The Ethereum Foundation is delighted to announce the 2025 Academic Grants Round, an initiative dedicated to advancing cutting-edge academic research that strengthens and expands the Ethereum ecosystem.
Building on the success of the previous two rounds in 2023 and 2024, this year, the foundation welcome proposals across a wide range of disciplines, including Economics & Game Theory, Theoretical and Applied Cryptography, Consensus and Protocol Design, Networking & P2P, Client Engineering, Security, Formal Verification, and the Humanities.
Through this effort, we aim to empower researchers to explore new frontiers and deliver impactful work that propels Ethereum forward.
In 2024, the foundation received an incredible 300 applications, from 25 different countries, highlighting the global academic community’s increasing engagement with Ethereum.
The breadth and quality of these submissions were truly impressive. This year, the foundation aim to build on that success by welcoming even more researchers and institutions worldwide to participate.
The foundation seeks proposals that align with our wishlist but also introduce fresh perspectives and innovative approaches.
Ethereum Foundation encourages researchers to take inspiration from the wishlist while thinking creatively about how their work can make meaningful contributions to the Ethereum ecosystem.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must produce formal academic research
- Research output must be open-access with a free and permissive license
What is not eligible
- Anything that is not legal within the jurisdiction where the work is taking place
- Financial products and services (trading platforms, investment products, stablecoins, lending or betting platforms, etc.)
- Art projects or social impact projects that don’t fit within the scope of this round
- Projects requesting retroactive funding
- Projects with a planned token launch or public funding round
Criteria for Selection
Applications are selected for funding on a case-by-case basis. You may submit more than one application as long as each proposal is unique and meets the requirements and goals of this round.
Submissions will be reviewed using the following considerations. Note: depending on the proposal, some criteria might not be applicable:
- Impact of the proposed research output
- Quality of work and experience of the research team
- Clarity, conciseness, and organization of the proposal
- Contribution to the wishlist areas
- Potential of long-term involvement in the Ethereum ecosystem
- Analyses of visualizations that help a non-technical audience gain insight into the research
How to Apply
Click here to begin your application. Deadline for submission is Sunday, March 16, 2025.
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