To apply for a grant through the Grants Council, please go here
Based on the Cycle 10 experience, the Grants Council has determined that the Grant Proposal Template and submissions process can be improved to facilitate a more seamless experience for proposers and reviewers.
For Cycle 11, each Sub-Committee has created its own Grant Proposal Template, designed to guide proposers to provide information most relevant to the Sub-Committee’s evaluation criteria.
Proposers should copy the proposal template for the relevant Sub-Committee and start a new post to the forum by filling out the proposal form under Grants Proposals. If you have any issues posting to the Forum, email a copy of your post, formatted for the forum, to optimismgrantsops@gmail.com and the post will be made on your behalf.
The Council has determined that direct posting is the most efficient path to generating proposals. If you have submitted a Google Form application for Cycle 11, you will be notified by the Council of the new format and provided with a version of your application formatted to post easily to this forum. Please make sure to update the fields to include the parameters required for the grant type for which you are applying.
Please find an FAQ for proposers here. For more information on the Grants Council, visit the Council’s landing page. The deadline for Cycle 11 proposal submission is March 14 at 19:00 GMT.
Growth Experiments Form
Basic Details
Project name:
Author name and contact info (please provide a reliable point of contact for the project.):
L2 recipient address:
Which Voting Cycle are you applying for?:
I confirm that I have read the landing pages for the Builders and Growth Experiments Sub-Committees and that I have determined my proposal is best suited to be reviewed by the Growth Experiments Sub-Committee: [Yes/No]:
I understand that Growth Experiments grants are subject to a “no sale rule,” as explained in this post, and I have read the terms of the rule: [Yes/No]:
Project Details
What are you building?:
Why do you believe what you are building is going to succeed?:
How many users does your project have currently? Please include how you arrived at this estimate:
How will receiving a grant enable you to further the mission of maximizing the number of users interacting with Optimism? Please include a step-by-step flow of how you imagine this grant can lead to a greater number of user interactions with Optimism:
Tell us about the users you plan to target with this grant. Include any defining characteristics that will help you identify and target them.:
How would these users interact with Optimism? For how long?:
Provide us with links to any of the following for the project:
- Demo:
- Website:
- Twitter:
- Discord/Discourse/Community:
- Github:
- Technical/Economic Documentation:
- Other:
Do you have any metrics on the project currently? (TVL, transactions, volume, unique addresses, etc. Optimism metrics preferred; please link to public sources such as Dune Analytics, etc.):
Who are your competitors, and are they on Optimism?:
Please link to code audits (if any):
Team
Who are your founders?:
What makes your team well-suited to carry out the project described in this proposal?
Is this your first Web3 project?:
If not, what else have you built? (Share links, Github repository, or any other useful information.):
Grant Request
What is the size of the grant request? (250k OP max):
How do you justify the size of the grant?:
Roadmap and Distribution Plan
Describe in discrete steps how you will successfully implement your grant plan:
How will the OP tokens be distributed? (please include % allocated to different initiatives such as user rewards/marketing/liquidity mining. Please also include a justification as to why each of these initiatives align with the problem statement this proposal is solving. Distribution should not include the sale of any tokens by the grantee or the use of tokens for compensation, protocol expenses, etc. See the no sale rule here):
Over what period of time will the tokens be distributed for each initiative?:
Please provide benchmark milestones for this project. These milestones should guide the Optimism community on the progress of your project throughout your work on the project. Do not use distribution of the grant itself as a milestone:
Please define critical milestones for this project. Critical milestones are meant to show good-faith efforts to accomplish the project. Non-completion of these milestones could lead to revocation of remaining grant rewards. Do not use distribution of the grant itself as a milestone:
If the OP tokens are for direct distribution to users, why will incentivized users and liquidity on Optimism remain after incentives dry up?:
Please provide any additional information that will facilitate accountability (smart contracts addresses relevant to the proposal, relevant organizational wallet addresses, etc.):
Optimism Relationship
Does your project solve a problem for the Optimism ecosystem? If so how?:
Why will this solution be a source of growth for the Optimism ecosystem?:
Is your project Optimism Native?:
Confirmations
I understand that I will be required to provide additional KYC information to the Optimism Foundation to receive this grant: [Yes/No]:
I understand that I will be expected to following the public grant reporting requirements outlined here: [Yes/No]:
Builders Proposal Form
Basic Details
Project name:
Author name and forum name (please provide a reliable point of contact for the project):
L2 recipient address:
Which Voting Cycle are you applying for?:
I confirm that I have read the landing pages for the Builders and Growth Experiments Sub-Committees and that I have determined my proposal is best suited to be reviewed by the Builders Sub-Committee: [Yes/No]:
Project Details
What are you going to build?:
Why is what you are going to build going to succeed?:
Is your project likely to bring new builders to the Optimism ecosystem? If so, please describe how:
Is your project likely to improve the quality of developers in the Optimism ecosystem? If so, please describe how:
Is your project likely to improve the commitment of developers in the Optimism ecosystem? If so, please describe how:
Provide us with links to any of the following for the project:
- Demo:
- Website:
- Twitter:
- Discord/Discourse/Community:
- Github:
- Other:
Do you have any metrics on the project currently? (TVL, transactions, volume, unique addresses, etc. Optimism metrics preferred; please link to public sources such as Dune Analytics, etc.):
Who are your competitors?:
What differentiates you from your competitors?:
Will your project be composable with other projects on Optimism? If so, please explain:
Team
Who are your founders?:
What makes your founders well-positioned to accomplish your goals with this project (1-2 sentences on each)?:
Tell us about the rest of your team (if there are more teammates):
Is this your first Web3 project?:
If not, what else have you built? (Share links, Github repository, or any other useful information.):
I understand that Builders grants are subject to a 1 year lock-up, as explained further in this post: [Yes/No]:
Is your project funded? If so, provide an estimate of how many months of funding runway your project has:
Grant Request
What is the size of the grant request? (50k OP max):
How do you justify the size of the grant?
Roadmap
Describe in discrete steps your plan for accomplishing your project:
Please provide any additional information that will facilitate accountability:(smart contracts addresses relevant to the proposal, relevant organizational wallet addresses, etc.)
Does your plan depend on the receipt of OP tokens?:
What is your plan for the use of the OP token after the 1 year lock-up?:
Please provide benchmark milestones for this project. These milestones should guide the Optimism community on the progress of your project during the 1-year lock-up period.
Please define critical milestones for this project. Critical milestones are meant to show good-faith efforts to accomplish the project. Non-completion of these milestones could lead to revocation of remaining grant rewards.
Optimism Relationship
Does your project solve a problem for the Optimism ecosystem?:
How does your proposal offer a value proposition solving the above problem?:
Why will this solution be a source of growth for the Optimism ecosystem?:
How committed are you (and your team) to building on Optimism?:
Is your project Optimism Native?:
Confirmations
I understand that I will be required to provide additional KYC information to the Optimism Foundation to receive this grant: [Yes/No]:
I understand that I will be expected to following the public grant reporting requirements outlined here: [Yes/No]: