“Two-tier Foundation grants for Avalanche builders: an open Mini Grant application for a tight one-to-two-month deliverable, and a committee-nominated Accelerator Grant for teams that prove out with a strong mini-grant.”
Team1 Builder Grants is the Avalanche Foundation's standing, small-dollar grant instrument, run through the Builder Hub. It has two tiers. Mini Grants go up to $10,000 with a direct, open application, designed for a tight one-to-two-month deliverable. Accelerator Grants go up to $30,000, but there is no open application for them: the Foundation nominates teams to this tier based on how they performed on a Mini Grant, which makes the Mini Grant the practical entry point for essentially every founder.
The Builder Hub lists a wider menu alongside Team1: research grants up to $50,000 for academic work, a Helika-run game accelerator, Space & Time credits, and security-audit subsidies up to 75 percent of cost. Earlier-named programs (infraBUIDL, infraBUIDL(AI), Retro9000) were not present on the current grants page at review time and should be treated as closed or unverified rather than assumed active.
Team1 sits below Codebase by Avalanche, the Foundation-adjacent incubator that trades a fixed 5 percent equity stake plus a $50,000 stipend for a $250,000 total cheque and a 10-week program. A founder who proves capability through a Team1 grant has a natural, better-informed next step in Codebase.
Key stats:
| Person or team | Role | Where to find them |
|---|---|---|
| Avalanche Foundation grants committee | Reviews Mini Grant applications and nominates Accelerator Grant recipients | build.avax.network/grants |
| Team1 Network | Operates the Team1 grant brand and site alongside the Foundation | team1.network/grants |
| Helika | Runs the game accelerator listed alongside Team1 on the Builder Hub | build.avax.network/grants |
Individual reviewer names are not published, and we have not guessed.