# AirGap Grants research

The following projects have been research if they are candidates to apply for a grant for Airgap.

| Name | Type (EVM, Substrate, Cosmos etc) | Has open grant program suited for airgap |Comments | Apply |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |-------- | -------- |
|Aleph Zero|Substrate based|yes, https://alephzero.org/ecosystem-funding-program |We did propose|yes, we did but were declined|
| Avalanche | Own thing | Not really, they currently fund subnet projects. And with Blizzard they are looking to fund DeFi platforms | Low chances atm | No |
|BNB|EVM|not really, but has whislists: https://www.bnbchain.org/en/developers/developer-programs/builder-grant|Maybe check what we can do for them|maybe|
|Bifrost Network|EVM|Yes, bot only for DeFi platforms|rather small (and weird)|No|
|Cartesi|L2 solution for EVM based chains|yes, but not suited. |all interactions with L2 go through the L1 which could be Ethereum, Optimism etc. Cartesi token is a ERC-20 on Ethereum. There's nothing we can serve them|No|
|Celestia|Cosmos/Modular|no grant program found yet|would be easy to integrate|as soon as we see a program|
|Chainlink|EVM|yes: https://chain.link/community/grants#apply-for-a-grant|Maybe to do a native integration|Maybe|
|Dfinity / ICP|own thing|yes, also RFPs: https://github.com/dfinity/grant-rfps/blob/main/requests-for-startups.md|Airgap is integrated|Maybe cooperate for other stuff|
|Filecoin|Own thing|https://grants.filecoin.io/|Increased complexity because they have their own thing|maybe|
|Flow|Own thing|yes, https://github.com/onflow/developer-grants|Tricky to integrate, no key derivation, wallet provider pay start fee for wallet openers|no|
|Linea|EVM L2|Nope, they only have an investors program with coaching etc|Would be easy to integrate, but no funding program for development|no|
|LIT Protocol|just a middleware|not for airgap, but the have RFPs: https://github.com/orgs/LIT-Protocol/projects/2/views/1|for papers, not airgap||
|Osmosis|Cosmos|yes, https://grants.osmosis.zone/|They also have RFPs: https://grants.osmosis.zone/request-for-proposals|we did submit for airgap?(nik)|
|Secret Network|Cosmos|yes, https://scrt.network/developers/grants|we could also build other stuff for them, see https://scrt.network/grant-application-ideas|we did apply|
|Solana|own thing|yes, https://solana.org/grants|As it's not one of the known types, integration might come with complexity and difficulties|maybe|
|Starknet|L2 over Ethereum|No open grant program atm|would probably be suited for integration|try to reach out via direct contacts|

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check these pages:

general RFP page: https://blockworks.co/grants
general: https://www.blockchaingrants.org/
Optimism RFPs: https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/ecosystem-contributions/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22Foundation+Mission+%28RFP%29%22
Atom Accelerator: https://www.atomaccelerator.com/
web3 Foundation RFPs: https://grants.web3.foundation/docs/rfps
velas grants: https://docs.velas.com/grants
Prezenti grant fund for Celo: https://prezenti.xyz/info
Celo: https://celo.org/grants-application-process
zcash community grants: https://zcashcommunitygrants.org/
graph: https://thegraph.com/ecosystem/grants/
Stacks: https://grants.stacks.org/
ESP: https://esp.ethereum.foundation/
dfinity: https://github.com/dfinity/grant-rfps/blob/main/requests-for-startups.md#bitcoin-backed-stablecoin?ref=blockworks&ref=blockworks