Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
An Arbitrum Foundation program that subsidized third-party smart contract audits with $10M in ARB over 12 months. Applications opened 1 August 2025 and closed 31 July 2026. The Foundation has proposed a successor Arbitrum Security Program. That successor is not yet accepting applications.
Arbitrum DAO Grant Program offered milestone-based funding to builders, dApps, technical infrastructure projects, adoption initiatives, and community growth efforts on Arbitrum One and Arbitrum Nova. Season 3's active submission phase closed on March 17, 2026. The program then entered a lower-capacity phase for remaining application reviews, milestone checks, and disbursements through September 2026.
Arbitrum's DRIP incentive program completed Season 1 in February 2026. Season 2 remains paused while its committee evaluates strategy; the DAO extended the program mandate through July 1, 2027 without adding funding.
The Arbitrum Foundation Grant Program provided milestone-based funding for projects supporting Arbitrum adoption, technical infrastructure, and sustainable communities. Arbitrum's official grants directory now labels this specific program inactive and complete.
Arbitrum's 2026 Mentorship Program was an eight-week cohort for 15 early-stage teams, with ecosystem mentorship, investor access, and a $100,000 Demo Day award pool. The program began April 13, 2026 and its application and cohort period have ended.
Arbitrum's NYC Founder House concluded in March 2026 after selecting 88 teams from 473 applications. Fifty-five projects submitted builds and competed for $340,000 in prizes and grants.
Arbitrum Open House London combined a three-week online Buildathon with a three-day Founder House, technical workshops, mentorship, product sessions, and live pitches. The combined prize and grant pool was $415,000 across general, Robinhood Chain, agentic AI, and milestone-based grant tracks.
A one-time, DAO-approved incentive round that distributed roughly $50M in ARB across around 30 protocols on Arbitrum to bootstrap usage and liquidity. Recipients committed to incentive-distribution plans (e.g. liquidity mining, fee rebates) rather than open-ended grants; funded via an Arbitrum DAO governance proposal.
A follow-on, bridging round of the Short-Term Incentive Program that extended incentive funding to 39 protocols on Arbitrum after STIP Round 1 concluded, approved via Arbitrum DAO governance to avoid a funding gap while a longer-term incentive framework was designed.
A concluded Arbitrum Foundation program distributing 5M ARB worth of grants to projects building with Stylus, marked "Program Complete" on the Foundation's grants page.
A concluded $1M Arbitrum Foundation grants pool for agentic DeFi on Arbitrum, paying up to $10,000 per project for deployed AI agents, Vibekit open-source templates, or capability integrations already live on Arbitrum chains. Marked "Program Complete" on the Foundation's grants page.
A concluded $1,000,000 Arbitrum Foundation initiative funding AI-related projects on Arbitrum, marked "Program Complete" on the Foundation's grants page.
The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance offered $50,000 for development of an AI-native IDE for ASI:Chain. Proposals were submitted through DeepFunding by February 13, 2026.
Avalanche Build Games 2026 was a six-week online builder competition for solo developers and small teams creating new products on Avalanche. It offered a $1 million prize pool, including a $100,000 grand prize and category awards.
Avalanche infraBUIDL() funded core infrastructure projects building on Avalanche. The Foundation is winding the program down after its current allocations are completed while redesigning its broader builder-support model.
Avalanche infraBUIDL(AI) allocated up to $15 million in direct and retroactive grants for AI-powered developer tools, autonomous agents, predictive systems, and AI integrations on Avalanche. The Foundation is winding the program down after its current allocations are completed.
Avalanche Foundation Research Grants funded academic and applied research on Avalanche network economics, with awards up to $50,000. The former proposal URL now serves generic Builder Hub documentation and no current apply path is published.
Base announced Base Batches 003 as a funding and mentorship program for onchain builders, with Startup, Student, and Robotics tracks and up to $50,000 in funding per selected participant. The recorded Startup Track application window closed in March 2026; no current general application page has been confirmed.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.