Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
A GG24 data-science contest that awarded $20,000 for models estimating the relative value of 98 Ethereum repositories and 3,677 dependencies. Submissions closed on May 10, 2026, and the model outputs informed a $350,000 Deep Funding allocation.
A former Sui Foundation liquidity-incentive program for DeFi builders. The moonshots URL now serves Sui marketing copy and the programs page no longer lists DeFi Moonshots as an open grant. Academic research awards and RFPs remain on the funding page as separate vehicles.
Ethereum Foundation's Devcon team accepted proposals through August 12, 2026 for community groups to run free, topic-focused programming hubs inside Devcon 8 (Mumbai, November 3-6, 2026). Selected hubs receive a free ~48 m2 in-venue space, a dedicated stage session, and up to 5 Devcon tickets; proposals must center on a single Ethereum, open-source, or CROPS theme with no token marketing.
The DFINITY Foundation's Developer Grants Program funds developers building on the Internet Computer, including a dedicated DeAI grant track. Public applications have been paused since late 2025 pending a program refresh. No reopen as of 2026-08-29.
Broad Agency Announcement soliciting proposals for the DICE program's research into theory, algorithms, and multi-agent systems for scalable, resilient decentralized AI collectives under human control. Contract-style awards rather than traditional grants.
The Digital Brain Project funds a $5M Open Brain Modeling Initiative to support open, collaborative brain-modeling research.
Funds PI-led teams at accredited institutions up to $500,000 over 36 months to acquire and share neuroimaging data for foundational models of intelligent behavior.
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.
A collaborative research-grants initiative — Ford Foundation with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Mozilla's Open Source Support programme, Omidyar Network, and Open Society Foundations (fiscally hosted by Open Collective Foundation for the 2020 round) — funding research on the open-source code and digital infrastructure underpinning the internet, including how to sustain maintainer communities and address systemic inequities in the field. Ran across a 2018 wave (managed jointly by Ford and Sloan) and a larger 2020 collaborative wave.
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.
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.
A $200M Economic Futures Research Fund for empirical research/policy trials on AI labor-market impacts (prior structure: $10K-$50K awards to economists/data scientists), plus a $150M National Fellowship Program for early-career professionals distributing AI's economic benefits beyond coastal tech hubs. The current Economic Futures page is a research agenda and news index, not an application form.
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.
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.
A Coefficient Giving request for proposals supporting organizations that raise funds for effective charities. Applications for one- or two-year grants closed June 26, 2026, with decisions expected by the end of August.
Ethereum runs on trust and now, that trust has rewards. The @ENS_DAO’s Contract Naming Season is funding projects that turn unreadable contract addresses into clear, verifiable names with Enscribe. 🏆 10,000 $ENS in incentives 🛠️ For builders, DAOs, L2s, and DeFi protocols 📅 Runs Nov 2025 → Apr 20
The ENS Public Goods Working Group funded projects and builders in the Ethereum and Web3 ecosystems. Applications are closed. The Working Group is sunsetting.
Summary For the next allocation of the ENS Public Goods (PG) Working Group Strategic Grants programme, we are disbursing $50,000 USDC each to support two critical public goods efforts in 2025: Remix Labs and Fabric.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.