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How can we create a positive developer experience that helps the developer focus on building successful apps?

Developer Ecosystem

How can we ensure that the Cardano ecosystem is built on a framework which is owned by the community and equally accessible to all?

Open Source Development Ecosystem

What core Nation Building Dapp solutions can be provided for widespread users acquired in the developing world?

Nation Building Dapps

How might we create connections and collaboration between Cardano and other blockchains in the next six months?

Cross-Chain Collaboration

What research and scaling implementations can be introduced to help Cardano increase scalability?

Cardano scaling solutions

What applications will provide the most value for end users in 2022?

DApps and Integrations

How do we encourage Local Community Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano in 2022?

Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs

What Blockchain gaming applications should be developed to achieve mass adoption of Cardano?

Gamers On - Chained

How do we create a space for ideas and projects that do not fit any of the other current Challenges?

Miscellaneous Challenge

How do we continue to seed and grow Cardano in Africa in 2022?

Grow Africa, Grow Cardano

What solutions can we develop and implement with Atala PRISM to have the most positive impact and opportunities for rapid growth of Cardano

Accelerate Decentralized Identity

How do we grow the Cardano ecosystem in East Asia in an inclusive and supportive way? The same way we do in Africa, focused initiatives!

Grow East Asia, Grow Cardano

How can Cardano-based solutions help meet real business needs and what would be their impact?

Business Solutions (B2B & B2C)

How can we defend ourselves from attacks by governments and compromising legislation and unfair tax policies on an ongoing basis?

Lobbying for favorable legislation

How to make the auditing process of funded proposals efficient, distributed and transparent?

Improve and Grow Auditability

How might we make it easy and fast for dApps and other projects to expand or completely move from Ethereum to Cardano?

The Great Migration (from Ethereum)

Can we build an Open Ecosystem to drive growth, give equal opportunities to all, and increase the synergies across Cardano projects?

Open Standards & Interoperability

How might we make it faster and easier for new Catalyst members to take on suitable roles and responsibilities in 2022?

New Member Onboarding

How can we take the next step to support the principles of self-sovereign identity

Self-Sovereign Identity

Global entertainment+media market = $2 trillion. A decentralized FAM network to produce quality Cardano community media is vital yet absent.

Film + Media (FAM) creatives unite!

Community Advisors are an evolving key role of Project Catalyst and need a place and budget to submit proposals to improve their performance

Community Advisor Improvements

How can we grow Cardano development and adoption in India?

Grow India, Grow Cardano

What Challenges should the community prioritize to address in Fund9?

