Near Protocol
DevHub Grants
active
09 Aug, 22 - TBA
Near Protocol is a high-performance, sharded, and scalable layer-1 blockchain designed to provide a highly accessible developer and user experience. NEAR DevHub is the ecosystem's decentralized coordination platform offering ongoing grants and bounties specifically tailored for developer tooling, open-source contributions, and infrastructure growth. This continuous funding initiative operates on a proposal-based model, empowering builders to define their scope, budget, and milestones. Since its evolution from NEAR Developer Governance, the program has disbursed numerous microgrants and task-specific bounties ranging from minor fixes to substantial open-source toolkits. Participants are rewarded in NEAR, USDC, or USDT directly on the mainnet upon successful sponsor approval and task completion.
Near Protocol - DevHub Grants Overview
How to join Near Protocol - DevHub Grants?
The NEAR DevHub operates as a rolling grants and bounty ecosystem where contributors must submit a formal project application detailing their timeline, defined budget, and NEAR wallet address prior to commencing any work. Opportunities are hosted directly on the NEARN platform, allowing developers to browse open sponsorships and bounties filtered by categories such as DevTools, Content, or Public Goods.
Funding is allocated individually based on approved community proposals, with historic prize pools scaling from small 25 NEAR micro-tasks up to 6,000 USDC grants for heavy infrastructure like Kotlin and Swift RPC clients. Additionally, the initiative actively co-sponsors ecosystem hackathons, such as the NEAR Horizon event which featured over $25,000 in total prizes and distributed $10,000 in HZN credits to top projects. Payouts for all standard platform bounties are disbursed securely on the NEAR mainnet in NEAR, USDC, or USDT after sponsor confirmation and community feedback.
Step-by-step Guide
Navigate to the NEARN portal and sign in using Google, email, or your NEAR wallet.
Browse the open bounties and sponsorships, filtering by categories like DevTools or Public Goods.
Select a project, read the requirements, and submit a formal application detailing your timeline and requested budget.
Await sponsor approval on your submitted proposal before beginning any development work.
Complete the required deliverables and receive your approved funding directly to your submitted NEAR mainnet wallet address.