LogoLogo
projectcatalyst.io
  • 🚀WELCOME TO PROJECT CATALYST
    • What is Project Catalyst
    • Getting started
    • Catalyst Team Deliverables
      • Show & Tell Demos
  • 📖CURRENT FUND
    • Fund basics
      • Fund timeline
      • Fund parameters
      • Fund Rules
      • Project Catalyst Terms and Conditions
        • Legal & Treasury Details
        • Catalyst FC Privacy Policy
        • Catalyst FC Personal Data Consent
        • DMCA FAQ Catalyst
    • Proposal submission
      • Scoring guidance for the Proposer
      • Proposal submission Guide
      • Additional Guidance
      • Cardano Partners
        • Cardano Partners shortlist
    • Community Review
      • How to become a Community Reviewer?
      • Community Reviewer Levels
      • Community Review - Submission process (LV0 and LV1)
      • Community Review Process
      • Scoring rubric and guiding questions
      • Community Moderation Process
      • Conflict of Interest
      • Reviewer Rewards
      • Score Weight
      • FAQ
    • Voter registration
      • Supported wallets
      • Registration Guide - In your wallet
    • Voting
      • Wallet Connection - In the Catalyst Voting App
      • How to vote?
      • How to audit the vote?
        • Audit the Snapshot
          • Required Tools
          • Reproducing the Snapshot
        • Voting Ledger Snapshots
        • Audit The Tally
      • Voting FAQ
    • Project onboarding
      • Glossary of Terms
      • Milestone-based proposals
      • Funded Proposers guides
        • Key dates
        • Onboarding Sessions - Presentation & Recordings
          • Onboarding session A
          • Onboarding session B
        • What do you need to do next?
        • How to create a Statement of Milestones - guide for Funded Proposers
        • Statement of Milestones submission
        • How Milestone payments work
        • Creating your milestones - need to know
        • How to use the Milestone module as a Funded Proposer?
        • Formal Due Diligence Process
        • Test Transaction (Tx)
        • What else further down the line?
        • Funded Project Checklist
        • Requesting a change to funded project
      • Milestone Reviewers guides
        • Milestone Reviewer - Terms & Conditions
        • Milestone Reviewer Process Examples
          • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 1
          • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 2
          • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 3
          • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 4
          • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 5
        • Key dates
        • Milestone Reviewers onboarding meetings
          • Onboarding session A
          • Onboarding session B
        • A Milestone Reviewer’s role
        • What is the Statement of Milestones (SoM)?
        • How to use the Milestone module as a Milestone Reviewer?
        • How to review SoM as a Milestone Reviewer?
        • What is Proof of Achievement (PoA)
        • What is good evidence?
        • What is not good evidence?
        • Milestone Reviewer rewards
        • FAQ
    • General information
      • Catalyst Network
      • How to create a Statement of Milestones - guide for Funded Proposers
      • Project Close-out Report and Project Close-out Video (PCR and PCV)
      • Requesting a change to funded project on Milestone Module
      • Policy on Suspension and Termination of Catalyst Grants
        • Suspension and Termination policy memo
        • Suspension or termination at the request of a Grantee
        • Suspension by the Fund Operator
        • Termination by the Fund Operator
      • Catalyst Ecosystem Rewards
    • External documentation
  • ⚙️CATALYST TOOLS
    • Moderation Module
      • How to set up an account
      • Moderation module sections
      • How to moderate the review
      • Catalyst flags
      • Reviews without flag
    • Milestone Module
      • Latest changes in the Milestone Module
      • How to use the Milestone module - recording
      • Glossary of terms
      • Statement of Milestones (SoM)
      • Proof of Achievement (PoA)
      • What is the Milestone Module for?
      • Setting up a Project Catalyst Milestone account
      • Dashboard, Project Dashboard, and Notification sections
      • Milestone Module chat
      • Milestone Module - roles and responsibilities
        • Funded Proposer using the Milestone module
        • Milestone Reviewer using the Milestone module
        • Catalyst Team Reviewer using the Milestone module
        • Catalyst Team sign-off user using the Milestone module
      • Milestone Module - FAQ
    • Voting App
      • F13 Voting App changes
      • F12 Voting App changes
      • Dry run
      • Known Issues
      • Privacy Policy
    • Catalyst App
      • App Timeline
      • Getting Started
      • Restore Keychain
      • My Account
      • Catalyst Spaces
      • Browse Proposals in Discovery Space
      • Create & Submit Proposals in Workspace
        • Using images
      • Stay Involved
      • Mobile Experience
      • FAQ
  • 📂PREVIOUS FUNDS
    • Fund13 Docs
      • Fund timeline
      • Fund parameters
      • Fund Rules
      • Project Catalyst Terms and Conditions
        • Catalyst FC Privacy Policy
        • Catalyst FC Personal Data Consent
        • DMCA FAQ Catalyst
      • Proposal submission
        • Scoring guidance for the Proposer
        • Proposal submission Guide
        • Additional Guidance
        • Cardano Partners
          • Cardano Partners short list
      • Community Review
        • How to become a Community Reviewer?
        • Community Reviewer Levels
        • Community Review - Submission process (LV0 and LV1)
        • Community Review Process
        • Scoring rubric and guiding questions
        • Community Moderation Process
        • Conflict of Interest
        • Reviewer Rewards
        • Score Weight
        • FAQ
      • Voter registration
        • Supported wallets
        • Registration Guide - In your wallet
      • Voting
        • Wallet Connection - In the Catalyst Voting App
        • How to vote?
