❓FAQ
Aave Grants DAO (AGD) is a community-led grants program that fosters community growth and innovation in the Aave ecosystem by serving as a gateway for teams building on top of Aave Pools or with GHO.
- Applications and integrations is a category for teams building an application on top of or integrating any aspect of the Aave protocol into their project.
- Code audits is a category for applicants that have built an integration or application on top of or using Aave protocol in some way and are looking for funds to help specifically with code audit costs.
- Committees & DAOs that serve Aave’s ecosystem is a category for start-up teams looking to contribute to the Aave ecosystem longer term or one-off initiatives that benefit the ecosystem (past examples would be Chaos Labs, Llama, Flipside Crypto, Butter).
- Community (marketing and educational) is a category for community and educational applications focused on growing the Aave ecosystem via courses, podcasts, newsletters, videos, or any other related means.
- Developer tooling is a category for teams building developer tooling or any related software infrastructure directly beneficial to developers building on Aave.
- Events / Hackathons / Sponsorships is a category for applications from any large to small event organizers looking to partner with or be sponsored by AGD.
- Protocol development is a category for applications looking to contribute or assist in the development of the Aave protocol in some way (these applications require having buy-in within Aave DAO or alignment with future developments).
- Other is a category for any application that doesn’t fall into one of the above categories but still contributes to the Aave ecosystem directly in some way.
Aave Labs by Avara built the Aave protocol and is a core contributor to the Aave DAO. AGD was established after the formation of the Aave DAO and is funded through governance proposal. AGD has gone on to make three additional proposals → renewal 1, renewal 2, and renewal 3.
We accept rolling applications throughout the year on our website.
No! We review applications on a rolling basis and announce new grantees once a month.
Not through AGD. Lens was built by Avara and you can check out their current programs to reward builders.
If you search your email for ‘Congratulations & AGD Next Steps’ then you can confirm that your application has been received. If you have not heard back after 1 month then you respond to the email and request an update.
Yes, you will hear back either way if your application is successful or not.
All the AGD Logo can be found in the following public Figma link and downloaded in your preferred format
Please use the ‘Aave Grants DAO’ branding (not Aave) and tag @AaveGrants on Twitter or Lens when sharing anything related to the grant.
Yes! The application process is the same, and you can indicate that it is in response to an idea listed on the website.
Once applications are submitted they cannot be edited. Please share any updates if you move on to the interview stage or if your application is not successful you can include them in an updated application.
You can fill in the form available at 📋 Claim subsequent payments! to notify us of your progress and claim further tranches of your grant!