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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

253-267 of 267 programs

Pyth

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.

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Ended
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Optimism Foundation

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.

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Scroll

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.

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Ended
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Second Look Research

A ten-week 2026 summer fellowship at the University of Chicago focused on reproducing AI safety research. The fellowship runs from June 15 through August 22 and includes a stipend and work with external advisors.

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Ended
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Sia Foundation

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
Paused
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Somnia

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]

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Ended
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Optimism Foundation

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.

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Ended
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Tarbell Center

A completed Tarbell Center grant round offering up to $20,000 for original reporting in established outlets on artificial intelligence and its impacts. The call was open to freelance and staff journalists and closed on March 8, 2026.

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Ended
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Polygon

Tenfold Polybrain Season 2 used an AI grant allocator to select Polygon ecosystem projects, with five teams advancing to milestone-gated awards of up to 40,000 POL each. The final February 2026 update records four completed projects and one incomplete project, with payouts tied to delivered milestones.

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Ended
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TON Foundation

TON Blockchain announces results of its AI Agent Tooling Fast Grants. The program received 40 submissions and selected 14 winners, distributing $14k in total. Winners developed tools, SDKs, infrastructure primitives, and A2A building blocks to accelerate AI agent development on TON. Results were announced on March 5, 2026.

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Ended
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Uniswap Foundation

A completed six-week online Uniswap Foundation accelerator for early-stage startups and projects integrating the Uniswap API suite. The program selected 15 to 20 teams for technical support, mentorship, masterclasses, AWS credits, and a Startup World Cup fast pass.

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Ended
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Arbitrum Foundation

A concluded co-branded grant program between Uniswap and the Arbitrum Foundation, awarding $50,000-$250,000 in ARB tokens to protocols, marked "Program Complete" on the Foundation's grants page.

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Ended
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1inch Network

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.

Status
Ended
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Not recorded
Web3 Foundation

Web3 Foundation's open grants program, which funded open-source software development and research around Polkadot, Kusama, Substrate, and ink! in quarterly waves. Historical levels ran from Level 1 (up to $10,000) to Level 3 (unlimited), with at least 50% typically paid in vested DOT. The program has been discontinued and no longer accepts applications, in favor of Targeted Strategic Funding and the Decentralized Futures program.

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Ended
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