        • How to audit the vote?
          • Audit the Snapshot
            • Required Tools
            • Reproducing the Snapshot
          • Voting Ledger Snapshots
          • Audit The Tally
        • Voting FAQ
      • Project onboarding
        • Glossary of Terms
        • Milestone-based proposals
        • Funded Proposers guides
          • Key dates
          • Onboarding Sessions - Presentation & Recordings
            • Onboarding session A
            • Onboarding session B
          • What do you need to do next?
          • How to create a Statement of Milestones - guide for Funded Proposers
          • Statement of Milestones submission
          • How Milestone payments work
          • Creating your milestones - need to know
          • How to use the Milestone module as a Funded Proposer?
          • Formal Due Diligence Process
          • Test Transaction (Tx)
          • What else further down the line?
          • Funded Project Checklist
          • Requesting a change to funded project
        • Milestone Reviewers guides
          • Milestone Reviewer - Terms & Conditions
          • Milestone Reviewer Process Examples
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 1
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 2
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 3
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 4
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 5
          • Key dates
          • Milestone Reviewers onboarding meetings
            • Onboarding session A
            • Onboarding session B
          • A Milestone Reviewer’s role
          • What is the Statement of Milestones (SoM)?
          • How to use the Milestone module as a Milestone Reviewer?
          • How to review SoM as a Milestone Reviewer?
          • What is Proof of Achievement (PoA)
          • What is good evidence?
          • What is not good evidence?
          • Milestone Reviewer rewards
          • FAQ
      • General information
        • Catalyst Network
        • How to create a Statement of Milestones - guide for Funded Proposers
        • Project Close-out Report and Project Close-out Video (PCR and PCV)
        • Requesting a change to funded project on Milestone Module
        • Policy on Suspension and Termination of Catalyst Grants
          • Suspension and Termination policy memo
          • Suspension or termination at the request of a Grantee
          • Suspension by the Fund Operator
          • Termination by the Fund Operator
        • Catalyst Ecosystem Rewards
      • External documentation
    • Fund12 Docs
      • Fund timeline
      • Fund parameters
      • Fund Rules
      • Proposal submission
        • Scoring guidance for the Proposer
        • Proposal submission Guide
        • Additional Guidance
        • Cardano Partners and Real World Integrations category
          • Cardano Partners short list
      • Community Review
        • How to become a Community Reviewer?
        • Community Reviewer Levels
        • Community Review - Submission process (LV0 and LV1)
        • Community Review Process
        • Scoring rubric and guiding questions
        • Community Moderation Process
        • Conflict of Interest
        • Reviewer Rewards
        • Score Weight
        • FAQ
      • Voter registration
        • Supported wallets
        • Registration Guide - In your wallet
      • Voting
        • Wallet Connection - In the Catalyst Voting App
        • How to vote?
        • How to audit the vote?
          • Audit the Snapshot
            • Required Tools
            • Reproducing the Snapshot
          • Voting Ledger Snapshots
          • Audit The Tally
        • Voting FAQ
      • Project onboarding
        • Glossary of Terms
        • Milestone-based proposals
        • Funded Proposers guides
          • Key dates
          • Onboarding Sessions - Presentation & Recordings
            • Onboarding session A
            • Onboarding session B
          • What do you need to do next?
          • How to create a Statement of Milestones - guide for Funded Proposers
          • Statement of Milestones submission
          • How Milestone payments work
          • Creating your milestones - need to know
          • How to use the Milestone module as a Funded Proposer?
          • Formal Due Diligence Process
          • Test Transaction (Tx)
          • What else further down the line?
          • Funded Project Checklist
          • Requesting a change to funded project
        • Milestone Reviewers guides
          • Milestone Reviewer - Terms & Conditions
          • Milestone Reviewer Process Examples
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 1
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 2
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 3
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 4
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 5
          • Key dates
          • Milestone Reviewers onboarding meetings
            • Onboarding session A
            • Onboarding session B
          • A Milestone Reviewer’s role
          • What is the Statement of Milestones (SoM)?
          • How to use the Milestone module as a Milestone Reviewer?
          • How to review SoM as a Milestone Reviewer?
          • What is Proof of Achievement (PoA)
          • What is good evidence?
          • What is not good evidence?
      • General information
        • Catalyst Network
        • How to create a Statement of Milestones - guide for Funded Proposers
        • Project Close-out Report and Project Close-out Video (PCR and PCV)
        • Requesting a change to funded project from F10 onwards
        • Suspension and Termination of Catalyst Grants
          • Suspension and Termination policy memo
          • Suspension or termination at the request of a Grantee
          • Suspension by the Fund Operator
          • Termination by the Fund Operator
        • Catalyst Ecosystem Rewards
      • External documentation
    • Fund11 Docs
      • Fund11 timeline
      • Fund11 parameters
      • Fund Rules
      • How to submit a proposal?
