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Organization Profile
Ethereum Foundation
aka Ethereum Foundation ESP, ethereum esp
Nonprofit supporting Ethereum protocol development, primarily through the Ecosystem Support Program (ESP), which runs targeted grants, academic rounds, PhD fellowships, and RFPs for infrastructure, research, and public goods, funding hundreds of projects annually. It paused its open grants program in 2025 due to high application volume and is redirecting toward more strategic allocation, while focused rounds such as the 2026 PhD Fellowship and academic grants continue.1,2,3,4
Programs
5 programs on fileEF PhD Fellowship (Bankless)
0 grants tracked
2026 PhD Fellowship: closed, closes 2026-04-22
Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Support Program (ESP)
0 grants tracked
No cadence on file
Ethereum Foundation ESP PhD Fellowship
0 grants tracked
2026 PhD Fellowship: closed, closes 2026-04-01
Ethereum Security Subsidy Program
0 grants tracked
No cadence on file
Project Odin
0 grants tracked
No cadence on file
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No cadence on file
Ethereum Foundation ESP PhD Fellowship2026 PhD Fellowship: closed, closes 2026-04-01
0 grants tracked
No cadence on file
No cadence on file
Awards
179 on fileShowing 126-150 of 179, newest dated evidence first
RecipientProgramAmountDateEvidence
- eRPC projectProgramDeveloper Experience & ToolingAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- ETH BelgradeProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- ETH DublinProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- ETHCluj 2025ProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- ETHDimsum (Pop-X Hong Kong)ProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Ethereum France (EthCC[8])ProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Ethereum MéxicoProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Ethereum Novi SadProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- ETHKLProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- ETHWarsawProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Facet (Unstoppable Rollups)ProgramLayer 2Amount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Fara Woolf (Ethproofs)ProgramCryptography & Zero Knowledge ProofsAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Formal Land (Plonky3 in Rocq)ProgramCryptography & Zero Knowledge ProofsAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- GovTech Agency (Bhutan Dev Fest)ProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Hayk Hovhannisyan, Nerses Asaturyan, Gohar Hovhannisyan (Poseidon cryptanalysis)ProgramCryptography & Zero Knowledge ProofsAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Hexens (Glider Query Database Contest)ProgramDeveloper Experience & ToolingAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- IC3, Stanford Center for Blockchain Research, UC Berkeley RDI (SBC 2025)ProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Indian Institute of Information Technology Sri City (Web 3.0 Summer School)ProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Interplanetary Shipyard (Decentralized Verifiable Frontends)ProgramDeveloper Experience & ToolingAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Jihoon Song (FOCIL Implementation)ProgramConsensus LayerAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Kampela (Hardware Wallets Blind Signing Solution)ProgramOtherAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Kofi (BundleBear)ProgramOtherAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Lin Oshitani (EIP-7917)ProgramConsensus LayerAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Ludovic Perret (Groebner Basis Attack Research)ProgramCryptography & Zero Knowledge ProofsAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
- Mozilla Foundation (Mozilla Festival)ProgramCommunity & EducationAmount–DateJul 23, 2025
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Programs
179
Awards
178
Grantees
–
Known USD
0
Live rounds
no open or announced rounds on file
Active
Status
Focus Areas
builder tools, infrastructure, protocol research, cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, security audits, public goods.
CadenceRolling; new Wishlist items and RFPs are added over time based on evolving ecosystem needs, with applications reviewed within roughly 3-6 weeks.