Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
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.
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.
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.
Ripple's 12-week hybrid accelerator for startups building on the XRP Ledger, offering up to $200k in non-dilutive grants plus mentorship and investor access, with focus areas in DeFi, real-world assets, payments, and AI. Successor to XRPL Grants (140+ projects funded since 2021); runs multiple cohorts annually with a unified application.
XRPL Grants funds projects building on the XRP Ledger. Its current unified application considers applicants for regional and thematic funds as well as accelerator programs, with active fall 2026 accelerator applications listed on the program site.
Rolling grants for independent teams performing major development or other public-good work for the Zcash ecosystem. Applications receive community review before the elected grants committee makes an approval decision.
Subsidy program covering 25-100% of senior smart contract audit costs for early-stage, pre-mainnet DeFi protocols; no equity or tokens required.
Milestone-based grants with mentoring and technical resources for teams building omnichain dApps on ZetaChain, run directly by the ZetaChain team; 40+ projects funded to date, with applications accepted on a rolling basis.
ZKsync's first Community Activation RFP funded community events during Devconnect Buenos Aires. The submission window closed October 17, 2025, and two recipients received a combined 170,000 ZK.
ZKsync's second Community Activation RFP funded an eight-week ZK Stack content experiment. The submission period ended December 3, 2025 and ZKnomist was selected to receive 300,000 ZK.
ZKsync's third Community Activation RFP funded an institutional narrative experiment. The March 20, 2026 deadline has passed and Rally was selected to receive 833,000 ZK for an eight-week program.
An Optimism Delegate Mission Request for research into grant program structures, failure modes, success metrics, and recommendations for future governance funding. The completed call carried a fixed 20,000 OP grant.
Aave Grants DAO was Aave's grant-making arm. TokenLogic confirmed on 2026-07-15 that the program has sunset and is not accepting or reviewing applications.
Aptos Foundation's Payment Grants provide up to $150,000 in milestone-based funding for MVP+ teams building wallets, APIs, compliance layers, payment rails, and other infrastructure for programmable payments on Aptos. The track is currently not accepting applications.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.