Mission Applicant Guide: How to Submit a Mission Application

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Mission Applicant Guide: How to Submit a Mission Application What’s a Mission Request? Who Can Apply to Mission Requests? Teams may apply to Mission Requests at their corresponding Collective Trust Tier. Each team must identify a team lead. If a team is comprised of individual contributors that are not associated with an established protocol or company, and those contributors are at different tiers, the team’s tier should correspond to the tier of the team lead. Teams may apply for multiple Mission Requests given their intentionally specific scope. Any team member’s affiliation with multiple Mission Requests should be made clear. A delegate may apply to execute their own Delegate Mission Request, provided they are not a member of the Grants Council. Please note: All grant recipients are subject to the Code of Conduct, and the Grant Policies within, and must KYC with the Foundation to receive rewards (as with all grants). How do I Apply for a Foundation Mission Request? Foundation Mission Requests, supported by the Partner Fund, are created and selected by the Optimism Foundation on a rolling basis. You can see previous Foundation Mission Requests here. Make sure you understand the Collective’s grant policies before applying. Foundation Mission Requests can be found on the ecosystem contributions github. Foundation Mission Requests will be labeled as such (Season 4 Mission Requests may be labeled as “RFP”). A Mission Application template should be included on each Foundation Mission Request. Submit your Mission Application as a comment on the relevant github issue by the specified submission date. The Foundation will select a team by the specified selection date. Selected teams should post monthly progress updates on the relevant github issue until the Mission has been completed. How do I Apply for a Delegate Mission Request? Untitled ( 4 ) 2176 × 440 16 . 7 KB Delegate Mission Requests, supported by the Governance Fund, are created at the beginning of the Season by the top 100 delegates. These Mission Applications are processed by the Grants Council, which will set submission and selection deadlines corresponding to regular Voting Cycles. Make sure you understand the Collective’s grant policies before applying. Delegate Mission Requests will be posted to the ecosystems contribution github once approved via governance at the end of Voting Cycle # 18 (see public governance calendar). Submit your Application via the Charmverse link included on the relevant github issue by the specified submission date. You may also visit the Optimism Grants Council Charmverse page directly and click on “Applications” to submit a Mission Application. Choose the relevant Mission Request template for your application, and answer all the required questions. All Delegate Mission Applications must be submitted via Charmverse. Mission Applications for Delegate Mission Requests can be submitted beginning in Voting Cycle # 19 (see public governance calendar) The Grants Council opened submissions on February 1 st as an Indication of Interest for Missions that are approved to move to a Token House vote; however, if the Mission does not pass the Token House vote on February 14 th, those submissions will not be considered. You can apply for Missions that passed the Token House vote between February 15 th and February 21 st. The Grants Council, possibly with the assistance of the Developer Advisory Board, will announce the selected application by the specified selection date. Selected teams should post monthly progress updates in Charmverse until the Mission has been completed. Mission Application Template Make sure you follow the required template when creating a new application. For Foundation Missions, you will find those on the ecosystem contributions github. For Delegate Missions, you will find those on linked on the github or directly via Charmverse. What about Access to Upfront Capital? Most Mission grants are awarded in the form of locked OP tokens. These tokens will be locked for a period of one year, unless your Mission qualifies as a growth experiments grant. Please make sure you understand the Collective’s grant policies before applying. We understand these policies present some limitations and have created a Foundation Mission Request to establish an Ecosystem Investment Network that may provide upfront capital to exceptional Mission applications. How Do Missions Relate to RetroPGF? The Mission grant amount should reflect the minimum amount required to execute the Mission. Additional rewards may be received via RetroPGF, based on the impact of the executed Mission. We have suggested a 50 / 50 split between Mission/RetroPGF rewards in Season 5 to incentivize quality execution. Over time, the proportion of baseline grant to retroactive rewards should shift towards RetroPGF until everything is supported by RetroPGF.

The post provides an applicant guide on how to submit a Mission Application, including information on Mission Requests, how to apply for Foundation and Delegate Mission Requests, application templates, grant policies, deadlines, reporting requirements, locked tokens, and the relationship between Missions and RetroPGF.

