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Arbitrum Foundation

aka Arbitrum, Arbitrum Foundation grants - Questbook, arbitrum questbook
FoundationArbitrumActivearbitrum.foundationX ↗GitHub ↗Forum ↗
The Arbitrum Foundation stewards the Arbitrum DAO and L2 ecosystem on Ethereum, operating a milestone-based grant program (typical awards $20k-$150k in ARB) alongside specialized initiatives like Trailblazer, Audit Subsidy, Arbifuel, and DRIP to drive adoption, infrastructure, and community growth. Community-elected domain allocators also distribute milestone-based grants via Questbook across domains such as developer tooling, education, gaming, and new protocols. Programs are active and expanding, including a $16M funding proposal in May 2026. Runs a Watchdog Program investigating misuse of historic incentive programs; as of May 2026 all outstanding cases were resolved, future investigations are limited to post-2025 incidents, and oversight is transitioning from Entropy to OpCo.1,2,3,4

Programs

21 programs on file
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Alchemy-Arbitrum Grant Program
0 grants tracked · Active · Any time
No close date on file
ArbiFuel
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
Arbitrum Audit Program
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
Audit Program (12-month): Closed, deadline 2026-07-31
Arbitrum DAO Domain Allocator Grants (Questbook)
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
Arbitrum DAO Grant Program
0 grants tracked · Ended · Not recorded
No dates on file
Arbitrum DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program (DRIP) Season 2
0 grants tracked · Paused · Not recorded
No dates on file
Arbitrum Foundation Grants
0 grants tracked · Ended · Not recorded
No dates on file
Arbitrum Gaming Ventures
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
Arbitrum Mentorship Program Launch
0 grants tracked · Ended · Not recorded
No dates on file
Arbitrum NYC Founder House
0 grants tracked · Ended · Not recorded
No dates on file
Arbitrum Open House London
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
Open House London 2026: Closed, deadline 2026-06-25
Arbitrum Rewarding Active Delegates (RAD)
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
Arbitrum Short-Term Incentive Program (STIP) Round 1
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
No 2026 dates
Arbitrum STIP Bridge
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
No 2026 dates
Arbitrum Stylus Sprint
0 grants tracked · Ended · Not recorded
No dates on file
Arbitrum Trailblazer 2.0
0 grants tracked · Ended · Not recorded
No dates on file
Arbitrum Trailblazer AI
0 grants tracked · Ended · Not recorded
No dates on file
Firestarter Grant Program (Arbitrum OpCo)
3 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
Olympix Arbitrum Security Grant
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
The Watchdog: Arbitrum DAO's Grant Misuse Bounty Program
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
Uniswap-Arbitrum Grant Program (UAGP)
0 grants tracked · Ended · Not recorded
No dates on file

Awards

190 on file
Showing 126-150 of 190, newest dated evidence first
  1. Smilee LP & IG Simulator with IL Hedge
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (New Protocol Ideas)
    Amount$8,000 USD
    DateNov 20, 2023
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  2. Arbitrum STIP Virtual Event Marathon (The Rollup)
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Education)
    Amount$6,250 USD
    DateNov 17, 2023
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  3. eS: Real-Time Idle MMORPG
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Gaming)
    Amount$24,000 USD
    DateNov 11, 2023
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  4. Gaming Chronicles
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Gaming)
    Amount$3,300
    DateNov 11, 2023
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  5. One Click Crypto: Arbitrum Public Yield Explorer
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (New Protocol Ideas)
    Amount$22,000 USD
    DateNov 11, 2023
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  6. Arbitrum Arabic
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants
    Amount$14,025 USD
    DateNov 10, 2023
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  7. Blockchain Innovation Hub - A Three Month Bootcamp for Developers
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Education)
    Amount$16,000 USD
    DateNov 8, 2023
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  8. Sponsorship of the Gaming Startup Collective's Monthly Calendar of Events
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Gaming)
    Amount$6,900 USD
    DateNov 8, 2023
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  9. Kaiju Cards
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Gaming)
    Amount$22,500
    DateNov 7, 2023
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  10. RFQ-API manager for Pear Protocol
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (New Protocol Ideas)
    Amount$15,000 USD
    DateNov 7, 2023
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  11. Arbitrum Deep Dive Quest Run (Layer3)
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Education)
    Amount$17,500 USD
    DateNov 4, 2023
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  12. Let's increase Arbitrum's exposure to the LATAM dev community
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants
    Amount$8,000 USD
    DateNov 3, 2023
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  13. Agnostic Account Abstraction Dev Tool for Arbitrum One & Nova
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Dev Tooling)
    Amount$12,500 USD
    DateOct 26, 2023
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  14. Deploy and grow Mountain Protocol USDM on Arbitrum
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (New Protocol Ideas)
    Amount$25,000 USD
    DateOct 24, 2023
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  15. Atoma Project + Arbinauts + Cryptoversidad Collaboration
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants
    Amount$22,248 USD
    DateOct 20, 2023
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  16. Gold Inc. Mobile MMORTS (Sapphire Studios)
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Gaming)
    Amount$25,000
    DateOct 20, 2023
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  17. Sweep n' Flip | NFT DEX
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (New Protocol Ideas)
    Amount$7,500 USD
    DateOct 20, 2023
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  18. Bytekode - AI Intent Layer for Dapps
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Dev Tooling)
    Amount$11,000 USD
    DateOct 17, 2023
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  19. Spire: On-chain Lore for the Web3 Gaming Era
    ProgramQuestbook Arbitrum Grants (Gaming)
    Amount$17,500
    DateOct 15, 2023
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  20. Abracadabra DAO
    ProgramShort-Term Incentive Program (STIP) Round 1
    Amount1,500,000 ARB
    DateOct 13, 2023
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  21. Angle Protocol
    ProgramShort-Term Incentive Program (STIP) Round 1
    Amount700,000 ARB
    DateOct 13, 2023
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  22. Balancer DAO
    ProgramShort-Term Incentive Program (STIP) Round 1
    Amount1,200,000 ARB
    DateOct 13, 2023
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  23. Camelot
    ProgramShort-Term Incentive Program (STIP) Round 1
    Amount3,090,000 ARB
    DateOct 13, 2023
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  24. Dolomite
    ProgramShort-Term Incentive Program (STIP) Round 1
    Amount1,000,000 ARB
    DateOct 13, 2023
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  25. Dopex
    ProgramShort-Term Incentive Program (STIP) Round 1
    Amount1,500,000 ARB
    DateOct 13, 2023
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21
Programs
190
Awards
171
Grantees
$1.3M
Known USD
1
Current rounds
8
Active programs
Active
Status
Focus Areas

developer tooling & infrastructure, education, gaming, new protocols & ideas, community growth, ecosystem adoption on Arbitrum.

CadenceQuarterly; domain allocators are elected by the community, and at the end of each quarter the community can vote to replace or continue allocators and adjust budgets. Funding is milestone-based and approved on a rolling basis within a domain.
Sources
  1. arbitrum.foundation
  2. arbitrum.questbook.app
  3. www.arbitrumhub.io/ecosystem-hub/grant-projects/quest-book
  4. forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbitrum-d-a-o-grant-program-season-3-official-thread/28753/55?u=jojo
  5. forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/watchdog-program-may-2026-update/30968