# Internal Operating Procedures (IOP) for the Grants Council: Season 8

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The Internal Operating Procedures in this document govern the activities of the Season 8 Grants Council. This document outlines the processes the Grants Council will follow in fulfilling the Charter. This structure is supported by the S8/9 governance-approved budget.

The Grants Council (GC) conducts formal reviews of proposals submitted by projects that aim to drive measurable growth in **interop-ready TVL and transaction fees** across the Superchain.

If any discrepancy arises between a Charter and these IOPs, the Charter always takes precedence.

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# **Communications**

- Community members can contact GC members via **Discord** ([#mission-grants](https://discord.com/channels/667044843901681675/1069653708369047623)), **[Telegram](https://t.me/+oJWWjTQL6TcxYWJh)**, or in their **application’s comments**.

- The GC Lead will hold **one Office Hours session per Cycle** for open discussion on GC or grant process matters.

- A **Grants Cycle Report** will be published at the end of each Cycle.

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# **Community Feedback**

- Primary feedback should be shared in the **forum** , especially during:

- Feedback is used to improve future Cycles and Seasons.

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# **Cycle Management**

- Each Cycle lasts **three weeks** , matching governance voting cycles.

- Applications are **always open** until the entire budget is allocated (or drops below ~2%). At that point, a **vote** will decide, by simple majority, whether to continue with further Cycles.

### **Review Pipeline**

1. **AI Review**

2. **GovNERDs Review**

3. **Final Review**

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# **Cycle Timeline _(Suggested)_**

- Submission Intake – 5 days

- GovNERDs Buffer – 1 day

- Ops Sync – 1 day

- Final Review – 5 days

- Final Decision + Buffer – 2 days

- Ops Wrap-up – 1 day

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# **Workflow Management**

- Ops will export all relevant data to spreadsheets from the application platform.

- GovNERDs and Final Reviewers will work in dedicated sheets provided by Ops.  
Ops must:

- Once the platform adds relevant features, all tasks will move into the same platform.

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# **Internal Consensus and Voting**

- All Council decisions require **simple majority**.

- The **Lead breaks ties** if needed.  
**Quorum = 3 out of 4 Final Reviewers voting**.

- Members with a conflict of interest must:

- **Ops may vote only on procedure/operations-related matters**.

- The Lead breaks ties on votes involving **Final Reviewers** and **Council-wide decisions** , unless otherwise specified.

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# **Change Process**

- The Council may review and propose improvements to the IOPs each cycle.

- Amendments require a **simple majority vote**.

- All changes must be recorded as comments on this post.

- Unless urgent, amendments should take effect **starting the next Cycle**.

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