Kava Grants Q1 2020
Accelerating growth of the Kava ecosystem.
We’re thrilled to announce that $1,158,500 USD has been allocated for the Q1 2020 grants.
Start Date for Q1 Application Period: January 15th 2020
Final Deadline for Q1 Applications: February 15th 2020
Kava Grants is a primary tools to support key contributors of the Kava ecosystem: its primary role is to facilitate the development of the platform and allocate resources into entities, projects, and initiatives that will help accelerate Kava’s adoption and encourage it’s long-term sustainability. Kava Grants welcomes proposals for the following categories:
Research & Education
Research and education about Kava’s platform and its related technologies may lead to important innovations, implementations, and insights that will enable our community to better navigate the fast changing world of DeFi and blockchain. Kava Grants aim to support economic research, technology research, and a variety of education initiatives such as training and documentation so that Kava’s community can be empowered to grow as it needs to.
List of Q1 topics, which is not exhaustive, but provides an idea of what types of deliverables will get funded in this period.
- Risk analysis frameworks for new collateral assets on Kava
- Educational material and content
- Documentation and/or translation/localization of documentation
- Code review and security audits
- CDP module audits
- Token economics and mechanism design
Software Development
Funding development initiatives both expands the bounds of Kava’s capabilities and accelerates Kava’s go-to-market time. We aim to support a wide variety of development initiatives including the development of new tools for Kava’s users to interact with the platform, integrations with applications, development of new applications, implementation of bridges or pegging mechanism so that new assets can enter the Kava platform, smart contract/code audits, as well as other areas.
List of Q1 topics, not exhaustive, but provides an idea of what types of deliverables will get funded in this period.
- Interfaces to Kava platform
- New implementations of bridges/pegs for collateral assets into Kava
- New tools to interact with Kava platform
- New applications and integrations to the Kava Platform or USDX (wallets, exchanges, etc.)
- Oracle software
- State channels applications
- Deployment tooling
- Monitoring tools
- Governance interfaces
Community Programs
Many people and organizations make up the growing community of Kava. With community grants we aim to enable growth initiatives, empower community leaders, content creators, and support others that are making meaningful contributions to the health of our community. In addition we will be funding various incentive programs to drive adoption of the Kava platform.
List of Q1 topics, not exhaustive, but provides an idea of what types of deliverables will get funded in this period.
- Articles and content
- Community development
- Events & meet-ups
- Hackathons
- USDX Incentives
Other Initiatives
Kava Grants welcomes proposals that aim to advance the project, drive adoption, and grow the community even if the scope may not fit with the categories outlined above.
Example of Q1 topics, not exhaustive.
- Markets & liquidity initiatives
- New DeFi businesses & applications
- Incubator and innovation programs
Conclusion
Are you interested to learn more about the Kava funding process?
$1,158,500 is up for grabs via Kava Grants in Q1 2020. Check out our evergreen Kava Grants page with all the details HERE and apply for Q1 funding NOW!
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