Extension of the Uniswap-Arbitrum Grant Program (UAGP)

Thanks @jengajojo for the comments - share the excitement here :slight_smile:

On the more qualitative support points:

On the first two points, we are largely tackling this by positioning the UAGP at the core of the Arbitrum ecosystem and merely “being out there” and approachable to give builders a path cross-ecosystem. E.g., we have presented the program on many occasions and guided builders from the Arbitrum ecosystem to Uniswap, and vice versa. Examples include presenting the program on the Arbitrum DAO Day, the Arbitrum GovHackathon in Denver, taking part in the GovSwap, supporting applicants to pitch at the Arbitrum Demo Day in Denver, and onboarding many builders through personal interactions at conferences.
A key element of this is actively participating in both ecosystems and providing a platform for builders to approach us. We’ll try to highlight some “case studies” of this in our survey (see info below) to make this more tangible.

On the third point, this is a topic we discussed actively before launching and moving the proposal to on-chain. While we generally believe this can be of great value, right now additional support is largely offered in our onboarding and then practically done (a) light-touch via milestone-setting calls (e.g., challenging core KPIs) and (b) in direct interactions with the Grantees and doing intros to relevant people. For full transparency here, there haven’t been many instances (besides introductions made by us) where we actively did a big chunk of “strategic support”. This is driven by (a) the projects not asking for it at their current stage and (b), given our lean mandate, not a key priority for us either. If you check the on-chain proposal, you will see we’ve already adjusted this in the proposal before putting it up for an on-chain vote.

For other program updates, find a more granular view here. Similarly, @fin_areta is currently preparing a qualitative mid-term survey to highlight some of the more nuanced (qualitative) developments and collect opinions from parties involved in the program.

Let us know what you think or if you’d like us to shine more light on these

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