Intro

• Do you want to leave a mark on the Stacks and Bitcoin-fueled user-owned internet by building, creating or researching something of incredible value to the community, but don’t have the funding to do so?
• Well, The Stacks Open Internet Foundation provides support for developers, designers, community leaders, and more through various types of grants.
• The core mission of the Stacks Foundation is to fund software development and research efforts related to Stacks and Bitcoin.
• The core mission of the Stacks Foundation Grants Program is to fund new and novel, open-source technology and research related to Stacks and Bitcoin.
• In this video, we will go over the process of requesting funding via the Stacks Foundation Grants Program.

Grants Launchpad - Preamble

• You will Start by heading over to the Stacks Foundation Grants Launchpad at grants.stacks.org.
• The Launchpad is our application pipeline. This is where you will start your grants journey.
• Now, while you might be tempted to jump right into submitting an application, you will first check out the Grants Github Repo. This is where the majority of the activity takes place after you submit an application. Its also the best place to learn about all of the finer details of the process.
• We’re Just gonna click Visit Github Repo to get there!

Repo 1 - 👀 Watch and ⭐️ Star

• Now that we are here, The first thing you need to do is Watch and Star the repo.
  • Watching will enable all notifications for the repo. That way you will know when new grant applications have been submitted and commented on.
  • Starring makes the repo easy for you to find in your favorites, but more importantly helps devs across Github more easily find and trust the Grants Github Repo.

Repo 1 - Overview

• Now let’s give you a quick overview of the Grants Repo. It’s important to note that the Grants Github Repo uses Github’s default Navigation.