TON Foundation actively supports teams and projects that enrich TON Ecosystem, whether by improving its core infrastructure, introducing innovative use cases, or making it more developer-friendly.
Available support initiatives are of two kinds - Grants and Bounties. The Grants program is focused on providing milestone based financial support to teams and projects building comprehensive, full-fledged products, while the Bounties program serves as a community driven improvement suggestions and offers quick financial rewards for individual tasks such as contributions to development tools, educational content, and community resources.
Our grants program is dedicated to support teams and projects that build full-fledged products:
- Open-source technical projects
- Unique commercial use cases with a compelling value proposition
- Integration with other ecosystems' players, promoting collaboration and interoperability
An overview of existing TON projects can be found in TON Ecosystem Map. You might be also interested to get familiar with our areas of interest - list of categories and types of projects we would potentially be interested in providing grant support to.
On our Questbook page, you'll find both a comprehensive list of submitted grant proposals and a form to submit your own application. Please review the Grants Program Guidelines and Common Pitfalls thoroughly before submitting your proposal.
❗️ Note for game developers: We are actively supporting the gaming landscape on TON Ecosystem. Our core support in this field is channeled through our specialized GameFi center, which provides technical support, marketing aid, and investment opportunities. In case your grant proposal was rejected - you might be still eligible for the support from GameFi center.
Telegram Web Apps is a new approach for businesses to engage with audiences through a convenient user interface, offering a user-friendly experience directly within Telegram. We encourage and support developers building within the Telegram Web3 Ecosystem. Our grants program is meant to support projects that utilize Web3 infrastructure based on TON Blockchain, with examples like @wallet, Wallet Pay, and TON Connect.
Get familiar with program guidelines and submit a proposal.
Our Bounties program is an open community initiative that is fast-forwarding support for valuable contributions:
- Contributions to Developers and Community Tools
- Educational materials creation
- Enhancing documentation and other community resources
There are 2 ways to participate in Bounties program:
- Execute a bounty tasks. Explore approved suggestions that need of execution and get a reward for successful implementation.
- Propose a bounty task. Publish your suggestion, and if the community deems it valuable, we'll connect it with a community member willing to execute it. Upon completion, we'll provide the necessary funding as a reward.
Learn more about the process on Bounties Program Guidelines page.
❗️Note about Dev Tooling category Development of smartcontracts that have hign demand and can be reused by numerous teams and developers are eligible for the Dev Tooling category.
We truly appreciate our community contributors. As a token of our gratitude, bounties program contributors receive a spot in the Hall of Fame and an exclusive TON Footsteps SBT.
There is a big history behind our bounties program. TON Footsteps title for the honorable SBT is inherited from the historical name of our bounties program - TON Footsteps. We were used to call those community contributions "Footsteps" as they are actuall small steps on a big journey of our great TON Ecosystem. Don't miss your chance to become part of this history!