ChainCatcher message, the official governance page shows that the Compound community has voted to approve the proposal regarding the update of the Compound Grants Program (CGP). The proposal suggests extending the budgeted $1.375 million Compound Grants Program (CGP) for an additional 12 months.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin announces the launch of the Grants Program Canvas, aimed at simplifying the creation of Web3 funding programs. The Gitcoin Grants Program Canvas is a free tool co-developed by Gitcoin and partners such as Arbitrum, Optimism, Uniswap, and Polygon. It adopts a visual and modular approach, taking on the complex task of planning grant programs and simplifying it into four key stages: Define, Design, Execute, and Learn.

ChainCatcher news, Pyth announced on social media that it has launched the Pyth Ecosystem Grants program, aimed at providing bounties for researchers and developers.It is reported that the bounties are offered through the Superteam platform, covering content such as adding methods to parse Pyth benchmark prices in Aptos contracts, creating dashboards for Pyth usage on EVM, Sui, and Aptos, etc.

ChainCatcher news, the Mina Foundation announced the launch of the Core Grants program on GitHub, aimed at supporting and incentivizing innovation in the Mina ecosystem. The program invites developers to share innovative ideas by submitting RFCs (Request for Comments). After community discussion and refinement, outstanding RFCs will enter the RFP (Request for Proposal) stage and receive development funding provided by the Mina Foundation. Funding directions include specific projects that advance ecosystem development, as well as support for the development, maintenance, and improvement of public goods related to the Mina protocol. Applicants can learn about all open funding opportunities through the Mina Foundation's project board and submit proposals as required. The Mina Foundation has also opened a dedicated channel on Discord for developers to communicate and discuss.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Ethereum client Nethermind will launch the Starknet Grants program, with a grant pool of 1 million dollars, which will be used to support applications and products on Starknet.It is reported that Nethermind will provide developers with grants ranging from 50,000 to 250,000 dollars to promote the development of the Starknet ecosystem with user-oriented innovative products.

ChainCatcher message, the Uniswap Foundation announced on platform X a grant of $1.2 million to Auditless to support protocol innovation. Auditless will receive funding for at least one year and will form a team to achieve its goals.With this grant, Auditless will create and operate the Protocol Grants Program, aimed at further creating value for all stakeholders by reducing execution costs and delays, and by exploring other opportunities to improve the core user experience of the protocol.The outcomes of Auditless's work will be protocol upgrades or complementary layers of the protocol stack, and it will also explore future opportunities for protocol expansion and improvement, which may extend to token issuance, routing, lending, and more.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the zkLink ecosystem developer Grants program has been launched, which will allocate 20 million ZKL (accounting for 2% of the total token supply) to promote innovation.The application period for Phase 1 (P1) is from March 11, 2024, to June 11, with successful applicants notified by June 15 at the latest. The application results will be announced at the end of each quarter.

ChainCatcher news, Layer2 network Base has announced the launch of Builder Grants on platform X, with rewards ranging from 1 to 5 ETH. This is a new type of funding aimed at those with early ideas or initial prototypes, and nominations are now open.Whether selected will depend on two factors: whether the project being built is unique and interesting, and whether it can bring more users to the chain.

ChainCatcher news, Layer1 public chain Iron Fish announced the launch of a community Grants program aimed at funding builders, creators, and researchers aligned with the vision of Iron Fish. Iron Fish specifically mentioned its particular interest in projects that can bridge Iron Fish with other blockchains. Currently, the application channel is open. It is reported that approved projects will not only receive financial support but also technical guidance and community promotion from Iron Fish.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official blog, the Ethereum Foundation announced the 2023 academic grant recipients and allocation information, having received over 250 applications and providing more than $2 million in funding to 43 projects across multiple categories from 21 countries. The categories of the awarded projects mainly include: cryptography, economics and MEV, execution layer, formal verification, P2P networks, security, society and regulation. (Source link)

Chain Catcher News, Ethereum modular blockchain Fuel developer Fuel Labs has launched the Fuel Grants Program, which will provide grants ranging from $10,000 to $150,000 to developers and creators based on Fuel. The specific categories include protocol development, applications and integrations, infrastructure, developer tools, audits, community (marketing and education), events, and hackathons. (Source link)