Opportunities
| Title | Funder | Type | Amount | Deadline | Status | Fit | Trust | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sui Academic Research Awards The Sui Foundation funds university research projects that advance Web3, focusing on blockchain technology, smart contract programming, and | Sui Foundation Sui Academic Research Awards | other | 1,000,000 USD | 2024-07-05 (past) | closed | — | 92% | suiresearchprivacyai |
| 2026 People-First AI Fund The OpenAI Foundation is offering $50 million in grants for 2026 to support U.S.-based nonprofits exploring how AI can advance their mission | OpenAI Foundation People-First AI Fund | other | 50,000,000 USD | 2026-07-15 (past) | closed | — | 92% | aicommunityresearch |
| RFP: Reboot the Gitcoin Community for the 3.3 Era Gitcoin DAO is seeking vendors, collectives, or individuals to run a phased community reboot across three workstreams: recruiting 10–30 GTC | Gitcoin DAO | rfp | — | rolling | closed | — | 91% | ethereumdao governanceeducationcommunity |
| Call for proposals: fundamental research in blockchain technology to advance the Cardano ecosystem Input | Output Research (IOR) is issuing a call for proposals under the Cardano Vision initiative to fund fundamental research in blockchain | Input | Output Research (IOR) Cardano Vision | other | — | 2025-12-16 (past) | closed | — | 89% | cardanoresearchdev toolingidentity |
| Research Grant Program The Internet Society Foundation is offering research grants to support innovative projects that deepen understanding of the Internet and its | Internet Society Foundation Research Grant Program | other | 200,000 – 500,000 USD | 2026-05-22 (past) | closed | — | 100% | researchcommunityprivacy |
| ZCG RFP: Community Note Taker 2025 The Zcash Community Grants Committee (ZCG) is seeking an independent contractor to provide note-taking services for biweekly Zcash Arborist | Financial Privacy Foundation (FPF) Zcash Community Grants Committee (ZCG) | rfp | — | 2025-03-14 (past) | closed | — | 90% | zcashcommunityeducation |
| Advancing Educational Innovations and Broadening Participation in STEM with Blockchain Technology The National Science Foundation invites proposals for projects that explore and research promising uses of blockchain technology in STEM edu | National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) and various EHR programs | other | — | — | closed | — | 79% | educationresearch |
| Ripple Blockchain Research Fund Call for Proposals The Wharton School and Penn Engineering are accepting proposals for the 2020 Ripple Blockchain Research Fund to support blockchain research | Ripple Ripple Blockchain Research Fund | other | — | 2020-03-17 (past) | closed | — | 86% | research |
| Stanford IOG Research Hub Call for Proposals 2024 The Stanford IOG Research Hub, funded by Input-Output Global, is offering research grants for blockchain science projects led by Stanford fa | Input-Output Global Stanford IOG Research Hub | other | 1,500,000 USD | 2024-06-14 (past) | closed | — | 92% | cardanoresearcheducationdao governance |
| Stanford IOG Research Hub Call for Proposals 2025 The Stanford IOG Research Hub is soliciting original research proposals in blockchain science from Stanford faculty and students for the yea | Input-Output Global Stanford IOG Research Hub | other | 1,500,000 USD | 2025-06-01 (past) | closed | — | 92% | cardanoresearcheducationdao governance |
| Aleo Community Grants Program The Aleo Community Grants Program offers funding for projects that build reference applications on the Aleo blockchain, focusing on social m | Aleo Aleo Community Grants Program | other | 1,000 – 1,000,000 USD | — | closed | — | 85% | aleodefigamingidentity |
| Stacks Endowment Q2 2026 Builder Grants The Stacks Endowment is offering grants to developers building Bitcoin-layer-2 projects focused on Bitcoin-native finance, including DeFi pr | Stacks Endowment Q2 2026 Builder Grants | other | 10,000 – 50,000 USD | 2026-06-26 (past) | closed | — | 85% | stacksbitcoindefiprivacydata analytics |