Fund9 challenge setting

Projects that have not been funded from other categories

Challenge

Community choice

DApp creation

Catalyst Value Onboarding

Dapps & Integrations

Developer ecosystem

Distributed Decision Making

Fund6 Challenge Setting

Local Community Centers

Proposer Outreach

Catalyst value onboarding

DApps & Integrations

Distributed decision making

Fund7 challenge setting

Metadata challenge

Proposer outreach

Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem

Atala PRISM DID Mass-Scale Adoption

Cardano Emerging Threat Alarm

DeFi and Microlending for Africa

Disaster: When all is at stake

DLT Entrepreneurship Toolbox

Multilingual resources

NFT Business models

Partnerships for Global Adoption

A.I. & SingularityNet a $5T market

Boosting Cardano's DeFi

Catalyst - Rapid Funding Mechanisms

Catalyst Accelerator & Mentors

Catalyst Natives COTI: Pay with ADA Plug-in

Community Events

Connecting Japan/日本 Community

DAOs ❤ Cardano

Disarm cyber disinformation attacks

Fund8 challenge setting

Gamers On-Chained

Global Sustainable Indep. SPO's

Grow Latin America, Grow Cardano

Mini/Low-Budget Dapps & Integrations

New SPO Business Opportunities

Open Source Developer Ecosystem

Seeding Cardano's Grassroots DeFi

Building (on) Blockfrost

Catalyst Natives X Cardashift: Demonstrating and monetizing impact

Challenge & Scouted for Students🎓

DAOs <3 Cardano

Dapps, Products & Integrations

dRep improvement and onboarding

Fund10 challenge setting

Legal & Financial Implementations

Atala PRISM: Launch Ecosystem

Building on NMKR

Catalyst Fund Operations

Catalyst Open

Catalyst Systems improvements

Developer Ecosystem - The Evolution

Development & Infrastructure

OSDE: Open Source Dev Ecosystem

Products & Integrations

SPO Tools & Community Projects

Startups & Onboarding for Students

Cardano Open: Developers

Cardano Open: Ecosystem

Cardano Use Cases: Concept

Cardano Use Cases: Product

Cardano Use Cases: Solution

Catalyst Systems improvements: Discovery

Cardano Partners and Real World Integrations

Cardano Use Cases: MVP

Cardano Partners: Enterprise R&D

Cardano Partners: Growth & Acceleration

Cardano Use Cases: Concepts

Cardano Use Cases: Partners & Products

Fund14 - the votes are in!

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What’s on right now? Once <a href="https://docs.projectcatalyst.io/current-fund/community-review" target="_blank">Community Review</a> is concluded, all the outcomes of the innovation stage will be plugged into governance (voting) shortly. In the meantime, if you successfully registered prior to the voting power snapshot - get ready to start voting. New voting registrations for Fund14 after the voting snapshot are no longer accepted. Voting is open from until . Follow the instructions in your Voting App.

What’s on right now? Community Review is active until 10 Nov 2024 (6:00PM UTC). Want to learn more about this stage? Check the community review <a href="https://docs.projectcatalyst.io/current-fund-basics/community-review-guidelines-fund14">guidelines here</a>. Meanwhile, you can also get ready to vote and register for voting by 20 Nov 2024 (9:45PM UTC).

Voting is now closed - check back here to view the results on the week of .

Vote for your favourite proposal before 12 Dec 2024 (11:00AM UTC). To learn more on how to vote, please visit our <a href="https://docs.projectcatalyst.io/current-fund-basics/voting">guidelines</a>. Please note that the voting power snapshot has already taken place, and we are no longer accepting new voter registrations for Fund13.

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Fund14 is just around the corner with 4 innovation categories to choose from. Stay tuned for updates, and yes, you are invited to the Launch event at Catalyst Town Hall.

Make sure <a href="/news/town-hall">to register here</a> to save your front row seat. The event will be also live streamed on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@IohkIo">IO's Youtube</a>. Hit the notification bell not to miss it.

<MainContainer><div><Speakerphone /> </div><div>Want to participate? Dive into our <a href="https://projectcatalyst.io/f14launchguide.pdf">F14 Launch Guide</a> and review <a href="https://docs.projectcatalyst.io/current-fund/fund-basics/fund-rules">Fund Rules</a>.</div></MainContainer>

Proposal submissions will open soon. While exact deadlines are still being finalized, you can start by exploring the categories and their briefs below. 

Want to help review proposals? Keep an eye on the announcement channels when the registration for specialty community roles begins.

For regular updates, please join our <a href="https://t.me/cardanocatalyst">Telegram</a> and <a href="https://discord.gg/2RnUtK8">Discord</a> communities, sign up to <a href="https://mpc.projectcatalyst.io/newsletter-signup">our newsletter</a>, and join us at our <a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtduyupzMvHNUczCQwfFJGcXzmw2lDwkIf#/registration">TownHall</a>.

Proposal submission deadline expired on for all categories, except for 'Cardano Partners' with an extended submission deadline .

Proposal submission deadline is for all categories, except for 'Cardano Partners' with an extended submission deadline of .

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When a proposal is ‘Approved’, it means it received enough support to receive funding (at least 1% of the total registered voting power voted ‘YES’). But only those proposals that most people say 'YES' to get money first until there's no funding left in that category.

Meets all approval criteria; the highest ‘YES’ result gets funding first until the remaining budget is depleted in the category and unable to fully fund the next approved proposal. If the amount requested by a proposal is larger than the remaining category amount at any point, it is skipped.


Proposals that did not meet criteria for approval and were not eligible for funding. Each proposal needs to get enough 'YES' votes equal to 1% or more of total registered voting power in a funding round in order to be approved.

Proposals that met approval criteria but whose budgets exceeded the remaining category budget. Some 'Not Funded' proposals can get second change via 'Sponsored by Leftovers' category. Proposals can be approved but not funded due to lack of funding budget availability in a relevant category.

