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💰 Polkadot Fast-Grants Programme

This is the official site of the Polkadot Fast-Grants Programme.

» Guidelines » How to apply » Join our chat

🎯 Scope

To support early-stage builders on Polkadot with grants up to $10,000 per project. This fast-grants programme has a simple goal: anyone who wants to build on Polkadot can get initial funding to do so. The programme expects to fund up projects across a variety of themes, with a focus on projects building on Plaza/Polkadot Hub, games, and DeFi applications. Payments will be milestone-based and only made after successful delivery.

⚡ Key Features

  • Fast
  • Retroactive
  • Milestone-based
  • Low-risk
  • First point of contact

👥 Curators

  • 🧩 Otar Shakarishvili (Project Advisor and Governance Specialist at JUST Open Source, ex-Parity Project Manager)
  • 🔗 Sacha Lansky (Developer Relations at WebZero, ex-Parity Engineering)
  • 🌐 Flavio Bianchi (Polimec Foundation Council Member, Polimec Marketing and BD)
  • 🏫 Phil Kwok (Co-Founder of EasyA and the EasyA x Polkadot University)
  • 🏫 Dom Kwok (Co-Founder of EasyA and the EasyA x Polkadot University)

💸 Spending Policy

  • Projects can receive up to $10,000 USD (in DOT) per application, with a maximum of $15,000 USD per project in exceptional cases
  • Each milestone is capped at $5,000 USD
  • Payment happens after the successful delivery of milestones
  • Non-EasyA curators receive 5% of the disbursed grants, split equally between them

📆 Timeline

  • Milestones must be delivered within 3 months
  • Milestone evaluation will be completed within 14 days
  • If a milestone is not accepted, applicants get one chance to fix and resubmit within 14 days

📈 Builder Funnel

The Fast-Grants Programme is designed as the first step in a broader builder funnel:

  1. New developer acquisition via initiatives like hackathons, EasyA x Polkadot University, etc.
  2. Fast funding via the Fast-Grants Programme
  3. Additional grant funding through other treasury funnels (Open Source Developer Grants, DeFi Bounty, DOT Play)
  4. VC funding through ecosystem VCs