        • Scoring guidance for the Proposer
        • Proposal submission Guide
        • Additional Guidance
          • Open Source Guidance
          • Submitting Milestones for your F11 proposal
      • Community Review Guidelines Fund 11
        • Community Reviewer Levels
        • Community Review - Submission process (LV0 and LV1)
        • Community Review Process
          • How to find allocations in the Ideascale?
        • Scoring rubric and guiding questions
        • Community Moderation Process
        • Rules to be followed by Community Moderators (LV2)
        • Conflict of Interest
        • How do I progress through the Community Reviewer levels?
        • Reviewer Rewards
        • Score Weight
      • Moderation Module Guide
        • How to set up an account
        • Moderation module sections
          • Home
          • Proposals
          • Community Reviews section
          • Allocated Reviews section
          • Moderated Reviews
        • How to moderate the review
        • Catalyst flags
        • Reviews without flag
      • How to register as a voter?
        • Voting registration minimal requirements
        • Wallet Registration Guide
          • Supported wallets
          • Registration Guide - In your wallet
          • Wallet Connection - In the Catalyst Voting App
      • Voting
        • How to vote?
        • How to audit the vote?
          • Audit the Snapshot
            • Required Tools
            • Reproducing the Snapshot
          • Voting Ledger Snapshots
          • Audit The Tally
        • Voting FAQ
        • Voting App
          • Known Issues
      • Catalyst Network
      • Project Onboarding
        • Funding Glossary of Terms
        • How to submit Project milestones
          • What should be included in the Statement of Milestones?
          • Approval of the Statement of Milestones
          • Approval and payment of Milestones
        • Funded Proposers (FP)
          • Key dates
          • F11 Onboarding Sessions - Presentation & Recordings
            • F11 Onboarding Session A
            • F11 Onboarding Session B
          • What do you need to do next?
          • Statement of Milestones
            • Submitting your Statement of Milestones
            • How Milestone payments work
            • Creating your milestones - need to know
          • How Proof of Life is confirmed
          • Test Transaction (Tx)
          • What else further down the line?
          • Funded Project Checklist
          • Requesting a change to funded project
        • F11 Milestone Reviewers Guide
          • Milestone Reviewer Process Examples
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 1
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 2
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 3
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 4
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 5
          • Key dates during the onboarding stage
          • Milestone Reviewers onboarding meetings
          • A Milestone Reviewer’s role
            • Milestone Reviewer expectations
          • What is the Statement of Milestones (SoM)?
          • How to use the Milestone module as a Milestone Reviewer?
          • How to review SoM as a Milestone Reviewer?
          • A good example of SoM formulation from F9 pilot project
          • What is Proof of Achievement (PoA)
          • Good example of PoA completion from F9 pilot project
          • What is good evidence?
          • What is not good evidence?
          • Rewards for SoM and PoA review
        • Proof of Life (PoL) Verifiers
          • Key Dates
          • What do you need to do?
          • Confirming Proof of Life
          • PoL Verifiers Checklist
        • Community roles rewards
      • Suspension and Termination of Catalyst Grants
        • Suspension and Termination policy memo
        • Suspension or termination at the request of a Grantee
        • Suspension by the Fund Operator
        • Termination by the Fund Operator
    • Fund10 Docs
      • Fund10 timeline
      • Fund10 parameters
      • How to submit a proposal?
        • Scoring guidance for the Proposer
        • Proposal submission Guide
      • How to participate in community reviews?
        • How to become a Community Reviewer?
          • Community Reviewers Levels
            • How do I progress through the Community Reviewer levels?
        • Community Review - Submission process (LV0 and LV1)
          • Community Review - Scoring Rubric and Guiding Questions
        • Community Review - Moderation Process (LV2)
          • Rules for Community Moderators (LV2)
          • Moderation module guide
            • How to set up an account
            • Moderation module sections
            • How to moderate the review
              • Catalyst flags
              • Reviews without flag
        • Conflict of Interest in Community Review
        • Community Review Rewards
        • Community Review - Score weight
      • Voting
        • How to vote?
        • How to audit the vote?
          • Audit the Snapshot
            • Required Tools
            • Reproducing the Snapshot
          • Voting Ledger Snapshots
          • Audit The Tally
        • Voting FAQ
        • Voting App
          • Known Issues
          • Privacy Policy
        • How to register as a voter?
          • Voting registration minimal requirements
          • Wallet Registration Guide
            • Supported wallets
            • Registration Guide - In your wallet
            • Wallet Connection - In the Catalyst Voting App
            • Check Voting Power & Rewards Eligibility
      • Project Onboarding
        • Challenge Teams (CT)
          • Key Dates
          • What do you need to do?
          • Confirming Proof of Life
          • CT Checklist
        • Funded Proposers (FP)
          • Key dates
          • F10 Onboarding Sessions - Presentation & Recordings
            • F10 Onboarding Session A
            • F10 Onboarding Session B
          • What do you need to do next?
          • Statement of Milestones
            • Submitting your Statement of Milestones
