Grants
The Filecoin Foundation awards funding to critical development projects to foster a more robust and efficient decentralized web through the Filecoin ecosystem.
Developer Grants
The Foundation funds talented and eager teams that want to work with us to build a more robust, efficient, and decentralized web.
Open Grants
Have an idea for pushing the Filecoin ecosystem forward? Grants are available to support projects that advance the Filecoin ecosystem, scale users, or directly advance Filecoin’s mission to preserve humanity’s most important information.
Requests for Proposal
These grants generally have clearly scoped deliverables, milestones, and funding limits. While there is some flexibility in RFP deliverables, we expect teams will deliver what is in scope in the RFP.
Microgrants
The Filecoin Foundation awards grants to early-stage projects that have developed initial protocols using Filecoin.
For more information on grants, email us or see our Github repo for a more in-depth introduction to the grants program.
Community Grants
The Filecoin Foundation and its sister organization the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) provide funding to build the greater decentralized web and open-source communities.
Our initiatives seek to:
Our initiatives seek to:
Accelerate the adoption of open, decentralized technologies
Build communities that are mutually supportive and self-sustaining
Communicate the benefits of decentralization and open sourcing to wider audiences
For more information on grants, email us.
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Learn how to get involved in the Filecoin community
The Filecoin community includes thousands of developers, technologists, users, and enthusiasts all over the world.
Attend an event
Check out past and upcoming events
Join a meetup group
Find a group of people in your area who connect regularly
Contribute to the Filecoin project
Shape the future by contributing to Filecoin’s code, research, or docs
Participate online
Participate in one of the many online forums about Filecoin, events, or the Filecoin Slack channel
Become a storage provider or builder
Dive right in and become an essential part of the ecosystem
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