Base Builder Grants
Fast retroactive grants of 1-5 ETH for projects already live on Base; the Base team finds recipients through its own discovery process and community nominations rather than an application form.
What you get
“Grants currently range from 1 - 5 ETH. This is an experiment - we may adjust or change this program as we learn.”
Can you apply
Is the builder creating something unique and fun? Is the builder bringing more users onchain? Is the builder's contribution live and making an impact?
When
Retroactive: this rewards work you have already shipped rather than a proposal, so there is nothing to apply for up front.
What Base funds
Funds builders on Base at every stage, with a strong bias toward rewarding shipped work: weekly activity-based rewards for experiments, fast retroactive ETH grants for live projects, and a cohort-based founder track for teams going full-time.
Everything Base funds →Details
Base's own docs classify the grant as "Application Type: Retroactive (for shipped projects)" and note that "Builder Grants reward shipped code over perfect pitches." Selection is discovery-driven: "The grants review team is made up of builders on the Base team. We find grants through Twitter, Farcaster, and nominations submitted from the community." Self-nomination is possible: "We will mostly be relying on our own discovery process to find these grantees, but if you want to nominate someone you can submit a nomination here." No USD figure is published, so the range is recorded in ETH only.