# Big Picture: The Grants Council

**URL:** <https://gov.optimism.io/t/big-picture-the-grants-council/8154>\
**Category:** ✨ General\
**Created:** [May 15, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/big-picture-the-grants-council/8154 "2024-05-15T20:09:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/big-picture-the-grants-council/8154/5 "2024-05-16T21:39:27Z")

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> [@SEEDGov](#):
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> We also believe that a working group could be established to provide initial feedback on proposals; this group would ensure that proposals meet the template and established requirements. The idea of this group is to alleviate the workload of reviewers.

Thanks for documenting the evolution of the Grants Council! Useful for context building for new members and also fun to see 🙂

On the above, we’re planning to have one of the three govNERD Maintainers train the govNERDs in training to help with this process now that govNERDs are transitioning to an open contribution path.

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