Ethereum grants

The programs listed below offer a variety of funding grants for projects working to promote the success and growth of the Ethereum ecosystem. Use this as a guide to find and apply for funds to help make your next Ethereum project a success.

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Broad Ethereum ecosystem

These programs support the broad Ethereum ecosystem by offering grants to a wide scope of projects. These include solutions for scalability, community building, security, privacy, and more. These grants are not specific to any one Ethereum platform and are a good place to start if you're unsure.

• EF Ecosystem Support Program(opens in a new tab) - Funding open source projects that benefit Ethereum, with a particular focus on universal tools, infrastructure, research and public goods
• Moloch DAO(opens in a new tab) - Privacy, layer 2 scaling, client security, and more
• DAO Grants(opens in a new tab) - Google spreadsheet of organizations offering grants
• Academic Grants(opens in a new tab) - Grants to support Ethereum-related academic work
• Blockworks Grantfarm(opens in a new tab) - Blockworks has compiled a comprehensive directory of all grants, RFPs, and bug bounties.

Project specific

These projects have created their own grants for projects aimed at developing and experimenting with their own technology.

• Aave Grants Program(opens in a new tab) – Aave(opens in a new tab) grants DAO
• Balancer(opens in a new tab) – Balancer(opens in a new tab) ecosystem fund
• Chainlink Grants Program(opens in a new tab) - Chainlink(opens in a new tab) community grants
• Decentraland Grants Program(opens in a new tab) – Decentraland(opens in a new tab) DAO Metaverse
• Lido Ecosystem Grants Organisation (LEGO)(opens in a new tab) – Lido(opens in a new tab) finance ecosystem
• MetaMask Program(opens in a new tab) - MetaMask(opens in a new tab) employee-led grants DAO
• SKALE Network Grants Program(opens in a new tab) - SKALE Network(opens in a new tab) ecosystem
• Swarm Foundation Grants Program(opens in a new tab) - Swarm Foundation(opens in a new tab) ecosystem
• The Graph(opens in a new tab) – The Graph(opens in a new tab) ecosystem
• Uniswap Grants Program(opens in a new tab) – Uniswap(opens in a new tab) community

Quadratic funding

The open source roots of Ethereum have led to the growth of an interesting new fundraising model: quadratic funding. This has the potential to improve the way we fund all types of public goods in the future. Quadratic funding makes sure that the projects that receive the most funding are those with the most unique demand. In other words, projects that stand to improve the lives of the most people. More on quadratic funding.

• Gitcoin(opens in a new tab)
• clr.fund(opens in a new tab)

Work in Ethereum

Not ready to start your own project? There are hundreds of companies actively looking for passionate individuals to work in and contribute to the Ethereum ecosystem. Looking for more information? Check out Ethereum related jobs