Filecoin Grants
Filecoin Foundation awards grant funding for development projects to foster a more decentralized, efficient, and robust foundation for humanity’s information.
Grants support a wide range of projects — from developer and data tooling and integrations to applications and research — that benefit ecosystem participants like developers and storage providers.
Grants and Funding Opportunities
Filecoin Foundation is seeking proposals for developer and data tooling, integrations, research and protocols, storage, retrieval, and the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM). These grants fall under the following categories.
Open Grants
Open Grants support projects that drive the Filecoin ecosystem forward, including projects that enhance the network's utility or improve Filecoin functionality. Refer to GitHub for more details.
FIL Builder Next Step Grants
Grants between $5k and $10k are available to support builders taking their Filecoin projects to the next level! Refer to Github for more details.
Requests for Proposals
Request for Proposals (RFP) grants have clearly scoped deliverables, milestones, and funding limits. Refer to GitHub for any ongoing RFPs.
Grant Graduates
Cavalry
Cavalry is 2D animation software for Mac and Windows.
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FileDrive
FileDrive is focused on research and development for distributed storage on the Filecoin network.
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Fileverse
Fileverse is a Web3 file-sharing tool leveraging peer-to-peer storage networks like IPFS.
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Museum of Crypto Art (M○C△)
The Museum of Crypto Art is an art preservation tool and community of artists, collectors, and developers.
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OpSci
Opscientia (OpSci) is an open source DeSci project leveraging the power of Web3 to grow, sustain, and continuously improve decentralized science.
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Portrait
Portrait is an open-source web page builder that lets you turn your blockchain address into a website.
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The Filecoin Grants Process
- 1
Submit a Proposal
After reviewing the grant criteria, create a new issue using the proposal template on GitHub.
- 2
Proposal Review
Proposals are reviewed on a three-month cycle, including a preliminary and final review. Preliminary results will be shared by the end of the next month after the submission date. Final decisions will be shared by the end of the following month.
- 3
Agreement and Funding
Accepted applications are formalized with an agreement between Filecoin Foundation and grant applicant.
Submission Criteria
Generally, all projects must meet the following requirements:
Ready to Apply?
Please visit our GitHub repo to learn more about the proposal process, review process, timeline guidance, and more. For other questions, email [email protected] or join our monthly office hours!