Fuel Your Innovation

Apply for a developer grant from the Sui Foundation

Sui Foundation Developer Grant Program

The Sui Foundation funds developers building natively on Sui as part of its mission to steward the growth and adoption of the network. Projects must provide long-term utility to the Sui ecosystem and community to be considered.

The Sui Foundation determines the grant size based on application quality and the size of the opportunity. Grants range from $10-100K USD, with payments disbursed based on achieving agreed-upon milestones.

Guidelines
Grant application
Anyone can apply for a grant, including individuals, independent teams, nonprofits, and companies.
Open source
Proposal must be for an open source project.
Application questionnaire
Proposals must be submitted through our application questionnaire.
Anytime
Proposals can be submitted at any time, but announcements of grantees will be done in waves.
Identity verification
Applicants will be required to pass an identity verification and sanctions screening process if they are selected for a grant.
Suggested themes and project types

Censorship and Governance

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  • Censorship and State Resistant Content
  • Decentralized Documents
  • Decentralized Lists
  • Decentralized Signing and Verification
  • Voting and Governance

Commerce and Digital Goods

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  • Auctions
  • Consumption-Based NFTs
  • Coupons
  • Goods Marketplace
  • Ratings and Reviews
  • Rebates
  • Referrals
  • Loyalty Programs
  • Streaming Rewards
  • Tickets
  • Time-Released Gift Cards
  • Tokenized Influence

Data and Legal

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  • Decentralized Data Repository
  • Digital Identity
  • Encrypted Personal Data (e.g. Activity, Health, Traffic)
  • Internet of Things
  • Job Listings
  • Legal Contracts
  • Proof of Existence (e.g. Certificates, Degrees, Legal Ownership)

Developer Tools

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  • SDK
  • Simulators
  • Test Framework
  • Internet of Things

Finance

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  • Aggregated Liquidity
  • Bridges
  • Decentralized Exchanges
  • Derivatives
  • Fiat On/Off-Ramps
  • Lending, Collateralized
  • Lending, Under/Un-Collateralized
  • Liquid Staking
  • Oracles
  • Order books
  • Price Quotes
  • Risk Management

Gaming

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  • Decentralized Lottery
  • Leaderboard
  • Quest System
  • Random Number Generator
  • Tournament

Payments

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  • Confidential P2P Transactions
  • Cross-Border Payments
  • Digital Remittances
  • Humanitarian Aid
  • Merchant Tooling & Adoption
  • P2P Transactions

Productivity

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  • Personal Password Manager

Social

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  • Chat Rooms
  • Forums
  • Governance Records
  • Public Bulletin Boards
  • Social Media

Tokenization

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  • Creator Tools
  • Location NFTs/Data
  • Minting Tools
  • Off-Chain Tokenization
  • User-Generated NFTs
Frequently asked questions

Who’s eligible?

Anyone can apply for a grant, including individuals, teams, nonprofits, and companies.

What type of projects get funded?

Project must be open source and provide long-term utility to the Sui ecosystem and community.

What size are the grants?

Grants range from $10-100K USD, with payments disbursed based on achieving agreed-upon milestones.

How do I apply?

Complete our online application.

What projects have already received grants?

Check out our past grant recipients.

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