Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
DOE Office of Science funding opportunity announcement DE-FOA-0003612 for interdisciplinary teams applying AI to energy, nuclear, environmental, and national-security science; phased Phase I/II review with a final Phase II application deadline of 2026-12-17. Phase I grants have been reported at $500K-$750K, with total program funding around $293.76M.
The Graph Foundation runs Grants & RFPs for developers and teams contributing to protocol, tooling, subgraph, and dApp development across the Web3 ecosystem, alongside open requests for proposals from core contributors.
IFP's rolling request for proposals on high-impact projects in AI resilience, AI-for-science, and institutional adaptation. Pays a $10,000 honorarium to authors of published proposals, plus $1,000 bounties for successful referrals and for new ideas that get published. No fixed deadline; those without a specific idea can join IFP's talent database instead.
An ongoing Arbitrum DAO bounty program for evidence-based reports of grant fund misuse. Valid reports can earn a base ARB bounty plus a share of recovered funds, subject to severity-based caps. The program runs until its 400,000 ARB budget is exhausted or it transitions to the OpCo.
A long-term, milestone-based TRON DAO funding and incubation program (up to $5M) for projects building on TRON and BTTC, spanning tracks including infrastructure/security, gaming, cross-chain, payments/DeFi, and AI & automation.
UNICEF Venture Fund's equity-free cohort for early-stage, open-source blockchain startups in emerging markets, funding accountability/financing use cases for children; up to US$100,000 in ETH/BTC/USDC plus mentorship over 12-18 months.
Unichain Grants support teams building applications, infrastructure, and ecosystem tooling on Unichain. The current Uniswap developer funding page provides a direct application route and describes funding aligned to project scope and milestones.
Provides grants and support to teams building the Uniswap Protocol and the broader DeFi/onchain economy, funding projects across protocols, tooling, research, governance, security, and community initiatives. Published grants include governance upgrade audits, the Uniswap Hook Incubator, the v4 Hooks Registry, developer docs, a security fund, and research on incentive optimization and optimal routing; funding is scoped to project needs, with technical and ecosystem support provided alongside.
Always-open flat $4,000 cash microgrants for open-source quantum software, education, and sensor projects. No organizational affiliation required.
FLI's PhD fellowship for doctoral research on US-China AI governance dynamics, distinct from FLI's technical AI-safety PhD fellowship track.
FLI's recurring PhD fellowship supporting doctoral students working on AI existential safety, with fellowship classes announced for 2022, 2023, and 2025.
vlayer offers $1K-$10K in retroactive or milestone-based funding per project, from a $200K total commitment, for verifiable data dApps using its Web Proofs technology on any EVM chain. Applications are rolling; the form is currently gated via Discord or office hours.
Two-track funding from the Walrus Foundation: RFPs (single-award, milestone-tied funding for a specific ask, open until a team is selected) and smaller milestone-driven Grants for well-scoped deliverables or MVP validation. Focused on AI, data markets, and DeFi applications built on Walrus's verifiable data platform.
Umbrella grantmaking program for the Wikimedia movement, comprising the Rapid Fund (avg. $500-$5,000, short-term projects), the General Support Fund (flexible multi-year operating support up to 3 years), and the Hub Fund (multiple rounds per year), open to individuals and organizations advancing knowledge equity.
World Foundation offers rolling Spark grants for teams turning validated ideas into working Mini Apps and Scale grants for live Mini Apps with verified users and growth plans. The broader World Grants allocation is 50 million WLD.
Hey builders! If you have a project that aims to bring real value to Web4, X1 EcoChain provides $5M in grant support for teams building highly utilitarian products with measurable on-chain activity.
$119 million incentive prize competition for breakthrough water scarcity solutions.
$11 million incentive prize competition for breakthrough wildfire detection/suppression solutions.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.