Jup DAO’s grant program is designed to support those who identify unfilled gaps within the Jupiverse and actively work to fill them. If you want to tackle an unaddressed need and ultimately pursue a workgroup out of it, then this is for you.
There is no minimum amount to ask for with a grant, but there is a maximum of $10k
How to get a grant?
Step 1. Identify a need for the DAO
The first step is finding gaps where community needs are unaddressed. Think of ideas which can help to grow the Jupiverse. Past grantees have undertaken initiatives including:
Working on the design needs for DAO workgroups and activities
Developer relations to help broaden Jupiter integrations
Regional initiatives focused on language-based outreach
If you are solving an unaddressed problem in the DAO, you are already on the right path.
Step 2: Start doing the work
The next step is to then start working on your solution, either as a team or solo.
Execution matters more than perfection, so start small and experiment & improve. Show that you can deliver and the DAO will support you.
If you have any questions, come to the CWG Office Hours on Mondays at 17:00 UTC.
Step 3: Request a grant on Superteam Earn
Once you feel that you are ready to scale things up, apply for a grant on this site
If your proposal is approved, you will then go through a voting process internally
Thanks for this comprehensive and straight forward guide on how to apply for a grant and work towards trial WG etc.This will help create an organised approach instead of the random presentation of proposals in the DAO without a clear procedure. One can easily sign post anyone to this for clarity around the process. Good luck to all applying for grants.
Reminder to applicants:
Crypto is global. Your costs - especially your own comp - need to be justified on that scale. Sometimes this is easy (e.g. US market rate because work requires US-based biz dev & your personal network is what makes you a good fit), sometimes it will be tough to argue. Challenge yourself to make a strong argument, because if you can’t, you’re probably not that guy.
This is great tbh…the layout of how transparent any participant should be, based Ngl,
I’ve got a question tho, just one person from the team answers the question laid down here? That is the person from the team who drops the proposal on the platform?
Fantastic such a good proposal standard.
My question is will the Grants Portal or the team allow iterative updates or revisions after the initial submission of the proposal?
Hey @Slorg ! If I’ve applied already, should I re-apply? I didn’t realize you guys were going to change up the grant process. I love Sol Incinerator btw! Here’s my previous proposal: DumpFunXYZ~The 1st Ever Onchain Toilet!
As someone that reviews grants almost daily for Uplink, some advice that might be helpful. Keep your message succinct, do not try to create a novel to prove the value. If there is a real gap that you feel you can fill, you shouldn’t need more than 2-3 paragraphs to explain that point.
Niche down, all of the big problems have essentially already been tackled or have someone trying to tackle them as we speak. Making your scope to general or broad is a recipe to be overlooked. Find a narrow avenue to add value, master that and then can expand as you gain confidence in the niche problem you are solving.
Doing > planning to do: Nothing will make you learn how to adapt to the situation faster than attempting to do things rather than trying to plan for something you haven’t done yet. Iterate.
Add quantitative metrics you expect to achieve in respect to your timeline, doesn’t need to be perfect, but specifying expectations, helps the reader get a better grasp on what your proposal looks like.
Leverage the community for feedback. No one wants JUP to succeed more than the power users in discord, solicit some honest feedback from them, this is imperative in the iteration process.
Mostly like this 2 key components from the application:
I as well find the idea great to initially post the grant idea on jupresearch and there are many of us that are active in here and give good, some times critical but overall a constructive feedback.
On another hand since i am a more visual person (only my perspective), it would be beneficial to maybe have a template file for this proposal including all those items.
Thank you, I am a nurse not a computer nerd so this will be a big challenge for myself. Most of the replies I have received are about dumping my coins which I bought from the beginning of Jupiter.
I missed the launch due to end of COVID now paying my negligence. Thanks for your help!!!
Sheila
@Slorg whilst I agree with the process, it’s quite strenuous for a small grant like @rb87 and myself.
For eg. we are consulting the community now, but to have to hop on a jup n juice episode for $2000 grant seems like a lot of effort for such a small grant for example.
Could we perhaps lighten the process for small grants?
(Ps. Not to say I won’t hop on jup n juice. As I will be soon)
Being on Jup & Juice is actually the only fun part … of everything
Those guys, and this is not even about the micro grants it is about the Launchpad for projects, gave more platform, attention, promotion, engagement and constructive feedback to the teams guests than anyone from the team.
J&J
Let’s hope Jupiter can adapt and actually further progression about sperging reactions on mainchannel.
