Polygon Community Grants Program
Polygon DAO-approved grants distributing approximately 100M POL tokens annually over 10 years for Web3 projects on Polygon.
About this program
Polygon's Community Grants Program is a DAO-approved initiative that will release one billion POL tokens over 10 years, distributing approximately 100 million POL tokens annually, to support builders, teams, and creators growing the Polygon ecosystem. The program funds projects across DeFi, gaming, identity, infrastructure, and AI on Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, and chains built with Polygon CDK. Grants are administered through the Polygon Village portal and complementary quadratic funding rounds (BUIDL on Polygon, zkBuilder Decentralized Grants).
Eligibility
Web3 developers, startups, and creators building applications, tooling, or ecosystem resources on Polygon networks. Open globally including U.S. applicants.
Requirements
- Visit Polygon Village at polygon.technology/village/grants
- Submit application via the appropriate grant track
- Provide project description, team, technical plan, milestones, and budget