            • How Milestone payments work
            • Creating your milestones - need to know
            • How to use the Milestone module in F10
              • Glossary of terms
              • What is the Statement of Milestones?
              • When to submit a Statement of Milestones
              • Approval of milestones in the Statement of Milestones
                • Process of checking milestones
              • Amendments to the milestones
              • Funding Rules
              • What is Proof of Achievement (PoA)?
              • Why Statements of Milestones and Proof of Achievement?
              • How to submit PoA
              • Where to find each project’s SoMs and PoAs
              • Approval of the Proof of Achievement
                • Process of checking PoA
                • Using the Milestone Module
                  • What is the Milestone Module for?
                  • Setting up a Project Catalyst Milestone account
                  • Dashboard, Project Dashboard, and Notification sections
                  • Roles and responsibilities
                    • Funded Project (FP) using the Milestone module
                      • Actions that FP can carry out in the Milestone module
                        • Submit new milestone
                        • Review Milestone Reviewers feedback
                        • Resubmit milestones
                        • Submit Proof of Achievement
                        • Resubmit PoA to supersede existing PoA
                    • Milestone Reviewer using the Milestone module
                      • SoM process
                      • PoA process
                      • Actions that Milestone Reviewers can carry out in the module
                        • Milestone Reviewer can review milestones
                        • Milestone Reviewer can review a PoA
                        • Milestone Reviewer can resubmit review for milestones
                        • Milestone Reviewer can resubmit review for PoA
                    • Catalyst Team Reviewer
                      • Actions that a Catalyst Team Reviewer can carry out in the module
                        • Catalyst Team Reviewer can assign reviewer
                        • Catalyst Team Reviewer can review milestones and PoA
                    • Catalyst Team sign-off user
              • Appendix
          • How Proof of Life is confirmed
          • Test Transaction (Tx)
          • What else further down the line?
          • Funded Project Checklist
        • F10 Milestone Reviewers Guide
          • Milestone Reviewer Process Examples
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 1
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 2
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 3
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 4
            • Milestone Reviewer - Interview 5
          • Key dates during the onboarding stage
          • A Milestone Reviewer’s role
          • What is the Statement of Milestones (SoM)?
          • How to use the Milestone module as a Milestone Reviewer?
          • How to review SoM as a Milestone Reviewer?
          • A good example of SoM formulation from F9 pilot project
          • What is Proof of Achievement (PoA)
          • Good example of PoA completion from F9 pilot project
          • What is good evidence?
          • What is not good evidence?
          • Rewards for SoM and PoA review
        • Community roles rewards
      • Catalyst Network
      • How to submit Project milestones
        • What Milestones should be included in the Statement of Milestones?
        • Approval of the Statement of Milestones
        • Approval and payment of Milestones
      • Funded Project Reporting Guideline
        • Submitting Monthly Reports
        • Monthly Reporting status changes
        • Catalyst Team Monthly Reports approval process
        • What is good evidence?
        • What is not good evidence?
        • Requesting a change to funded project from F10 onwards
        • Project Closeout Report and Project Closeout Video (PCR and PCV)
          • Catalyst - Project Closeout Process for projects up to Fund9
        • Funded Projects accountability overview
      • Funding Glossary of Terms
    • Fund9 Docs
      • The Statement of Milestones Module - (Fund9 Only)
        • Glossary of terms
        • Statement of Milestone Process
          • Basic Funding Rules
        • Submitting Proof of Achievement (PoA)
          • Process of checking PoA
        • What is Good Evidence
        • What is not good evidence?
        • Using the Milestone Module
          • What is the Milestone Module for?
          • Setting up an Project Catalyst Milestone account
          • Dashboard, Project Dashboard, and Notification sections
          • Roles and Responsibilities
            • Funded Project (FP) using the Milestone module
              • Actions that FP can carry out in the Milestone module
                • Submit a new SoM
                • Review Catalyst Team Reviewer/Milestone Reviewers feedback
                • Resubmit milestones
                • Submit Proof of Achievement
                • Resubmit PoA to supersede existing PoA
            • Milestone Reviewers using the Milestone module
              • SoM process
              • PoA process
            • Actions that a Milestone Reviewers can carry out in the module
              • Milestone Reviewers can review SoM
              • Milestone Reviewers can review a PoA
              • Milestone Reviewers can resubmit review for SoM
              • Milestone Reviewers can resubmit review for PoA
            • Catalyst Team Reviewer
              • Actions that a Catalyst Team Reviewer can carry out in the module
                • Catalyst Team Reviewer can assign reviewer
                • Catalyst Team Reviewer can review SoM/PoA
            • Catalyst Team sign off user
            • Catalyst Team system admin
        • Appendix
        • Note on Confidentiality
Powered by GitBook
On this page
Export as PDF
  1. PREVIOUS FUNDS
  2. Fund11 Docs
  3. How to submit a proposal?

