The Grant Guide
Every microgrant worth knowing.
Someone out there wants to fund your passion project. Here are 41 grants and fellowships that back solo builders — real amounts, real deadlines, and reviews from the people who won them. Ours is on the list too.
The directory
Find the check that fits.
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Focus:
| PROGRAM | AMOUNT | FOCUS | REVIEWS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo GrantOURS | $100–$1,000 | Builders · Founders | ▶ 2 |
 Emergent Ventures | $1k-$50k | Founders · Builders · Non-Profits | ▶ 3 |
 1517 Fund Medici Grant | $1k | Builders | ▶ 3 |
 776 Fellowship | $100k | Founders · Builders | — |
 OSV Fellowship | $100k | Founders · Builders | — |
| ACX Grants | $1,000-100,000 | Founders · Builders · Non-Profits | — |
 Adamnite Microgrants | $1k | Founders · Builders | — |
 Afore Grants | $1k | Founders · Builders | — |
 Alya Capital | $100-$500 | Builders | — |
 Atomic Fellowship | $4,000 | Founders · Builders · Non-Profits | — |
 Awesome Foundation Grants | $1,000 | Builders · Non-Profits | — |
 Bagel Fund | $100-$500 | Builders | ▶ 2 |
 Believe Fellowship | $1,000-$100,000 | Builders · Founders · Non-Profits | — |
 Cactus Capital | $100 | Builders · Founders · Non-Profits | ▶ 2 |
 Compound Reverie Grants | $500 - $7,500 | Tech · Research · Creative | — |
 Dojo Grants | $8k | Builders · Non-Profits | — |
 Eclipse Grants | $5k | Founders · Builders | — |
 EVM Capital | $100-$600 | Builders | ▶ 2 |
 Feather Grants | $200 | Builders | — |
 Formidable Fund | $1k | Founders · Builders | — |
 Inflection Grants | $2k | Founders · Builders | — |
 Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship | $50k+ | Builders | — |
 Kothari Fellowship | $15k | Builders · Founders | — |
 Lift Off Grant | $100 | — | — |
 Magnificent Grants | $10k | Founders · Builders · Non-Profits | — |
 Narisetti Grants | $100-$1,000 | Builders | — |
 Nautilus | 3mo of living expenses | Founders · Builders | — |
 Non-Trivial Fellowship | $2k-$10k | Builders | — |
 OSV Grants | $10,000 | Builders | — |
 Protostars | $50k | Builders | — |
 Schmidt Science Fellows | $110k | Builders | — |
 Sean's Grant | $1k | Builders | — |
 Slavin Family Foundation Fellowship | $4k | Builders | — |
 Solana Grants | $2k-$10k | Founders · Builders | ▶ 1 |
 Soma Scholars | $30,000 | Builders | — |
 Sui Foundation Grants | $10 - $100K | Founders · Builders | — |
 Thiel Fellowship | $100k | Founders · Builders | — |
 Time Initiative Fellowship | $8k | Builders | — |
 Trelis AI Grants | $500 | Builders · Founders | — |
 Unitary | $4,000 | Builders · Research | — |
 Éire Ventures | $500 | Builders | — |
Recipient reviews
Take it from the funded.
Review · Ryan Morrissey
Review · Aaryan Harshith
Review · Ari Dutilh
Essential guides
Read before you apply.
Essential guide
How to Write a Winning Microgrant Application
The budget, the interview, and the one thing reviewers actually respond to. What we've learned from reading thousands of applications.
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