CoW DAO Grants
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CoW DAO funds SDKs, integrations, solver tooling and research for CoW Protocol, paid in xDAI and COW per milestone.
Time left to apply
Anytime
Rolling: reviewed as applications arrive
Apply to CoW DAO Grants
Applications go through forum.cow.fi. Expect a decision in about 4 weeks.
Grant stats
- Grant size
- Undisclosed
- Largest grant
- Not published
- Paid in
- xDAI and COW
- Payout
- In milestones
- Funding model
- Rolling
- Apply any time. Reviewed as applications arrive.
- Typical decision
- 4 weeks
- From submission to an answer
- Round budget
- 2026 mandate (CIP-82): 500,000 xDAI plus about 6.55M COW, through Jan 31, 2027
- Ecosystem
- Ethereum
Checked Oct 1 against 7 sources. Confirm amounts and dates on docs.cow.fi before you apply.
About CoW DAO Grants
The CoW Grants Program is run by a committee of CoW DAO. Under the 2026 mandate (CIP-82) it focuses on developer onboarding through documentation and SDKs, partnerships with protocols that use CoW Protocol's MEV protection, and new applications such as programmatic orders and cross-chain trading.
There is no deadline. You post an application on the CoW forum using the grant template, discuss it with the community and an assigned steward, then move it to Snapshot, where the committee votes over three days. The committee also publishes RFPs for work it wants done, such as UI localization or a bring-your-own-solver setup.
Grants can be milestone-based, time-based or a mix. Recent applications include a Viem and Wagmi migration of the CoW Swap frontend split into seven milestones of 3,100 to 5,000 xDAI, a 50,000 xDAI SDK proposal, and a community-built Rust SDK paid out by assessed contribution.
Resources
Categories
Funded before
- bleu
- cow-py and cow-rs community contributors
What they fund
- SDKs, documentation and developer tooling for CoW Protocol
- Integrations with protocols that use CoW's MEV protection
- Programmatic orders and cross-chain trading
- Solver infrastructure and auction research
- Volume incentives for partners that bring measurable trading volume
Who can apply
Tick what applies to you. Saved on this device only.
How applying works
- 1
Read the guides
Review the Process Guide, Grant Agreement Terms, past proposals and open RFPs.
- 2
Post on the forum
Open a topic in the CoW Grants Program category with the Grant Application Template and a clear funding request.
- 3
Discuss and refine
Answer community and committee feedback and work with your assigned steward.
- 4
Snapshot vote
Move the final proposal to Snapshot, where committee members vote for three days and 3 of 4 must approve.
- 5
Deliver milestones
Request a review on the forum when each milestone is done; payments go out at the end of each month.
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- When does CoW DAO Grants close?
- CoW DAO Grants has no deadline. Applications are reviewed as they arrive, so you can apply whenever your proposal is ready.
- How much can I get?
- The program doesn't publish a range; amounts are set per proposal.
- How long until I hear back?
- About 4 weeks from submission to a decision, going by the program's own process or past rounds.
- Where do I apply?
- On the official site, forum.cow.fi. web3grant links there directly and never takes applications itself.
Sources
Checked on Oct 1 against these pages. Programs change often, so confirm the details on docs.cow.fi before you apply.