# Voting Cycle Guide #35

**URL:** <https://gov.optimism.io/t/voting-cycle-guide-35/9776>\
**Category:** Updates  and Announcements 📢\
**Tags:** season-7\
**Created:** [March 21, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/voting-cycle-guide-35/9776 "2025-03-21T04:16:15Z")\
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# **Voting Cycle #35:**

**(March 20 - April 16)**

## Apply, Build, Nominate

**Retro Funding**  
Retro Funding Missions are rolling through Season 7!

- [Dev Tooling](https://atlas.optimism.io/missions/retro-funding-dev-tooling)
- [On Chain Builders](https://atlas.optimism.io/missions/retro-funding-onchain-builders)

For Season 7, we’re prioritizing projects that align with key on-chain success metrics, including:

- Increase Total Value Locked (TVL) denominated in ETH.
- Increase Stablecoin TVL across the Superchain.
- Increase Wrapped Asset TVL across the Superchain.
- Increase Bridged Asset TVL across the Superchain.

**Grants Council**  
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis until May 20th! Depending on when you apply, you’ll be lumped into a submission review period.

**Submission Review Periods (All at 19:00 GMT):**

- Cycle 35: March 18
- Cycle 36: April 8
- Cycle 37: April 29
- Cycle 38: May 20

—\> Find everything you need—calendar, rubrics, and procedures— in the Grants Council [Charmverse Space](https://app.charmverse.io/op-grants/optimism-grants-council-8323028890716944)

## Tune In

- Join us for our community calls:

## Engage

Voting #cycle-35 runs from March 20 - April 16. Important dates for this voting cycle are:

**March 20 - March 26**

- Citizens’ House: Veto #34:
  - Citizens can Veto the [Upgrade Proposal #13: OPCM and Incident Response improvements](https://gov.optimism.io/t/upgrade-proposal-13-opcm-and-incident-response-improvements/9739)

**March 20 - April 02: Review Period**

- [Upgrade Proposal #14: Isthmus L1 Contracts + MT-Cannon](https://gov.optimism.io/t/upgrade-proposal-14-isthmus-l1-contracts-mt-cannon/9796)
- [Upgrade Proposal #15 - Isthmus Hard Fork](https://gov.optimism.io/t/upgrade-proposal-15-isthmus-hard-fork/9804)

**April 03 - April 09: Voting period**

- [Upgrade Proposal #14: Isthmus L1 Contracts + MT-Cannon](https://gov.optimism.io/t/upgrade-proposal-14-isthmus-l1-contracts-mt-cannon/9796)
  - The Agora [voting link here](https://vote.optimism.io/proposals/95528263587371532982719325402371584327430753545162858644972401153516332664853)

- [Upgrade Proposal #15 - Isthmus Hard Fork](https://gov.optimism.io/t/upgrade-proposal-15-isthmus-hard-fork/9804)
  - The Agora [voting link here.](https://vote.optimism.io/proposals/8705916809146420472067303211131851783087744913535435360574720946039078686841)

**April 10 - April 16: Veto Period**

- The upgrades will enter the veto period in the Citizen’s House Snapshot Space
  - [Here the Snapshot link for Upgrade Proposal #14: Isthmus L1 Contracts + MT-Cannon](https://snapshot.box/#/s:citizenshouse.eth/proposal/0xcadd1fcfd66913a953a12a9d07d052d0ff97ec16932c407a5582c66f279d5808)
  - [Here the Snapshot link for Upgrade Proposal #15: Isthmus Hard Fork](https://snapshot.box/#/s:citizenshouse.eth/proposal/0xaed836747d669ec0a9459e1c15a2a40621e066a9230e32ce830b6047dd8c70b0)

## Protocol Upgrades and Maintenance Upgrades

Protocol Upgrades may begin their own separate governance process at any point in time. Once a valid Protocol Upgrade draft has been posted to the forum, a governance administrator will add a comment with the date the proposal will move to a vote, subject to the required approvals. The section below will be used to track any protocol/maintenance upgrades that have started their own voting cycle.