Proposal submission Guide

This page guides proposers in submitting their proposal in ideascale

PreviousScoring guidance for the ProposerNextAdditional Guidance

Last updated 1 year ago

There are many resources available to help you navigate the proposal submission process.

For additional assistance, please consider reviewing the following documents and support:

  • How to submit a proposal

  • Fund11 Rules

  • Community Review Guidelines

  • and visit

Key dates:

Deadline to submit draft proposals - November 30, 2023 at 11:00 AM UTC

Deadline to finalise proposals - December 7, 2023 at 11:00 AM UTC

*Note: Any largely blank proposals (empty drafts with many TBD/TBC/coming soon items) or ideas with titles such as "Placeholder" may be archived without notice at any time. Kindly submit drafts once you are ready to proceed with enough context for the community to provide tangible feedback.

For a general timeline click here. For key announcements please.

GENERAL

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

Proposal title

Please note we suggest you use no more than 60 characters for your proposal title so that it can be easily viewed in the voting app

The title should clearly express what the proposal is about. Voters can see the title in the voting app, even without opening the proposal, so a clear, unambiguous, and concise title is very important.

Required

Name and Surname of Main Applicant

Please provide the name and surname of the main applicant. The main applicant is considered as the individual responsible for the project and the person authorized to act on behalf of other applicants (where applicable).

