Grants

The Tensor Foundation Grants Program provides milestone-based funding to support initiatives aimed at increasing the adoption of Tensor Protocols.

Guidelines

Anyone can apply for a grant from the Tensor Foundation. This includes individuals, independent teams, governments, nonprofits, companies, universities, and academics. We welcome all ideas that fall under the scope of the Foundation’s mission.

Request for Proposals

Below are a few categories of projects we’re interested in funding. You can also see a running list of specific project ideas in our active RFP database.

Vertical Marketplaces

Examples: In-game assets marketplace, tokenized collectibles (sneakers, trading cards) marketplace, RWA marketplace.

Advanced Trading

Examples: Collaterized NFT lending, NFT vaults, trading bots (Telegram, Discord).

DEGEN

Examples: pump.fun for NFTs, chance-based NFT games (loot boxes, sweepstakes).

Your Idea

Feel free to suggest your own ideas and we'll try to support you!

Process Overview

Application

In your application, be sure to clarify how your project directly increases the adoption of Tensor Protocols. We also welcome any public goods: these must adhere to fully open-sourced code licensing and be net beneficial to the Tensor ecosystem.

Grants are milestone-based. Applications must provide clear milestones to be achieved for the required funding. Funding will only be issued upon successfully completing the milestones.

Find the Grant Application here!

Application Review

Our team will review all applications on a rolling basis, determine if more information is required, and then schedule a call with the team if necessary. At that point, we may revert with additional questions or suggestions.

We receive many applications and work as quickly as we can to process them. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible with next steps, typically within 2 weeks.

Decision

Applicants will be notified via email whether their proposal has been accepted or not.