# UniLend Grants Program

Using our network and grants, we are creating and strengthening the community to build along with UniLend to foster DeFi ecosystem and truly innovate the space. The current grant proposals are receiving a wide variety of support from the alliance members including strategic integrations, audits, market making, exchange listings and grant opportunities.

> [Our announcement  - UniLend offering $1 Million Grants Program](https://unilend.medium.com/calling-all-buidlers-unilend-establishes-a-1-000-000-ecosystem-grant-program-to-accelerate-38544dbf2019)

#### **We created the UniLend Grants program to...**

* **Reward** ongoing & existing contributions that add great value to the UniLend ecosystem
* **Seed** the creation of new products, businesses and tools to increase the utility of DeFi

#### Program Benefits

* **Milestone Grants:** Receive capital with grant sizes awarded based on the quality of your team, vision, execution, and community involvement.
* **VC Introductions:** Connect with leading venture capital firms that could participate in subsequent funding rounds.
* **Technical Support:** Receive technical assistance from knowledgeable and responsive Solana developers.
* **Recruiting Assistance:** Grow your team by accessing an exclusive pool of top engineering and business operations talent.
* **Marketing and Design Help:** Tap into an exclusive pool of top engineering and business operations talent.
* **Governance:** Receive the guidance of topic matter experts to build a true governance project

#### **What we’re looking for**

* Bots for arbitrage hunting
* Interface for flash loan accessibility for a billion DeFi users

#### **Grant details**

Grants will widely range depending on project requirement and will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

* The status and progress of the team’s MVP (or previous projects).
* The execution capability of the team (or individual).— The extent and use of UniLend Protocol features.
* The benefit the project provides to UniLend ecosystem participants (e.g. lenders, borrowers, LEND holders, etc).
* Potential for the project’s longevity and /or business viability.
* The efficiency of the capital / grant usage.

Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis and may involve milestone based payments.

Besides the details already mentioned, there are no strings attached. Your code and IP remains yours.

#### How to apply?

To apply for a grant, send a short email to hello@unilend.finance with the following details:

1. Names and links of your team members (e.g. twitter/linkedIn/etc).
2. Role or specialty of each member (e.g. full stack dev, solidity dev, community manager).
3. Describe what you are building in 1–3 sentences.
4. Describe how this contributes to the UniLend Ecosystem or how it helps DeFi ecosystem participants (in 1–3 sentences).
5. Describe how you will ensure your project’s viability / turn it into a business (in 1–3 sentences).
6. Describe the grant size you are requesting and why (in 1–3 sentences). Note: lower grant amounts are preferred and show how efficient you can be with the capital.
7. Any links to your MVP, source code, or previous projects.

We will get back to you within 14 days of receiving your email to either request more information, or give you a decision on your grant application.

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