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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

19-36 of 480 programs

Algorand xGov
CryptoOther

Algorand xGov

Algorand xGov is a decentralized, on-chain platform where xGov council members analyze community grant proposals and vote to select which ones receive funding.

Status
Active
How to apply
Any time
GiveWell

GiveWell's All Grants Fund lets donors support the full range of GiveWell's grantmaking in global health and well-being, including incubating newer programs alongside its top charities.

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Active
How to apply
Not recorded
Open Source Security Foundation
Open SourceGrants

Alpha-Omega

OpenSSF project that funds security work on critical open-source projects, foundations, and ecosystem services that use an OSI-approved license. Applications follow a four-quarter seasonal calendar: submissions in January, April, July, and October, then a month of co-design and a month of decision and disbursement. Recipients publish monthly reports and join monthly strategy roundtables. A March 2026 coalition investment of $12.5 million is managed with OpenSSF; Alpha-Omega reports more than 70 grants totaling over $20 million.

Status
Active
How to apply
In rounds
Amazon Research Awards (amazon.science)

Amazon Research Awards give university researchers up to $100,000 in unrestricted funds plus up to $50,000 in AWS Promotional Credits, awarded across periodic calls for proposals.

Status
Active
How to apply
In rounds
Apple Scholars in AI/ML

Apple Scholars in AI/ML is a PhD fellowship providing roughly two years of stipend, tuition coverage, a travel grant, and mentorship to doctoral students in AI/ML fields nominated by partner universities.

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Active
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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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Active
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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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Active
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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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Active
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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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Active
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Arc Institute

Arc Institute's Ignite Award gives a one-time $100,000 gift to kickstart ambitious research ideas that are difficult to fund through traditional grant mechanisms.

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Active
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Amateur Radio Digital Communications
Open SourceGrants

ARDC Grants

ARDC (Amateur Radio Digital Communications) funds projects that advance amateur radio, digital communications, and related technologies through an open grants application process, with awards announced annually.

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Active
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ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health)

ARPA-H's current list of open Innovative Solution Openings, initiatives, and exploratory topics. Solicitations rotate. HEARING, IGoR, and BRAINS are no longer on the open list. REST, TIGAR, FASTPASS, STREAM, and ASCENT-IBO are.

Status
Active
How to apply
Any time
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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Active
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Astera Institute

12-18 month fully funded residency for scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs across Neuro-AI, AI-enabled life sciences, open science, and public-goods infrastructure; $125k-$250k/yr salary plus $0-$1.5M per-project budget. Application cycles run about twice a year.

Status
Active
How to apply
In rounds
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Awards AWS Promotional Credit to researchers building cloud-hosted tools, running proof-of-concept tests, or training communities on cloud research workloads. Open to full-time faculty and enrolled graduate or PhD students at accredited research institutions; applications are reviewed on a rolling 90-120 day cycle, with student awards capped at $5,000 and faculty/staff awards uncapped.

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Active
How to apply
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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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Active
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Not recorded

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