Grants Program

We are excited to launch the Obol Grants Program. After a successful pilot wave that supported several meaningful initiatives, we’re doubling down on our commitment to ecosystem growth.

If you're curious about what we funded in the past, check out our Grants Pilot Wrap-Up blog post. It includes full context and direct links to our Questbook portal where you can browse the funded projects and on-chain disbursement records.

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Purpose

The Obol Grants Program supports projects that advance the strategic goals of the Obol. The goal is to:

• Provide milestone-based funding to builders aligned with our goals

• Offer a standardized and permissionless framework for educators and event organizers to run impactful Obol-focused community events & workshops

• Enable technical contributors to pick up open-source missions from our backlog

This program exists to extend the reach of the Collective: helping us ship faster, strengthen adoption of Distributed Validators (DVs), other important Obol technology, and empower contributors globally.

Structure

The Grants Program is organized into three distinct Grant Tracks:

Staking Mastery Program

• For contributors applying to work on any of the Obol Collective 2025 SQUAD Goals

• This track revives the original Staking Mastery Program. I will now be running on a rolling basis to support research and technical contributions that advance distributed staking

• Open application process with milestone-based disbursement

Community Events & Workshops

• For anyone hosting Obol-focused workshops, meetups or onboarding sessions

• Permissionless structure, funded retroactively based on proof of attendance and impact

Open Strategic Missions

• Pre-scoped, technical tasks created by Obol

• Contributors can apply to complete these missions for funding

Before applying, make sure to check the detailed sub-page for each grant track by clicking on its title above. These pages outline specific requirements, proof formats, and payout logic for each track.

Review Timeline

All submitted applications (regardless of track) will receive an initial response within 7 business days, with one of the following statuses:

• ✅ Accepted — You’re good to start

• ❌ Declined — Not aligned with our current priorities

• 💬 Needs Discussion — We’d like to refine scope, budget, or timeline with you

Funding & Disbursement

• All budgets are discussed in USD terms

• Disbursements are made in OBOL tokens, calculated at the time of milestone approval or delivery

• Payments can be one-shot or broken into milestones, depending on scope

Transparency & Communication

• Every funded grant will be published publicly on Questbook along with the detailed milestones and on-chain funding transactions. You can find links to the relevant Questbook pages for each grant track in their dedicated sub-pages.

• Projects will be highlighted periodically through:

• Obol’s official social channels (Twitter, Discord)

• Grant recap blog posts & newsletters

• Grantees may be asked to publish short public recaps for visibility

Ready to get started? You can learn more about each track by visiting the dedicated pages.