Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
Project Catalyst is Cardano's community-driven, on-chain innovation funding process; the Cardano Foundation has adjusted its strategy across rounds, most recently limiting voting power and increasing focus on community-led governance in round F14.
Ethereum Foundation program embedding strategic advisors with a small set of prior grantees for 12 months of sustainability planning and execution. The two-year objective is to help critical open-source teams diversify funding and reduce dependency on a single grant source.
A $20 million fund supporting real-world AI experimentation in public services and disseminating findings so other government jurisdictions can responsibly adopt the technology.
A donation-funded grant initiative of The Perl & Raku Foundation supporting development of the Raku language. Proposals are reviewed on a bi-monthly cycle (call opens every two months, two-week public feedback window before committee vote).
The Open Technology Fund's Rapid Response Fund provides short-term, urgent digital security support for at-risk users facing clear, time-sensitive, state-sponsored digital emergencies. Applications are rolling.
$3M fund backing EVM-compatible app builders via Builder Grants ($3K-$5K) and Growth Grants (up to $10K); rolling, global.
Retro Funding Mission rewarding developer tooling that has already delivered measurable impact to the Optimism Collective and Superchain ecosystem, distributing up to 8M OP in H1 2025. Builders join via rolling application windows with metrics-driven evaluation; the Season 8 Measurement Period 11 results list 26 rewarded projects.
Retro Funding Mission rewarding onchain applications that have already delivered measurable, provable impact to the Optimism Collective and Superchain, with demonstrated significant adoption. Builders join via rolling application windows and rewards in OP are computed with metrics-driven evaluation; the Season 8 Measurement Period 11 results list 123 rewarded projects.
https://vote.zknation.io/dao/proposal/19993014537746296636853362219247192671631735482612670856590540039176244970638 [TPP-8] ZKsync Community Activation Pilot Program (2025–2026 ) allocates a total of 13.6M ZK (approximately USD $680,000 at $0.05 per token) to an RFP Pool that aims to support in-p...
A Grants Management Committee framework for smaller contributions across the Rocket Pool ecosystem. It provides a lower-cost route for recognizing completed or scoped work while the committee operates under tighter treasury constraints.
Provides stable, long-term funding and a Maintainer in Residence program for key Rust maintainers, funded through donations and contributions.
Rust Foundation's Outreachy internship and grants/fellowship program supports people underrepresented in tech, offering paid internships and up to 12 months of financial support.
Astralis Foundation operates the Shared Horizons Fund, a multi-funder vehicle for AI safety grantmaking led by Senior Advisor Tim Shavers; sourced from a specialist longtermist tracking wiki rather than Astralis's own site, so should be verified before promotion.
A fellowship funding individuals implementing an innovative idea for social change around openness, technology, knowledge, and learning. Fellows receive annual salary-equivalent funding, expense contributions, a travel allowance, and project funding matched at a 10:1 ratio. Applications are accepted throughout the year for March and September intakes.
Silicon Catalyst bills itself as the semiconductor industry's first incubator, providing in-kind partner resources, mentorship, and investor access; its portfolio companies have received over $100M in grants.
The Solana Foundation Grants program funds projects that generate public goods for the Solana ecosystem via milestone-based traditional grants, convertible grants (which convert to investment on hitting milestones), and RFPs, across DeFi, DePIN, games, NFTs, and core open-source infrastructure. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis (review ~1 week, decision ~3 weeks).
Solana Foundation funding for teams building fully onchain perpetuals, derivatives, and related trading infrastructure on Solana. The Foundation prioritizes Solana-first teams, real onchain price discovery, open-source work, and applications whose revenue is structurally routed back to the network; standard grant applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Solana Mobile Builder Grants offers rolling funding for developers building apps, tools, and Saga Seeker-integrated products on the Solana Mobile ecosystem. The program provides grants, technical guidance, and marketing support to help selected teams launch on the dApp Store. It operates through two tracks: open Builder Grants and targeted RFPs. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no fixed deadline.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.