# Proposal: DAO DeFi Grant Program **URL:** \ **Category:** Ecosystem Growth\ **Tags:** proposal\ **Created:** [February 20, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.scroll.io/t/proposal-dao-defi-grant-program/499 "2025-02-20T17:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![bitblondy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forum.scroll.io/bitblondy/32/42_2.png) [@bitblondy](https://forum.scroll.io/u/bitblondy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.scroll.io/t/proposal-dao-defi-grant-program/499/7 "2025-02-23T10:09:57Z")
Thanks for putting up the proposal, happy to see the first co-creation project ready! I agree with the general need for a grants program and support the DeFi focus. The draft seems well-thought-out, indicates a good cooperation between foundation and the DAOs, and has a reasonable budget / time plan. I especially concur with the section about continuous support, or as @danielo was pointing out, extend the part about non-financial support. Charmverse is a good grant application management tool as well. Do I understand correctly, that the payouts will be milestone-based, and these will be agreed on during the application process? I do think that’s a good balance between proactive and retroactive rewards. As @Shinya_Mori mentioned, we should have a focus on following up with the grantees and measuring impact though. As for the operational cost, the 200k (~ 10%) are allocated for the review committee, and the part covered by the foundation is not funded extra? The hours that go in there speak to a rather high review standard. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.scroll.io/t/proposal-dao-defi-grant-program/499)._