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🥳 Workflow and Process Overview

💬 GCP Template & Submission Guidelines

🔆 General Eligibility Criteria

📔 A Word on Grant Recovery

📚 Guidance on Milestones

✍️ Writing Killer Proposals

❓Got Questions?

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Citizen Grants GCP’s encourages community participation and innovation towards achieving the program’s objectives. It allows Gitcoin community members to propose actionable steps and ideas (GCPs) that align with the Citizen Grants Program’s funding personas. The program utilizes direct grant funding to foster ecosystem growth through proactive contributions from its community.

Proposals undergo a structured evaluation process, including community feedback and assessment by the Grants Council.

Workflow and Process Overview

GCPs that satisfy the criteria below will be chosen for evaluation. Fork and use the GCP Template to create yours.

• [ ] The GCP must be posted on the Gitcoin Governance Forum with all mandatory sections duly completed, and must align with one of the personas that the program is funding:

• [ ] There must be a minimum of 5 business days allowed for community input.
• [ ] The final version of the GCP must be submitted on Grants Stack as a Direct Grant.

Proposal Submission

• Grantees start by reviewing the guidelines for submitting a GCP.
• Grantee submits their GCP on the Governance Forum, allowing for visibility and community feedback.

Commenting, Feedback, and Adjustments Period

• After submission, the community is required to review and provide input on the GCP for a minimum of 5 business days.
• The grantee is responsible for updating their proposal as needed, considering the community's feedback to ensure the proposal's alignment with the Citizens Grants Program’s intended funding personas.

Submission on Grants Stack and Evaluation

• The grantee must submit the final version of their GCP on Grants Stack by the date set out by the GCP coordinator.
• All applications on Grants Stack are consolidated for review by Grant Council.

Post-Cycle Implementation

• Once approved, the grantee creates a project with a roadmap on the Karma Grantee Accountability Protocol.
• The project's outcomes are periodically reviewed as per the established roadmap.
• Payments are authorized based on the project's schedule and progress.
• The GCP is officially closed upon completion and satisfactory review of all

GCP Template and Submission Guidelines

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1. Complete all sections of the GCP template and create a Governance Forum post in the Citizens Grants category

2. Adjust and finalize your proposal after at least 5 business days allowed for community input.

3. Complete the following two steps to submit your proposal to the Citizen Grants Direct Grant on Grants Stack:

   1. Create a new project on Builder and submit the following information from your GCP
   • [ ] Project Name (Proposal Title)
   • [ ] Project Website
   • [ ] Project Description (Proposal Description)

   b. Complete the round application here [LINK COMING]. You will be required to submit the following information.

   • [ ] Project created in Builder (previous step)
   • [ ] Payout wallet address
   • [ ] Email
   • [ ] Responses to the remaining sections in the GCP

Guidance on Milestones

• Milestones outlined in the GCP serve as benchmarks for making incremental payments upon successful completion.