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    Hackathon Sponsorship
    Funding for hackathons is currently closed.
    Hackathon Sponsorship
    Planning a hackathon that will leverage the features of Dai and MakerDAO? You could be eligible for funding.

    Eligible Hackathons

    • Conservative sponsorship requirements (under 5,000 Dai)
    • Located in, or targeting: Asia-Pacific (APAC), Latin America (LATAM), Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (SEEMEA)
    • Demonstrate access to talent and attendees (through channels like chats, forums, and GitHub)
    • Themes with a focus on governance, risk management, stability, derivatives, and privacy tooling
    • Find the current hackathon challenge themes under the "Hackathons" label in the Community-Development GitHub
    If your hackathon meets the above criteria, please fill out this brief application.
    We'll review your application and let you know what your next steps are.

    Additional Support

    In addition to providing funding for sponsorship, we can help develop ideas for hackathon categories and projects, or we may participate as judges, speakers, and mentors.
    Ask us about this in our chat

    Development Grants

    Hackathon winners are often fast-tracked for development grants. Please encourage your hackers to apply.
    Development Grants

    Hackathon Guide

    Use this guide to prepare for your first hackathon or help participants in your hackathon understand what to expect.
    Guide to Hacking
    If you have some insight you’d like to share, feel free to add to this guide. You can find out how on our content page.

    Planning a Hackathon

    Basics

    • The name and date of the event
    • The location of the event
    • The number of expected participants
    • Links to event details specific to the hackathon

    Event Details

    • The theme of the event, if any
    • The amount for the prize pool
    • Number of challenges/tracks
    • Information about the challenges/tracks
    • Prize distribution
    • Number of judges, and their names
    • Whether or not the winners will be promoted on social media
    • Where the details of the bounty will be hosted (e.g., Gitcoin)
    • Where participants will be posting information about their hacks (e.g., Devpost)
    • Information about where we can find media coverage or summaries of the event and the projects after the event is over

    Sponsor-Specific Information

    • Details about sponsorship packages and amounts
    • A breakdown of what our sponsorship covers
    • Whether or not you will be able to provide us with the contact information of hackathon participants
    • Whether or not we're required to be physically present for the hackathon
    • Whether or not we're required to join as speakers, judges, or mentors
    • Whether or not a sponsor table will be available for us if we are physically present