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👟 Apply for a Filecoin devgrant. Help build the Filecoin ecosystem!

Thank you for your interest in our grants program! We are currently reviewing a high volume of proposals. Please wait 30 days before checking in on the status of your grant request.

Filecoin Grants

Welcome to the Filecoin Grant Platform! The Filecoin Grant Platform connects grant makers with builders and researchers in the Filecoin community. Whether you represent a foundation that wants to move the space forward, a company looking to accelerate development on the features your application needs, or a dev team itching to hack on Filecoin tools, you've come to the right place. Take a look at the supported grant types and available opportunities below.

Grant Types

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Next Step Microgrants

Grants of $5,000 in FIL are available to support those taking the next step after creating an initial prototype with Filecoin, IPFS, or related technologies.

Since January 27, 2023, microgrants are exclusively awarded for projects within rotating Microgrant focus areas. Applications for the most recent focus area, Filecoin Virtual Machine, are currently being processed.

If you have (1) a working prototype that matches the current focus area and (2) concrete next steps for your project, consider applying for a microgrant!

This program is intended for early stage projects. If your project has already received more than $30,000 USD from any source, please apply for an open grant (details below) rather than a microgrant.

LEARN MORE AND APPLY FOR A MICROGRANT • See Accepted Microgrant Proposals

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Open Grant

Do you have an idea for pushing the Filecoin ecosystem forward? Grants of $10,000+ are available to support novel ideas that advance the Filecoin ecosystem, bring significant new usage, or directly advance the Filecoin mission statement.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OPEN GRANTS AND APPLY FOR AN OPEN GRANT

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Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

RFPs are grants for specific development work. As the name suggests, we are requesting proposals from teams that want to complete the work specified in each RFP. In these grants, we generally have clearly scoped deliverables, milestones, and funding limits. Some RFPs will ask you to propose your own milestones and funding needs. While there is some flexibility in RFP deliverables, we expect teams will deliver what is in scope in the RFP. Any deviations from the specified scope must be approved between your team and ours before we can approve funding. RFPs may be funded by Protocol Labs, other community members, or a consortium of interested parties.

OPEN RFPs:

• Filecoin-solidity Phase II: Optimization, improvements and maintenance RFP **New! 2023-05-05 **

• FVM Project Ideas

CLOSED RFPs:

• **Zcash x Filecoin This RFP is currently closed.
• FVM Tooling & Infrastructure This RFP is currently closed.
• Green Grants RFP - The RFP is currently closed.

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Don't see your grant type?

Is your organization interested in offering a grant that doesn't fit into any of the above categories? Email us directly with your idea.