evaluating whether far-UVC can reduce respiratory infection transmission in congregate settings. Academic, industry, and public-health institutions could submit short expressions of interest.

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Gitcoin

Overview We are seeking experienced grantees within the Gitcoin ecosystem to lead our community-led onboarding program for GG23. These Onboarding Partners will be responsible for educating grantees and builders, building upon the success of the GG22 Onboarding Program .

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Gitcoin

The Public Goods R&D GG24 Domain drives research and development of digital public goods, funding academic and applied studies. It supports open-source, neutral solutions with a strong focus on interoperability between tools.

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Gitcoin

The Targeted Development & Adoption GG24 Domain funds programs and initiatives that have clear potential to produce tangible, real-world impact, and onboards a large number of relevant users to Ethereum. Domains are the vehicles through which trusted and experienced stewards manage capital within clearly defined areas to solve Ethereum’s Biggest problems per Gitcoin 3’s.* vision .

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GitLab

GitLab's 2026 AI Hackathon invited developers to build agents on the GitLab Duo Agent Platform for planning, security, compliance, and deployment workflows. The online competition ran from February 9 to March 25, attracted more than 6,900 participants, and offered $65,000 in cash prizes.

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Google.org

Google Cloud's Rapid Agent Hackathon ran online from May 5 through June 11, 2026. The concluded challenge offered $60,000 in cash prizes for open-source agents built with Gemini, Google Cloud Agent Builder, and participating partners' tools.

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Google.org

A ten-week, equity-free accelerator for North American pre-seed through Series A startups using AI in energy systems. The 2026 cohort focuses on grid optimization, demand flexibility, energy affordability, and carbon-aware infrastructure, with Google mentorship, technical support, product access, and eligible cloud credits. Applications closed June 30, 2026.

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