Grants
As an open source project, grants channel ecosystem talent towards Sia’s growth goals.
Process
The Sia Foundation administers our global grants program to advance research, development, tooling, and other projects that grow and strengthen the ecosystem. Below, you’ll find details on grant requirements, the submission process, and how applications are evaluated.
- Luke Champine, Co-founder & Blockchain Researcher
- Nate Maninger, President
- Chris Schinnerl, Head of Engineering
- Manasi, former Sia ecosystem employee
- Mike76, Sia contributor
- Redsolver, Sia contributor
Review grant guidelines.
The Grants Committee convenes every two weeks to review new proposals, existing grants, and completed project outcomes. These are general guidelines for different grant sizes and can help you determine what level of funding to request. Before you begin, confirm that your project makes you eligible to receive a grant from the Sia Foundation.
Cross-check against evaluation rubric.
The Grants Committee reviews all proposals and evaluates them based on the following criteria:
- Mission Alignment: Does the proposal address a recognized need in the developer or user community? Is the need consistent with The Sia Foundation’s mission of "user-owned data"?
- Proposal Organization: Are the goals and objectives clearly written? Can the desired outcomes be easily tracked?
- Potential Impact: Will the successful execution of this project make a meaningful impact on the decentralized storage sector, data privacy community in general, and the Sia community in particular?
- Technical Feasibility: Is the project feasible and the risk reasonable for the timeline provided?
- Team Capabilities: Is it clear that the applying individual or organization has the technical capabilities to deliver on their proposal?
- Budget Justification: How well does the applicant justify the budget? Is the budget aligned with the technical difficulty and potential impact of the project?
Submit your proposal.
Include all required details directly in the form used. If key information is linked externally, you’ll be asked to add it to the post for archival purposes.
Grant Ideas
The Sia community is eager to see these projects built. Interested? Join us on Discord to discuss your proposal.
Benchmarking Tools
With the release of hostd, there’s new opportunity to improve how we measure and rate host performance. Share your proposal for tools that identify reliable, high-performing hosts.
Host Monitoring Tools
Even with 3X redundancy, Sia hosts need to be running around the clock. Share your proposal for tools that monitor node status and send automatic alerts when a host goes offline.