Web3 grants
21 open web3 grants, each checked against the organizer's official page. 2 close in the next 7 days and 15 take applications on a rolling basis.
A grant pays for work without buying a share of your company. The money comes from foundations, companies, public agencies and protocol treasuries, and most of it goes to a project, a research question or a piece of open source.
Money from blockchain foundations and protocols: ecosystem grants, hackathons with prize pools, retroactive funding and bug bounties for smart contracts.
Rocket Pool Round 41 GMC grants
Rocket Pool is taking Round 41 grant applications on its governance forum until October 7, 2026 at 23:59 UTC. Applicants propose their own budget and scope.
Uniswap Foundation Security Fund October 2026 cohort
The Uniswap Foundation Security Fund covers up to 100% of audit costs for projects in the Uniswap ecosystem. The October 2026 cohort closes on 7 October.
Arc Microgrants
Arc pays 20 builders 500 USDC each for working prototypes already live on Arc mainnet. Submissions close October 14, 2026.
Stellar Community Fund Build Award: round SCF #46
The Stellar Community Fund Build Award gives up to $150K in XLM to teams building on Stellar. Round SCF #46 closes on November 8, 2026.
Solana Mobile Security Grants
Solana Mobile pays grants in SKR for security research on the Solana Mobile ecosystem. Applications are open at any time through an online form.
Team1 Mini Grants for Avalanche builders
Team1 Mini Grants give up to $10,000 to developers and community builders working on Avalanche. Applications are open on a rolling basis.
Beldex Grants Program
Beldex offers a $1 million grant pool for developers and teams building privacy tools on its network. There is no fixed deadline.
Starknet Propulsion Program
The Starknet Propulsion Program covers up to $1 million in user fees for apps on Starknet. Applications are reviewed each month.
TheDAO Security Fund ETHSecurity Initiatives Round Two 2026
TheDAO Security Fund pays for Ethereum security work, with initiatives of $20,000 to $600,000. Round Two opened September 15, 2026 and ends in January 2027.
Btrust Developer Grants for Bitcoin open source
Btrust pays Bitcoin open source developers in BTC to work full time, with six month starter grants and yearly long term grants. Applications are open all year.
OpenSats RED token reimbursement for Bitcoin red teams
OpenSats RED grants pay back LLM token and compute costs for people red teaming Bitcoin open source software. Always open, with fast review.
CoW Grants Program (CoW DAO)
CoW DAO funds developer tools and new apps on CoW Protocol from a 500,000 xDAI budget. Proposals go on the forum at any time until January 2027.
XRPL Glow grants
XRPL Glow pays retroactive grants for open source work already shipped on the XRP Ledger. Wave 1 is open.
Exponential Science call for project proposals: up to $15,000
Exponential Science funds research projects with up to $15,000 for six to twelve months. Proposals are taken all year on the topics of blockchain, AI and cryptography.
Filecoin Foundation Open Grants
Filecoin Foundation Open Grants pay up to $50,000 for open source work that advances Filecoin. Proposals are reviewed as they arrive, with no fixed close date.
Solana Mobile Builder Grants
Solana Mobile funds mobile apps, tooling, content and research built on the Solana Mobile Stack. Applications can be sent at any time.
Zcash Community Grants
Zcash Community Grants funds independent teams building public goods for the Zcash ecosystem. Applications are open all year and are filed as GitHub issues.
Starknet Seed Grants
The Starknet Foundation gives early stage teams up to $25,000 in STRK to build applications on Starknet. Applications are rolling, with answers in about a month.
Arbitrum Audit Program
The Arbitrum Foundation subsidises third party smart contract audits for early stage Arbitrum projects from a $10M ARB pool. Applications are rolling.
Circle Developer Grants
Rolling milestone based grants in USDC from Circle for teams building payments, FX, treasury, prediction market and lending products on Arc and Circle tools.
Zcash Coinholder Directed Retroactive Grants: Q4 2026 round
The Zcash Coinholder Directed Retroactive Grants program pays for completed work on Zcash. The Q4 2026 call for proposals runs from 30 October to 13 November 2026.
Questions
How many web3 grants are open right now?
21 as of 5 October 2026. 2 close in the next 7 days and 15 take applications on a rolling basis.
Which web3 grants close soonest?
Rocket Pool Round 41 GMC grants from Rocket Pool closes on 7 October 2026. Uniswap Foundation Security Fund October 2026 cohort from Uniswap Foundation closes on 7 October 2026. Arc Microgrants from Arc closes on 14 October 2026.
Can I apply from any country?
All of them accept applicants worldwide. Some still set conditions on age, residence or sanctions, and each entry lists them.
Do any of them take equity?
None of them take equity. They pay as grants, prizes, stipends or credits.
How is this list checked?
Every entry is written from the organizer's official page and links to it. Programs with a rolling deadline are checked again for closure, and an entry moves to the archive on the day it closes.