Grant programs


Funding Categories

The Uniswap Foundation provides critical support and grants funding to accelerate the teams shaping tomorrow’s onchain economies.

Empowering builders to push boundaries.

Infrastructure

Comprehensive audits and community-driven security initiatives.

Security

Resilient governance models and mechanics.

Governance

Grants Funding Approach

A long term commitment to funding ambitious projects that will shape the DeFi ecosystem for years to come.  

Grants Spotlight

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The Uniswap Hook Incubator is an immersive, cohort-based program designed to guide developers through every stage of launching a hook. UHI has attracted over 1,200 applicants; onboarding more than 400 new Uniswap developers.

Atrium Academy

Grants Spotlight

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TLDR fills a crucial gap in DeFi: empowering engineers, academics, and students to explore new research and develop practical implementations. Led by DeFi's top researchers, the program combines elite mentorship and funding with an annual conference.

TLDR

Grants Spotlight

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Through a grant committed to Butter in October 2024, the Uniswap Foundation is testing futarchy as a governance mechanism, marking a significant step forward in decentralized decision-making.

Butter

2024 Funded Grants

Infrastructure

Unichain Infrastructure Support

Security

v4 Audits

Governance

Governance Committee Legal Entity Exploration