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Tezos Foundation Grants

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Tezos Foundation grants for open-source infrastructure, tooling, DeFi and art projects on Tezos and Etherlink, reviewed quarterly.

Time left to apply

Anytime

Rolling: reviewed as applications arrive

RollingNo deadline

Apply to Tezos Foundation Grants

Applications go through grants.tezos.foundation. Expect a decision in about 10 weeks.

Grant stats

Grant size
Undisclosed
Largest grant
Not published
Paid in
Fiat or tez
Payout
In milestones
Funding model
Rolling
Apply any time. Reviewed as applications arrive.
Typical decision
10 weeks
From submission to an answer
Round budget
July to December 2025: $3.1M to 20 grants
Ecosystem
Tezos

Checked Oct 1 against 10 sources. Confirm amounts and dates on tezos.foundation before you apply.

About Tezos Foundation Grants

The Tezos Foundation funds work that supports the long-term success of Tezos and Etherlink, its EVM-compatible layer. Grants mainly go to non-profit, commons-enhancing projects whose results are usually open-source code, such as reusable software or integrations of Tezos into popular applications. Areas of interest cover core development, infrastructure and tooling, developer relations, DeFi, arts and culture, gaming and business development.

You can submit a proposal at any time through the grants portal. Proposals are reviewed in the month after each quarter ends, so a proposal sent in October, November or December is reviewed in January. Proposals that pass the first check go to ecosystem experts overseen by the Technical Advisory Committee, and the Executive Committee or Foundation Council makes the final decision. Payments are usually tied to milestones.

From July to December 2025 the Foundation approved 20 new grants worth USD 3.1 million in total, most of it for infrastructure and Etherlink integrations such as Ledger, ECAD Labs' public RPC nodes and RedStone oracles. In 2023 only 8% of grant applications were approved, mostly because applications were incomplete or did not match the ecosystem's needs.

Funded before

  • ECAD Labs
  • Tez Capital
  • Museum of the Moving Image

What they fund

  • Core protocol, Octez and Smart Rollups development
  • Infrastructure and tooling: wallets, testing and sandbox environments, SDKs for web, Unity and mobile
  • DeFi and integrations on Etherlink and Tezos
  • Arts and culture projects that bring users to Tezos
  • Gaming, developer relations and ecosystem growth initiatives

Who can apply

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How applying works

  1. 1

    Submit a proposal

    Create a proposal on grants.tezos.foundation at any time and upload one PDF with your team, technical plan, roadmap and budget.

  2. 2

    Quarterly vetting

    In the month after the quarter ends, the Foundation asks for more information, forwards the proposal for expert review or declines it.

  3. 3

    Expert review

    Ecosystem experts supervised by the Technical Advisory Committee review it, and the Executive Committee or Council accepts, declines or asks you to revise.

  4. 4

    Grant agreement

    If accepted, you complete the legal paperwork, which takes about four more weeks.

  5. 5

    Milestone payments

    You report on each milestone and receive that milestone's payment once the report is approved.

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FAQ

When does Tezos Foundation Grants close?
Tezos Foundation 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 10 weeks from submission to a decision, going by the program's own process or past rounds.
Where do I apply?
On the official site, grants.tezos.foundation. 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 tezos.foundation before you apply.

  1. tezos.foundation
  2. tezos.foundation/ecosystem-grants-program
  3. tezos.foundation/ecosystem-funding-programs
  4. tezos.foundation/area-of-interest/infrastructure-and-tooling
  5. grants.tezos.foundation
  6. grants.tezos.foundation/proposals/grant_process_information/create_proposal
  7. tezos.foundation/tezos-foundation-faq
  8. tezos.foundation/tezos-foundation-personnel-update-2-2
  9. tezos.foundation/reports
  10. tezos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Tezos_Foundation_Activity_Report_July_2025_December_2025.pdf
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