Grants Framework & Funding Applications

Background

The marketing committee and comments in the Discord thread seem to be fully behind a PR and marketing campaign to support the launch of the $UP token on a couple of new CEXs this summer which I have been working on in coordination with the Unlock Foundation in the coming months and expansion into Korea and South Asia as our next strategic move to help support volume on those exchanges and bring more building on top of Unlock Protocol.

I’ve identified the grants to go after and I’m proposing that I create a more structured framework around grant writing, tracking and reporting for the protocol that anyone can work with in the future, as outlined here.

Unlock Funding Opportunities* (comments open) Unlock Protocol Grant Application Framework (comments open)

*These are not the only grants we can go after, just a good place to start.

Benefits

• DAO Treasury is not depleted by our marketing push.

• $UP token launched on new exchanges is fully supported.

• More visibility on Unlock Protocol in those ecosystems we are pulling grants from.

Risks

Payments are made after work is completed for framework and funds are received on grants, so no real risk.

Timeline and Implementation

• All applications should be made in the next 3 months
• Execution within the next year.
• Once implemented we won't stop identifying and applying for new grants available to us.
• Some grants we know will be coming, but we don't have timelines on yet.

Resources

0.5 ETH tokens for creation of a framework in the Unlock Protocol DAO Charmverse which can be used by anyone in the future to apply for grants. Paid on completion of the framework, see attached outline above.

10% of grant money receipts into the DAO Treasury by my efforts.

This just serves as a guide, feel free to give it your own twist but remember other people in Unlock DAO need to be able to understand what your intentions are.