Decentraland Grants Program
Timeframe: Quarterly cohorts, active year-round.
Grant amount: $20,000 to $240,000 USD
The Decentraland grant program has funded over 200 projects in the ecosystem. The Decentraland DAO manages the grants program.
Applicants can submit projects under seven categories: Core Unit, Platform, Documentation, In-world Content, Social Media Content, Sponsorship, and Accelerator.
Grant Scope
The program’s scope covers seven areas of interest:
- Core Unit: Projects that provide core infrastructure and operations for the DAO.
- Platform: For tools and Apps that extend Decentraland’s Platform and ecosystem.
- Documentation: For projects that build free educational content related to Decentraland’s dynamics.
- In-World Content: Projects that develop experiences to improve user retention.
- Social Media Content: Conducts marketing efforts to reach and keep new users engaged.
- Sponsorship: Supports in-real-life initiatives targeting audiences relevant to Decentraland.
- Accelerator: Provides financial support for private companies or for-profit initiatives aligned with Decentraland’s goals and in need of assistance.
Funding Specifics
Projects may request grants within two possible tiers regardless of the grant category.
- The lower tier allows up to $20,000, paid out in stablecoins or MANA using a Vesting Contract as a one-time payment (after 30 days) or with a vesting schedule.
- The higher tier allows grants from $20,000 to $240,000, paid out in stablecoins using a Vesting Contract.
The DAO community must approve grant proposals.
Requirements
Grantees are required to follow DAO rules and policies and submit monthly updates on the Governance dApp as per their proposed execution plan.
Projects are accepted on all stages of development. What matters is the level of detail in each part of the execution.
Each grant category has different requirements and performance metrics:
- Core Unit
- Projects must be built publicly, publishing open-source code and documentation.
- They should offer essential or strategic value to the DAO and establish clear, measurable performance metrics based on their goals.
- Platform
- Projects must be built publicly, publishing open-source code and documentation.
- Provide performance metrics, including the contributions made to the main code repository.
- Projects should also publish the tool or application to the production environment and provide usage metrics.
- Documentation
- Projects should provide unique contributions in English and specify the mediums of publication. For more information on requirements, click here.
- Projects should specify the number of past contributions to Decentraland Documentation and the Awesome Repository.
- In-World Content
- Projects should deploy content or host events in Decentraland.
- Provide metrics on newly populated land, active users, returning users, time spent on the scene, past events created, and the number of attendees.
- Social Media Content
- Grantees should include metrics on their audience size and project relevancy to Decentraland.
- Projects should provide indicators on the number of pieces produced and performance metrics on engagement, views, mentions, and interactions.
- Sponsorships
- Events must be held outside of Decentraland, whether online or in real life.
- Projects should ensure Decentraland brand awareness and level of brand awareness.
- Provide indicators for attendees, mentions in media outlets, and videos or other evidence of the event.
- Accelerator
- Applicants should include the ROI provided to the DAO and revenue share with the DAO or alternative value proposition.
You can find more information on requirements here.
Grant Process
Application
- To request a grant from the Decentraland DAO begin by navigating to decentraland.org/governance/submit/grant/ and connect your wallet.
- Fill out the Grant Proposal Form including category, desired funding, and general information. Here you can find an overview of the form.
Review
- After submitting your proposal, a Forum thread will be generated automatically where the community can provide feedback or ask questions about your project.
- The DAO will select projects through a voting process. Grant requests remain for 14 days.
- If selected the project must comply with monthly reports and communicate openly with the community. For more information on actions after being selected to receive a grant and how grantees are expected to report navigate here.