Grants

Waves Grants is a grant program introduced by the Waves Association for individual blockchain developers, teams and start-ups willing and able to implement ideas that serve the Waves ecosystem’s interests.

In 2020-2021, the Waves Association aims to distribute 1,000,000 WAVES via DAO, a community-driven tool that allows association members to announce grants and select grant recipients.

We encourage developers to create solutions for specific use cases. However, ideas related to other aspects of blockchain are also welcome.

1 000 000

In 2020-2021 the Waves Association aims to award grants for

1,000,000 WAVES to amplify inter-chain development

Disruptive Tech Grant

The grant amount is up to 300,000 WAVES.

Tasks will be announced shortly. A submission period will be open in April 2021.

Disruptive Tech Grant is awarded to individual developers, teams and start-ups to implement tasks assigned by the Waves Association and dedicated to developing solutions that meet the rapidly accelerating Waves ecosystem’s needs, such as interoperability or DeFi mass adoption.

Web 3.0 Development Grant

The grant amount is
up to 100,000 WAVES.

Open call for applications is ongoing now

Web 3.0 Development Grant is awarded for creating a product based on the Waves protocol that resolves a specific problem, such as providing innovative DeFi functionality, interoperability or required tooling.

Interhack Grant

The grant amount is up to 100,000 WAVES.

Hackathons will be announced shortly. Tasks will be announced shortly. A submission period will be open in April 2021.

Interhack grants are awarded for building innovative solutions at hackathons in accordance with assignments provided by the Waves Association.

Where to start?

To participate in the grant program, select the grant type and fill out an application form on GitHub.

Application forms will be reviewed within 5 working days and selection results will be sent to the email specified in the application.

Team applications are submitted by one representative, containing contact information, experience and portfolio of all team members who would be involved in working on the task.

Step 1

Choose the grant type

Step 2

Fill out an application form on GitHub

Step 3

You will be contacted to request additional information *if necessary

Step 4

Follow the Grant Issue Procedure - collaborate with the Waves Association to prepare a development process outline, provide reports or just take part in hackathons depending on the chosen grant type

Step 5

Enjoy the grant program digital model: members make decisions on grant issue via a DAO built on the Waves blockchain

The grant issue and awarding procedures are performed via DAO.

Individual developers and teams alike can take part in the grant program. The same developer or team can apply for an unlimited number of tasks but no more than one at a time.

For more details, read Waves Grant Policy.

Waves Grant Policy

Funding

The amount of funding is determined on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the complexity of technical requirements, specifics of a suggested solution, needs of the developer / team, the scale and importance of the project for Waves and other criteria.

All payments are made in WAVES. The payment process is determined individually and depends on the project implementation schedule.