At least 1% of the total registered voting power must vote ‘YES’ on a proposal. In Fund11, there was ₳4,535,989,461 as a total registered voting power as accounted for by the snapshot. To be accepted (become an ‘approved proposal’ as well as be eligible for funding), a proposal must be voted by at least 0.01 * ₳4,535,989,461 = ₳45,359,894.61. ‘ABSTAIN’ votes do not count towards the acceptance threshold of 1%.

Proposals are ranked by the highest ‘YES’ votes and funded one by one until the category budget runs out. Any leftover funds excludes proposals submitted in ‘Cardano Use Cases: Product’ and ‘Catalyst Systems Improvements’ categories.

Funding shown includes proposals with ADA budgets, converted to USD at fund result time. Ecosystem role incentives are excluded. Figures are estimates - see individual proposal pages for details.

Funds requested by funded projects. Please note, any ecosystem role incentives are not included in these figures.

There's some funds left in each category that haven't been given out. All that leftover funding is put together into a new category called 'Sponsored by Leftovers'. All approved (and not yet funded) proposals across the entire Fund are eligible for this funding, except proposals from the 'Cardano Use Cases: Product' or 'Catalyst Systems Improvements' categories.

Title of the proposal is a link that will bring you to the proposal detail page.

The number of Cardano wallets that take an active part in the Catalyst voting event. Each wallet can vote once per proposal. The number indicated by each proposal represents a number of unique wallets casting a vote for that specific proposal.

Total voting power in ada casting an ‘ABSTAIN’ vote from all wallets combined. ‘ABSTAIN’ votes can be found in the results CSV for reference and do not count towards the approval criteria thresholds.

Total voting power applied in opposition of a proposal

Total voting power in ada casting a ‘YES’ vote applied in support/favor of a proposal from all wallets combined counting towards approval criteria thresholds.

Amount of ada registered to vote in Catalyst determined by the voting power snapshot unique for every funding round. For Fund11, the snapshot took place on Jan 15, 21:45 UTC. Each wallet has its own unique voting power based on the balance on the day/time of the snapshot. Each time a wallet casts a vote, it uses its full voting power applied to a proposal. This can be done only once per each proposal: ‘YES’ or ‘ABSTAIN’.

At least 1% of the total registered voting power must vote ‘YES’ on a proposal. In Fund12, there was ₳4,589,303,769 as a total registered voting power as accounted for by the snapshot. To be accepted (become an ‘approved proposal’ as well as be eligible for funding), a proposal must be voted by at least 0.01 * ₳4,589,303,769 = ₳45,893,037.69. ‘ABSTAIN’ votes do not count towards the acceptance threshold of 1%.

Proposals are ranked by the highest ‘YES’ votes and funded one by one until the category budget runs out. Any leftover funds excludes proposals submitted in ‘Cardano Use Cases: Product’ and ‘Cardano Partners & Real World Integrations’ categories.

Includes Fund 10 and 11 total funds, converted to USD at the time of fund launch. Please note, any ecosystem role incentives are not included in these figures.

There's some funds left in each category that haven't been given out. All that leftover funding is put together into a new category called 'Sponsored by Leftovers'. All approved (and not yet funded) proposals across the entire Fund are eligible for this funding, except proposals from the 'Cardano Use Cases: Product' or 'Cardano Partners & Real World Integrations' categories.

Amount of ada registered to vote in Catalyst determined by the voting power snapshot unique for every funding round. For Fund12, the snapshot took place on Jun 18, 21:45 UTC. Each wallet has its own unique voting power based on the balance on the day/time of the snapshot. Each time a wallet casts a vote, it uses its full voting power applied to a proposal. This can be done only once per each proposal: ‘YES’ or ‘ABSTAIN’.

At least 1% of the total registered voting power must vote ‘YES’ on a proposal. In Fund13, there was ₳4,803,572,582 as a total registered voting power as accounted for by the snapshot. To be accepted (become an ‘approved proposal’ as well as be eligible for funding), a proposal must be voted by at least 0.01 * ₳4,803,572,582 = ₳48,035,725.82. ‘ABSTAIN’ votes do not count towards the acceptance threshold of 1%.

