Who can apply, what gets funded, and how the tokens are paid out.
The Concordium Grants Programme funds registered companies that integrate Concordium into products they already run, whether those live on another chain, inside an agent framework or in a regular web app. Grants are paid in tranches as projects reach agreed milestones. There is one application form, the team reads every submission, and every applicant gets a reply by email. The rule behind every decision is that grants follow usage, not pitches.
Integrate Concordium, Do Not Move to It
The programme is not asking anyone to rebuild on Concordium. It is looking for products that already have users, on whatever stack they run, and one good reason to add a piece of Concordium to them. A marketplace on an EVM chain keeps its contracts where they are and registers its agents in the Agent Registry. A consumer app adds an age check backed by Concordium ID and keeps its sign-up flow otherwise untouched. An agent framework keeps its runtime and lets its agents settle payments through x402. In each case the product stays put, and Concordium does one job inside it: identity, accountability or payments.
Concordium is an AI infrastructure for the agentic economy, powered by a purpose-built, regulatory-grade blockchain with identity and trust built into the protocol. Why AI agents need a blockchain at all, and what the CCD actually does inside an integration, are covered in the Concordium Explained series. Most products need those properties in one place rather than everywhere, which is why the SDKs, MCP support and x402 integration exist: so a team can add them without migrating. The grant pays for the integration, not the move. Usage is then how the programme decides which integrations to pay for.
Why Usage Comes Before the Pitch
Many grant programmes in crypto reward the strongest proposal. A polished deck, a credible roadmap and a good call can carry a team a long way, and the money often arrives before anyone has used the product. Ecosystems end up full of funded projects that never found a user.
Concordium Grants work the other way round. Reviewers look at three things. The first is real usage: users, transactions or registered agents a team can point to, ideally on a dashboard or a CCDExplorer page anyone can check. The second is a working integration: Concordium ID, the Agent Registry, protocol-level tokens, sponsored transactions or x402 running inside the product, where its users meet it. The third is two or three concrete milestones, each with a date.
Teams that have not launched yet can still apply. The form asks them to say so plainly, and their milestones then carry more of the weight. What the programme avoids is paying for promises alone.
What the Programme Funds
Four kinds of integration sit at the centre of the programme:
- Agent accountability. The agents inside an existing product registered in the Agent Registry and carrying the Verified by Concordium badge, proof that an accountable person stands behind each one.
- Agentic payments. Agents paying and getting paid through x402, sponsored transactions or protocol-level tokens, settled on Concordium.
- Identity and age verification. Concordium ID or age checks in an existing sign-up, so users prove a fact without handing over documents.
- Cross-chain integrations. Projects on EVM chains and other networks plugging Concordium identity or settlement into their existing stack.
These areas mark where the programme expects the most impact, and other integrations are considered on the same terms.
From Application to Grant Payout
The path from form to funding has six steps. A team submits the application, then meets the Concordium team on a call to walk through the project. Together they refine the scope and agree the milestones, technical and commercial, that the grant will be measured against.
Funding starts once a written grant agreement is signed. The programme has 75M CCD behind it, and amounts are set per project: the form asks what a team needs, and a range is fine. The first tranche is paid on signing. A larger tranche follows to fund the build, and the largest tranche is paid when the agreed milestone is met. Payments grow as the risk falls, so the biggest share of each grant goes to work that has already shipped.
What the Application Asks, and Why
The form covers four things: the authorised representative, the applicant company, the project, and its usage and plan. Because grants are paid only to registered companies, it asks for the legal name, registration number, jurisdiction and registered office of the company. The project section asks for current usage, a technical milestone, a go-to-market milestone with KPIs, the amount requested and how it would be spent.
Three Yes or No questions cover eligibility: sanctions or other legal restrictions, regulated activities such as payments, stablecoins or identity verification, and any relationship with Concordium or the people who evaluate grants. Applicants also confirm that they hold the rights the project needs and are authorised to apply. Raising these on day one keeps a promising project from stalling at the agreement stage.
Identity documents are not part of the application; shortlisted applicants are asked for supporting documents during due diligence. Applicants should never include passwords, private keys or seed phrases.
Two Ways In
Registered companies can apply directly through the form, which is read in full by the team.
The second route is the Concordium Trusted Agents Hackathon with Encode Club, which runs from 2 November to 9 December. Hackathon winners can present their proposal to the team directly, subject to the programme's terms and conditions, which makes the hackathon one of the fastest routes into the programme.
Apply for a Grant
Applications are open now through the grant application form.
Submission of an application does not constitute an offer, approval or commitment to provide funding. Concordium reserves the right to assess, reject or discontinue consideration of any application, amend or suspend the programme, and determine grant eligibility and award amounts at its discretion, subject to applicable law and existing contractual commitments. No grant becomes binding unless the relevant parties execute a written grant agreement.
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