Flow Ecosystem Grants
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Flow Foundation grants for startup projects on Flow, paid against milestones you propose; send your proposal by email at any time.
The grants page has not changed since August 2025 and no recent grantees are published, so ask before you build.
Time left to apply
Anytime
Rolling: reviewed as applications arrive
Apply to Flow Ecosystem Grants
Applications go through developers.flow.com. Expect a decision in about 4 weeks.
Grant stats
- Grant size
- Undisclosed
- Largest grant
- Not published
- Paid in
- FLOW
- Payout
- In milestones
- Funding model
- Rolling
- Apply any time. Reviewed as applications arrive.
- Typical decision
- 4 weeks
- From submission to an answer
- Ecosystem
- Flow
Checked Oct 1 against 5 sources. Confirm amounts and dates on developers.flow.com before you apply.
About Flow Ecosystem Grants
The Flow Foundation funds developers and teams building tools and products that grow the Flow ecosystem. Its Ecosystem Grants are for startup-stage projects that need funding to grow, and the Foundation's business development team picks the grantees.
There is no form or deadline. You email a proposal to bd@flowfoundation.org with a milestone-based roadmap, a timeline and the amount you want for each milestone, how you will use the money and how you will measure success. The team replies when it has reviewed it.
Earlier-stage teams were served by the GrantDAO, a community-voted program run on DoraHacks with a prize pool of at least 50,000 FLOW per round, paid out by MACI voting at the end of the round. Round 1 focused on DeFi, adoption and public goods and closed on Aug 16, 2025; the docs only say to stay tuned for the next round.
Resources
Categories
What they fund
- Startup-stage projects on Flow that need funding to grow
- DeFi products (GrantDAO Round 1 focus)
- New ideas that push adoption of Flow (GrantDAO Round 1 focus)
- Public goods: infrastructure or services for the Flow ecosystem (GrantDAO Round 1 focus)
Who can apply
Tick what applies to you. Saved on this device only.
How applying works
- 1
Write a proposal
Describe the project, a milestone roadmap with timelines, the amount requested per milestone, how you will spend it and your success metrics.
- 2
Email the Foundation
Send the proposal to bd@flowfoundation.org.
- 3
Foundation review
The Flow Foundation business development team evaluates it and gets back to you.
- 4
Milestone funding
If selected, funding follows the milestones in your proposal.
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FAQ
- When does Flow Ecosystem Grants close?
- Flow Ecosystem 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, developers.flow.com. 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 developers.flow.com before you apply.