Required

Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

Please select from one of the following

  1. Individual

  2. Entity (Incorporated)

  3. Entity (Not Incorporated)

Required

Co proposers and Additional applicants

List any persons who are submitting the proposal jointly with the main applicant. Make sure you have confirmed approval/awareness with these individuals / accounts before adding them. If there is more than one proposer, identify the lead person who is authorised to act on behalf of other co-proposers

Required

Requested funds in ada

Minimum 15k in Ada for all projects

All amounts below are in Ada

Maximum caps on funds requested segmented by 3 tiers for Cardano Use Cases

  • Concept: up to 100k

  • Solution: up to 300k

  • Product: up to 750k

Cardano Open (both technical & non-technical tracks) up to 200k

Catalyst System Improvements: no cap

Required

Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

Minimum 2 months - Maximum 12 months.

The scope of your funding request and this project is expected to produce the deliverables you specify in the proposal within 2-12 months.

If you believe your project will take longer than 12 months, consider reducing the project’s scope so that it becomes achievable within 12 months.

If your project completes earlier than scheduled so long as you have submitted your PoAs and Project Completion report and video then your project can be closed out

Required

Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

YES/NO - Tick YES to remind readers that your proposal has been translated, and that they should be tolerant of any language imperfections.

You can either link a document with your proposal in its original language OR provide your response in your native language after the English language in each question if you wish.

Tick NO if your proposal has not been auto- translated into English from another language

Required

What is the exact problem you want to solve? (200-character limit including spaces)

Ensure you say what is a well-defined problem. What is the core issue that you hope to fix? Remember: the reader might not recognize the problem unless you state it clearly.

This answer will be displayed on the Catalyst voting app, so voters will see it even if they don't open your proposal to read it in detail.

Required

Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

Focus on what you are going to do, or make, or change, to solve the problem. So not 'There should be a way to....' but 'We will make a...'

Clearly state how the solution addresses the specific problem you have identified - connect the 'why' and the 'how'.

This answer will be displayed on the Catalyst voting app, so voters will see it even if they do not open your proposal and read it in detail.

Required

Website/ GitHub repository, or any other relevant link

Here, you could include links to your website or that of a partner organization, and/or a link to any whitepaper or other publication you have written about your proposal.

Note however that this is extra information that voters and Community Reviewers might choose not to read. You should not fail to include any of the questions in this form because you feel the answers can be found elsewhere.

If any links are specified make sure these are added in good order (first link must be present before specifying second). Also ensure all links include ‘https.’ Without these steps, the form will not be submittable and show errors.

Optional

Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

YES/NO

Required

If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.”

Here you should list any dependencies and prerequisites for your project’s success. These are usually external factors (such as third-party suppliers, external resources, third-party software, etc.) that may cause a delay, since a project has less control over them. In case of third party software, indicate whether you have the necessary licenses and permission to use such software.

Required if you replied YES to the above question about dependencies

Conversely, only the original authors of proprietary software can legally copy, inspect, and alter that software.

YES/NO

Required

Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

If you answered YES to the above questions

Please indicate here the type of licence you intend to use for open source and provide any further information you feel is relevant to the open source status of your project outputs.

If you answered NO to the above question, please give further details as to why your projects outputs will not be open source.

Required

METADATA

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

Tags choose the most relevant tags that can help identify and categorise your project

Options:

API

DAO

DApp

Data tools

DeFi Exchanges

Explorers

Gaming

Identity solutions

NFTs

RealFi

SDK

Wallet

Cardano Ambassadors

Education

Events

Incubation

Regional expansion

Standards and regulation

Translation

Dev ecosystem collaboration

Dev team

Developer tools

SPOs

Node

Other

Required

SDG rating

Optional

SOLUTION

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

Please describe your proposed solution

How you write this section will depend on what type of proposal you are writing. You might want to include details on:

  • how you perceive the problem you are solving

  • your reasons for approaching it in the way that you have

  • who will your project engage

  • how you will demonstrate or prove your impact

Explain what is unique about your solution, who will benefit, and why this is important to Cardano.

Required

IMPACT

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community.

Please include here a description of how you intend to measure impact (whether quantitative or qualitative) and how and with whom you will share your outputs.

  • In what way will the success of your project bring value to the Cardano Community?

  • How will you measure this impact?

  • How will you share the outputs and opportunities that result from your project?

Required

CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

Please describe your existing capabilities that demonstrate how and why you believe you’re best suited to deliver this project?

Please include the steps or processes that demonstrate that you can be trusted to manage funds properly.