Proposals are ranked by the highest ‘YES’ votes and funded one by one until the category budget runs out. Any leftover funds excludes proposals submitted in ‘Cardano Use Cases: Product’ and both ‘Cardano Partners’ categories.

There's some funds left in each category that haven't been given out. All that leftover funding is put together into a new category called 'Sponsored by Leftovers'. All approved (and not yet funded) proposals that have a maximum of one funded entry in Fund13 across the entire Fund are eligible for this funding, except proposals from the 'Cardano Use Cases: Product' or both ‘Cardano Partners’ categories.

Amount of ada registered to vote in Catalyst determined by the voting power snapshot unique for every funding round. For Fund13, the snapshot took place on Nov 20, 21:45 UTC. Each wallet has its own unique voting power based on the balance on the day/time of the snapshot. Each time a wallet casts a vote, it uses its full voting power applied to a proposal. This can be done only once per each proposal: ‘YES’ or ‘ABSTAIN’.

When a proposal is ‘Approved’, it means it received enough support to be eligible for funding (at least 1% of the total registered voting power voted ‘YES’). Proposals are ranked by the highest number of ‘YES’ votes and funded one by one until the category budget runs out.

A proposal that meets all approval criteria. The highest ‘YES’ result gets funding first until the remaining budget is depleted in the category and unable to fully fund the next approved proposal. If the amount requested by a proposal is larger than the remaining category amount at any point, it is skipped.

Proposals that did not meet the criteria for approval and were not eligible for funding. Each proposal needs enough 'YES' votes, equal to 1% or more of total registered voting power in a funding round, in order to be approved.

Proposals that met approval criteria but whose budgets exceeded the remaining category budget. Some 'Not Funded' proposals can get a second chance via the 'Sponsored by Leftovers' category. Proposals can also be approved but not funded due to lack of funding budget availability in a relevant category.

At least 1% of the total registered voting power, as determined by the voting power snapshot, must vote ‘YES’ on a proposal. This allows a proposal to be accepted and become an ‘approved proposal’ as well as be eligible for funding. ‘ABSTAIN’ votes do not count towards the acceptance threshold of 1%.

Proposals are ranked by the highest number of ‘YES’ votes and funded one by one until the category budget runs out. Leftover funds from each category are combined and some further eligible proposals can receive funding (see ‘Leftovers’).

Includes Fund 10, 11, 12 and 13 total funds, converted to USD at the time of fund results. Please note, any ecosystem role incentives are not included in these figures.

Some funds are left unallocated in each category as there is not enough remaining budget to allocate to the next eligible proposal (see ‘Fund Distribution Logic’). These leftover funds are combined from all categories, and create a new category called 'Sponsored by Leftovers'. All approved (and not yet funded) proposals across the entire Fund are eligible for this funding, except proposals from the 'Cardano Use Cases: Product' or 'Catalyst Systems Improvements' categories.

An idea put forward by members of the community seeking funding to pursue and implement it.

The number of Cardano wallets that take an active part in the Catalyst voting event. Each wallet can vote once per proposal. The number indicated by each proposal represents the number of unique wallets casting a vote for that specific proposal.

The total voting power in ada casting an ‘ABSTAIN’ vote from all wallets combined. ‘ABSTAIN’ votes can be found in the results CSV for reference and do not count towards the approval criteria thresholds.

The total voting power in ada casting a ‘YES’ vote, applied in support/favor of a proposal from all wallets combined, and counts towards the approval criteria thresholds.

The amount of ada registered to vote in Catalyst is determined by the voting power snapshot, which is unique for every funding round. Each wallet has its own unique voting power based on the balance on the day/time of the snapshot. Each time a wallet casts a vote, it uses its full voting power applied to a proposal. This can be done only once per each proposal: ‘YES’ or ‘ABSTAIN’.

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Ideas. Innovation. Impact.

Project Catalyst has funding rounds every few months, with a set amount of ada ready to allocate to ideas.

At the start of each Fund, the community has three weeks to submit proposals to answer challenges set in the previous funding round. Proposals are selected by community vote and funding is allocated to bring the projects to life.

Project Catalyst is currently between funding rounds, with the next Fund coming soon.

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