Aave Grants DAO
Aave Grants DAO is a community-led grants program to fund ideas submitted by the Aave protocol’s community, with a focus on empowering a wider network of community developers. The community has allocated $1 million per quarter for two quarters for funding grants. The program will run from May 10 to November 10. The grants program was created after a community discussion, which can be found on Aave's governance forum here.[1]
Overview
Launch Date: 5/10/2021
Total Funding Allocated: $1 million per quarter for two quarters for funding grants
Total Funds Distributed to Date (if available): $1.98M
What Asset(s) are the funds paid out with (native token versus $USD, for example): AAVE
Where funding is tracked: You can view what grants have been funded at this link[2]
Area(s) of Focus
- Protocol development
- Applications and integrations
- Developer tooling
- Code audits
- Committees, sub-committees, and DAOs that serve the Aave ecosystem
- Community (marketing and educational)
- Events & hackathons[3]
Governance
Governance is open and public in their forum. You can find it here[4].
How to Apply
There are two ways to apply for a grant: Rapid Grants and Community Grants. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. You can apply and find more information at this link[5]
Announcements, forum posts, news articles or other media that may be relevant
https://aavegrants.org/may-10-2021-hello-world