| Stellar Community Fund 7.0 Grants & Funding Tracks The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) v7.0 offers grants across three tracks: Integration, Open, and RFP, supporting teams building on Stellar wi | Stellar Development Foundation Stellar Community Fund (SCF) v7.0 | other | up to 300,000 USD | 2026-02-01 (past) | closed | — | 92% | stellardefidev toolinginfra |
| Request for proposals: New open-source blockchain Giga is seeking a vendor to develop an open-source prototype for a 'Connectivity Credit Marketplace' using blockchain tokenization to incent | Giga | rfp | — | 2023-06-13 (past) | closed | — | 89% | dao governancedata analyticsfinancial inclusion |
| SPP3: Marketplace RFP The ENS DAO is running an open RFP to select a single provider for a live, revenue-generating ENS marketplace, funded from uncommitted SPP3 | ENS DAO SPP3 | rfp | up to 500,000 USD | 2026-08-31 (past) | closed | — | 84% | ethereumdao governanceidentitynft |
| Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 The Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF7) is accepting applications for its seventh cohort, offering a pathway for aspiring protocol developer | Ethereum Foundation Ethereum Protocol Fellowship | fellowship | — | 2026-05-13 (past) | closed | — | 93% | ethereumresearchdev toolinginfra |
| AlgoKit-Core Mobile SDKs | June 2026 release The AlgoKit-Core working group is requesting retroactive funding of 88,888 ALGO for two months of high-intensity development (May–June 2026) | Algorand Foundation xGov | other | 88,888 ALGO ≈ $8,943 | — | closed | — | 88% | algoranddev toolingdev tooling |
| Astar Peers Program Season 3.1 The Astar Peers Program Season 3.1 is seeking five community members to operate archive nodes for the Astar Network. Participants will gain | Astar Network Astar Peers Program | fellowship | 360 USD | 2026-08-31 (past) | closed | — | 69% | astarpolkadotinfradev tooling |
| MIP 93 - Call for Grants The Morpho DAO is offering a grants pilot program with a total pool of 200,000 MORPHO tokens to fund projects that build tooling or infrastr | Morpho DAO Morpho Grants Pilot Program | other | 200,000 MORPHO | 2025-01-01 (past) | closed | — | 86% | baseethereumdefidev tooling |
| Friendzone Buildathon A three-week buildathon in Decentraland where creators design social experiences optimized for Decentraland Mobile. Participants build hango | Decentraland Friendzone Buildathon | hackathon | 8,000 MANA | 2026-09-04 (past) | closed | — | 94% | decentralandgamingsocialcommunity |
| On-chain Quadratic Funding This RFP seeks to develop a decentralized quadratic funding solution on Substrate for integration into Kusama, Polkadot, or other Substrate- | Web3 Foundation Grants Program | rfp | — | — | closed | — | 98% | polkadotkusamasubstratedefidao governancedev tooling |
| Crowdloan Front End Template This RFP seeks proposals for a white-label front-end template that enables Polkadot parachain teams to easily build crowdloan contribution w | Web3 Foundation Grants Program | rfp | — | — | closed | — | 72% | polkadotkusamadev toolingdefi |
| Static Analysis of Runtime Pallets The Web3 Foundation seeks proposals to develop static analysis tools for Substrate runtime pallets to detect vulnerabilities such as incorre | Web3 Foundation Grants Program | other | — | — | closed | — | 98% | polkadotsubstrateresearchdev toolingsecurity |
| Arbitrum D.A.O. Grant Program Season 3 The Arbitrum D.A.O. Grant Program Season 3 is a one-year initiative divided into five domains—New Protocols and Ideas, Education/Community G | Arbitrum DAO D.A.O. Grant Program Season 3 | grant round | up to 50,000 USDC | 2026-03-19 (past) | closed | — | 93% | arbitrumdefidev toolinggaming |