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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 150 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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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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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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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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Arbitrum Foundation
CryptoOther

ArbiFuel

Gas fee sponsorship program from the Arbitrum Foundation intended to help early-stage teams ship faster on Arbitrum by covering onboarding gas costs.

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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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Arbitrum Foundation

Arbitrum's 2026 delegate incentive program rewards eligible delegates for voting and timely public rationales. Arbitrum OpCo administers monthly rewards through December 31, 2026, with budgets set by proposal type and reviewed quarterly. RAD replaced the earlier Delegate Incentive Program.

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Artificial Superintelligence Alliance

The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance's ASI:Accelerator Programme gives applicants access to AI insights, enterprise-grade infrastructure, and dedicated mentorship, alongside separate grant programs run by member projects SingularityNET and Fetch.ai.

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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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Base (Coinbase)
CryptoRetroactive

Base Builder Grants

Base runs its own retroactive Builder Grants (1-5 ETH per shipped project, 20+ cohorts since 2024) for developers shipping live on the Base mainnet; note this is distinct from Coinbase Developer Platform's separately-registered CDP Builder Grants program, so check for overlap before promoting.

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Base (Coinbase)

Base Ecosystem Fund is Base's strategic investment arm with Coinbase Ventures. It invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups building on Base. This is venture intake, not a public grant.

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BNB Chain

An ongoing BNB Chain Foundation program that supports qualifying BNB Chain assets through direct token purchases and targeted liquidity initiatives. The foundation continued making purchases from the $100 million program in 2026; selection timing remains discretionary.

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