Conflux operates two grant streams – Technical and Growth grants - each with their own mandates.
All applications for Technical and Growth grants will be submitted via the forum. Each program has their own application requirements so be sure to review all materials, and choose the appropriate stream before filling out the correct application template completely and submitting to the forum.
Priority will be given to Growth Grants that support user growth experiments on Conflux eSpace, and all applications will be screened for ecosystem fit with preference given to those that have a real business case for deploying on Conflux.
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Choose Grants Stream: Review all appropriate materials and your appropriate grant stream.
- Submit Application to Forum: Fill out the corresponding grant application form and submit to the forum.
- Evaluation: The Grants Committee will review all fully completed applications on a rolling basis.
- Decision: All grants that meet approval criteria will be awarded a grant.
FUNDING TIERS
- Tier 1: Up to $5k for projects that can be completed in less than 1 month. 2 votes required.
- Tier 2: Up to $15k for projects that can be completed in less than 3 months. 3 votes required.
- Tier 3: Up to $50k for projects that can be completed in less than 6 months. 3 votes required, plus Conflux Foundation sign-off.
GROWTH GRANTS
Growth Grants focuses on increasing the number of users interacting with Conflux by supporting projects already deployed on Conflux eSpace. Growth Grants looks to support the following activities:
- User Incentivization: For projects looking to incentivise user participation via liquidity mining programs, airdrops, and other token incentives to boost user activities. Examples of grants includes prizes for hackathons, liquidity mining experiments, and airdrop campaigns.
- Community and Marketing: For projects looking to build global teams and execute global marketing strategies, create content, and target new users to grow their user base.
- Ecosystem Partnerships: For projects and teams looking to focus and grow their own ecosystems on top of Conflux. Examples of grants include support for project grant programs, ecosystem funds, and use case development and incubation.
Growth Grants does not include retroactive funding for campaigns, and looks to support projects and teams that work in benefit of the Growth Grant’s focuses and that meet our community standards.
Funding available to teams depends on the number of community standards met. Click here for an overview of our Ecosystem Community Standards.
To apply for a Growth Grant just submit your application directly to Grant Proposal section of the forum. Click here for the Growth Grants Application Template.
TECHNICAL GRANTS
The Technical Grants stream focuses on two things: 1) building out the Conflux technology stack with developer tooling and infrastructure and 2) increasing the number of developers and projects building on Conflux.
The Technical Grants does not include retroactive funding for work and looks to support projects and teams that work in benefit of the Technical Grant’s focuses.
Just apply by submitting your application directly to the forum. Click here for the Technical Grants Application Template.
HOW TO APPLY
- Choose Grants Stream: Review all appropriate materials for your selected grant stream.
- Submit Application to Forum: Fill out the corresponding grant application template and submit directly to the Forum 30.
- Evaluation: The grants committee will review all fully completed applications quarterly.
- Decision: All grants that meet approval criteria will be awarded a grant.
GRANT ONBOARDING
If your grant meets the approval requirements, you will be assigned to a “Grant Shepherd” who will guide you through your grant and facilitate your onboarding which includes:
- Aligning on grant milestones.
- Signing the grant award letter.
- Aligning delivery requirements, instructions for review, and check in expectations.
- Public reporting of grant progress.
GRANT DELIVERY
To release payment for each completed milestone, each project must complete the following steps to initiate their milestone review:
- Ensure all public reporting requirements are met.
- Notify the Committee of completed milestone with deliverables to review, and instructions on how to review.
- Exit interviews. After your grant is completed, please let us know about your experience and any thoughts on what we can do better!
COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical and Growth Grants will be stewarded by the Grants Committee, who is responsible for the following:
- Reviewing and voting on grant proposals
- Assigning a Grant Shepard" to each successful application. Each Shepard is responsible for the success of the grant.
- Conducting milestone reviews as required, and the ‘exit interview’ for projects they are responsible for.
GRANT PROGRAM TERMS OF USE
All grant applicants must agree to abide by the No Sale Rule, and Public Reporting Requirements if awarded a grant.
No Sale Rule
CFX received through Conflux Grants should not be sold by the grant recipient. This “no sale” rule:
- Includes the grant recipient and any other related persons. These persons cannot receive CFX for the purpose of selling the tokens.
- Includes the direct exchange of CFX for crypto or fiat, whether done publicly or privately.
- Does not include using CFX received for user incentivization or ecosystem partnerships. Eg. providing CFX as liquidity mining incentives is not restricted by these parameters.
- There is no expiration to this rule for Growth Grants.
CFX received through Technical Grants should not be sold by the grant recipient for a period of one year unless otherwise agreed.
Public Reporting Requirements
All grant recipients must regularly update the Committee and Community on the progress of their grant in their Awardees post. Milestone Review and Forum Updates - For Awarded Grantees
For Growth Grants, any token transfers and distributions must be recorded with transaction hashes and links provided. The Grants Committee reserves the right to track and ask questions about any use or transfer of funds from the recipient wallet address.
STILL GOT QUESTIONS?
If you still have questions, you can reach us in Telegram or directly here in the forum.