Required

PROJECT MILESTONES

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Milestones guidance

For Grant Amounts of up to 75k ada, at least 2 milestones, plus the final project completion report and video milestone, must be included

For Grant Amounts between 75k ada and 150k ada, at least 3 milestones, plus the final project completion report and video milestone, must be included

For Grant Amounts over 150k ada up to 300k ada, at least 4 milestones.plus the final project completion report and video milestone, must be included

For Grant Amounts exceeding 300k ada, at least 5 milestones, plus the final project completion report and video milestone, must be included

Milestones

Describe the milestone, what will be the milestone output(s), and what will be the acceptance criteria to confirm and verify the milestone has been achieved?

Milestone 1

Required for all projects

Milestone 2

Required for all projects

Milestone 3

Optional depending on amount requested

Milestone 4

Optional depending on amount requested

Milestone 5

Optional depending on amount requested

Final Milestone

Required for all projects

RESOURCES

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

Who is in the project team and what are their roles? Please add the relevant Linkedin profiles (or similar) here

List your team, their Linkedin profiles (or similar) and state what aspect of the proposal’s work each team member will undertake.

If you are planning to recruit additional team members, please state what specific skills you will be looking for in the people you recruit, so readers can see that you understand what skills will be needed to complete the project.

You are expected to have already engaged the relevant members of the organizations referenced so you understand if they are willing and/or have capacity to support the project. If you have not taken any steps to engage with your team yet, it is likely that the resources will not be available if you are approved for funding, which can jeopardize the project before it has even begun. The Catalyst team cannot help with this, meaning you are expected to have understood the requirements and engaged the necessary people before submitting a proposal.

Have you engaged anyone on any of the technical group channels (eg Discord or Telegram), or do you have a direct line of communications with the people and resources required?

Important: Catalyst funding is not anonymous, and some level of ‘proof of life’ verifications will take place before initial funding is released. Also remember that your proposal will be publicly available, so make sure to obtain any consent required before including confidential or third party information.

Required

BUDGET & COSTS

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

Make sure every element mentioned in your plan reflects its cost. It may be helpful to refer to your plan and timeline, list all the resources you will need at each stage, and what they cost.

Here, provide a clear description of any third party product or service you will be using. This could be hardware, software licenses, professional services (legal, accounting, code auditing, etc) but does not need to include the use of contracted programmers and developers.

The exact budget elements you include will depend on what type of work you are doing, and you might need to give less detail for a small, low-budget proposal. If the cost of the project will exceed the funding request, please provide information about alternative sources of funding.

Consider including budget elements for publicity / marketing / promotion / community engagement; project management; documentation; and reporting back to the community. Most proposals need these, but many proposers forget to include them.

It is the project team’s responsibility to properly manage the funds provided.

Required

VALUE FOR MONEY

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

Use the response to provide the context about the costs you listed previously, particularly if they are high.

It may be helpful to include some brief information on how you have decided on the costs of the project.

For instance, can you justify with supporting evidence that costs are proportional to the average wage in your country, or typical freelance rates in your industry? Is there anything else that helps to support how the project represents value for money?

Required

IMPORTANT NOTE

QUESTION
GUIDANCE
REQUIRED / OPTIONAL

The applicant agrees to Fund11 rules and also that data in the submission form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

By submitting this application, the applicant confirms that:

(ii) data in the submission form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I accept

IMPORTANT

Any largely blank proposals (empty drafts with many TBD/TBC/coming soon items) or ideas with titles such as "Placeholder" may be archived without notice at any time. Kindly submit drafts once you are ready to proceed with enough context for the community to be able to provide tangible feedback.

IMPORTANT - A maximum of 5 (five) proposals can be led or Co-proposed by the same applicant or enterprise. More information can be found

Will your project’s output/s be fully open source? refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible. Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance.

If only certain elements of your code will be open source please clarify which elements will be open source .

This field is optional. You can use the to help you include any relevant , in your proposal.

A clear set of milestones and acceptance criteria will demonstrate your Capability to deliver the project as proposed. More guidance on submitting milestones as part of your project proposal can be found

(i) this proposal and the project complies with and

📂
Fund11 Launch Guide
Telegram chat for Catalyst Proposers
Join Catalyst Discord here
this channel for Catalyst Proposers
subscribe to this channel
here
Open source
here
SDG Proposer Tool
UN SDGs
sub goals and/or KPIs
here
Fund Rules