About Gear Foundation Grants
A non-profit organization dedicated to the growth, security and community of the Vara Ecosystem through providing research support, education and community engagement.
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Gear Foundation WebsitePurpose and Mission
The Gear Foundation Grants Program supports project development, growth and innovation across the Vara ecosystem by providing financial aid and project support.
Gear Foundation grantees will have the opportunity to enhance ecosystem growth while receiving benefits for project development.
Program Benefits
Financial Support
Developer Tools
Technical Support
Strategic Advisory
Process
Application
Provide details on how your project contributes to the Vara ecosystem, typically through creative development ideas on the network or unlocking new use-cases.
E.g: increased network/network operator adoption, dApp development and integrations, community engagement
- Grants are milestone-based. Applications should include suggested milestones for funding
Review
- The Foundation Grant Committee reviews applications on a rolling basis. You can expect to hear back within 4-6 weeks. The majority of grants for accepted applicants will be in the amount of $10-$30k, but there may be opportunities for larger grants in the future.
- You may be contacted to set up an interview with our reviewing committee to address specific questions or provide additional information.
- Business review includes: contribution to the Vara ecosystem, competitive analysis, roadmap, use of funds, team experience
- Technical review includes: ecosystem analysis, resourcing requirements, financial projections
Decision
- Applicants will be notified via email with a decision on their submission.
Onboarding
- The Gear Foundation will schedule an onboarding meeting and you will be put in touch with a technical point of contact to help you throughout the development process.
- You will be briefed on all relevant legal and funding aspects of the grant.
Ongoing Support
- The Gear Foundation will check on a regular basis to provide help and support.
Engagement
- As soon as your project is launched, Gear will inform the community in relevant social channels. Additional marketing support may be also provided.
Request for proposals (RFPs)
Gaming projects
Game creators have realized the benefits of Gear Protocol's technology and increasingly use it as one of the essential parts of their game architecture creating a truly decentralized, completely on-chain, highly automated game experience. Since Vara network transactions are very fast and cheap, it’s a perfect fit for highly loaded gaming applications with a huge number of transactions.
RFPs: 5
Gaming projects
Game creators have realized the benefits of Gear Protocol's technology and increasingly use it as one of the essential parts of their game architecture creating a truly decentralized, completely on-chain, highly automated game experience. Since Vara network transactions are very fast and cheap, it’s a perfect fit for highly loaded gaming applications with a huge number of transactions.
Develop blockchain mobile games
Open
Develop blockchain mobile games
Games on blockchain
Open
Games on blockchain
Telegram gaming and token wallet
Open
Telegram gaming and token wallet
Telegram Game, Analog to Flappy Bird
Open
Telegram Game, Analog to Flappy Bird
Blockchain sandbox game
Open
Blockchain sandbox game
DeFi
DeFi encompasses projects focused on creating decentralized financial services that use blockchain technology to ensure accessibility, transparency, and security of financial transactions. The importance of DeFi lies in offering an alternative to traditional banking systems, allowing users to earn, store, and transfer funds without intermediaries.
RFPs: 6
DeFi
DeFi encompasses projects focused on creating decentralized financial services that use blockchain technology to ensure accessibility, transparency, and security of financial transactions. The importance of DeFi lies in offering an alternative to traditional banking systems, allowing users to earn, store, and transfer funds without intermediaries.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure projects focus on developing core components of blockchain networks, such as nodes, validators, and APIs. These projects are essential for the stable and efficient operation of blockchain networks and lay the foundation for all other types of blockchain applications.
RFPs: 10
Infrastructure
Infrastructure projects focus on developing core components of blockchain networks, such as nodes, validators, and APIs. These projects are essential for the stable and efficient operation of blockchain networks and lay the foundation for all other types of blockchain applications.
Tooling
This category includes projects aimed at creating tools for developers that simplify the building, testing, and deployment of blockchain applications. These projects are crucial for supporting and developing the blockchain ecosystem, making development accessible and efficient.
RFPs: 5
Tooling
This category includes projects aimed at creating tools for developers that simplify the building, testing, and deployment of blockchain applications. These projects are crucial for supporting and developing the blockchain ecosystem, making development accessible and efficient.
Other
This category covers projects that do not directly fit into the aforementioned categories but have the potential to make a significant contribution to the blockchain ecosystem. These could be innovative solutions in identification, healthcare, education, and other sectors.
RFPs: 2
Other
This category covers projects that do not directly fit into the aforementioned categories but have the potential to make a significant contribution to the blockchain ecosystem. These could be innovative solutions in identification, healthcare, education, and other sectors.
The areas noted above are only examples - all projects falling under the broader scope of the Gear Foundation's mission are welcome to apply.
Gear Foundation's resource facilitation does not create any ownership or intellectual property interest in participating projects.