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Mission Applicant Guide: How to Submit a Mission Application What’s a Mission Request? 1 Who Can … Mission Applicant Guide: How to Submit a Mission Application What’s a Mission Request? 1 Who Can Apply to Mission Requests? Teams, formerly called Alliances, may apply to Mission Requests at their corresponding Collective Trust Tier 2 Each team must identify a Team Lead. See this guide 1 for more information on forming and operating teams. If a team is comprised of individual contributors at different Tiers, the team’s Tier should correspond to the tier of Team Lead. Teams may apply for multiple Mission Requests given their intentionally specific scope. Any team member’s affiliation with multiple Mission Requests should be made clear. A delegate may apply to execute their own Delegate Mission Request, provided they are not a member of the Grants Council. Please note: All grant recipients are subject to the Code of Conduct and must KYC with the Foundation to receive rewards (as with all grants). How do I Apply for a Foundation Mission Request? Foundation Mission Requests, supported by the Partner Fund, are created and selected by the Optimism Foundation on a rolling basis. You can see previous Foundation Mission Requests here 2 . Make sure you understand the Application requirements as well as the Collective’s grant policies 3 before applying. Foundation Mission Requests can be found on the ecosystem contributions github 2 . Foundation Mission Requests will be labeled as such (Season 4 Mission Requests may be labeled as “RFP”) A Mission Application template should be included on each Foundation Mission Request Submit your completed Mission Application as a comment on the relevant github issue by the specified submission date The Foundation will select a team by the specified selection date Selected teams should post monthly progress updates on the relevant github issue until the Mission has been completed How do I Apply for a Delegate Mission Request? Untitled ( 4 ) 2176 × 440 16 . 7 KB Delegate Mission Requests, supported by the Governance Fund, are created at the beginning of the Season by the top 100 delegates. These Mission Applications are processed by the Grants Council, which will set submission and selection deadlines corresponding to regular Voting Cycles. Make sure you understand the Application requirements 3 as well as the Collective’s grant policies 3 before applying. Delegate Mission Requests can be found on the ecosystems contribution github. Mission Applications for Delegate Mission Requests can be submitted beginning in Voting Cycle # 19 (see public governance calendar 1 ) A Mission Application template should be included on each Delegate Mission Request. Suggested Mission Application Template This template may be adjusted by the Grants Council, on a case-by-case basis Team Name: Team Lead: Trust Tier 2 : Please verify that you meet the qualifications for submitting at the above Tier 1 : Contact info: Please specify the best point of contact (email preferred) Twitter handle: For promotional purposes L 2 recipient address: What portion, if any, of your Application qualifies as a growth experiment grant: XXX OP What portion, if any, of your Application qualifies as a builders grant: XXX OP Please link to any relevant previous work: What makes you best-suited to execute this Mission? Please consider any experience relevant to the above requirements: Please describe your proposed solution based on the above Solution Criteria (if applicable): Please outline your step-by-step plan to execute this Mission, including expected deadlines to complete each peice of work: Please define a critical milestone(s). The critical milestone should be a measure of whether you’ve made best efforts to execute what is outlined in this proposal or not. If you fail to achieve your pre-defined critical milestone, your grant may be clawed back, as outlined in the Operating Manual. Please list any additional support you would require to execute this mission (financial, technical, marketing, etc.): I confirm that my grant will be subject to clawback for failure to execute on critical milestones: [Yes/No] Builders grants are awarded in OP, locked for one year. Growth experiments grants are subject to the no-sale rule. I confirm that I have read and understand the grant policies: [Yes/No] I understand that I will be required to provide additional KYC information to the Optimism Foundation to receive this grant: [Yes/No]: I understand that I will be expected to following the public grant reporting requirements outlined here: [Yes/No]: Submit your completed Application via the Charmverse link included on the relevant github issue by the specified submission date The Grants Council, possibly with the assistance of a Developer Advisory Board [link], will announce the selected proposal by the specified selection date Selected teams should post monthly progress updates on the relevant github issue until the Mission has been completed What about Access to Upfront Capital? Most Mission grants are awarded in the form of locked OP tokens. These tokens will be locked for a period of one year, unless your Mission qualifies as a growth experiments grant. Please make sure you understand the Collective’s grant policies 3 before applying. We understand these policies present some limitations and have created a Foundation Mission Request to establish an Ecosystem Investment Network 2 that may provide upfront capital to exceptional Mission applications. How Do Missions Relate to RetroPGF? The Mission grant amount should reflect the minimum amount required to execute the Mission. Additional rewards may be received via RetroPGF, based on the impact of the executed Mission. We have suggested a 50 / 50 split between Mission/RetroPGF rewards in Season 5 to incentivize quality execution. Over time, the proportion of baseline grant to retroactive rewards should shift towards RetroPGF until everything is supported by RetroPGF.

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Mission Applicant Guide: How to Submit a Mission Application What’s a Mission Request? 58 Who Can… Mission Applicant Guide: How to Submit a Mission Application What’s a Mission Request? 58 Who Can Apply to Mission Requests? Teams may apply to Mission Requests at their corresponding Collective Trust Tier 104 . Each team must identify a team lead. If a team is comprised of individual contributors that are not associated with an established protocol or company, and those contributors are at different tiers, the team’s tier should correspond to the tier of the team lead. Teams may apply for multiple Mission Requests given their intentionally specific scope. Any team member’s affiliation with multiple Mission Requests should be made clear. A delegate may apply to execute their own Delegate Mission Request, provided they are not a member of the Grants Council. Please note: All grant recipients are subject to the Code of Conduct 2 , and the Grant Policies 59 within, and must KYC with the Foundation to receive rewards (as with all grants). How do I Apply for a Foundation Mission Request? Foundation Mission Requests, supported by the Partner Fund, are created and selected by the Optimism Foundation on a rolling basis. You can see previous Foundation Mission Requests here 72 . Make sure you understand the Collective’s grant policies 59 before applying. Foundation Mission Requests can be found on the ecosystem contributions github 72 . Foundation Mission Requests will be labeled as such (Season 4 Mission Requests may be labeled as “RFP”). A Mission Application template should be included on each Foundation Mission Request. Submit your Mission Application as a comment on the relevant github issue by the specified submission date. The Foundation will select a team by the specified selection date. Selected teams should post monthly progress updates on the relevant github issue until the Mission has been completed. How do I Apply for a Delegate Mission Request? Untitled ( 4 ) 2176 × 440 16 . 7 KB Delegate Mission Requests, supported by the Governance Fund, are created at the beginning of the Season by the top 100 delegates. These Mission Applications are processed by the Grants Council, which will set submission and selection deadlines corresponding to regular Voting Cycles. Make sure you understand the Collective’s grant policies 59 before applying. Delegate Mission Requests will be posted to the ecosystems contribution github 72 once approved via governance at the end of Voting Cycle # 18 (see public governance calendar 28 ). Submit your Application via the Charmverse link included on the relevant github issue by the specified submission date. You may also visit the Optimism Grants Council Charmverse page 36 directly and click on “Applications” to submit a Mission Application. Choose the relevant Mission Request template for your application, and answer all the required questions. All Delegate Mission Applications must be submitted via Charmverse. Mission Applications for Delegate Mission Requests can be submitted beginning in Voting Cycle # 19 (see public governance calendar 28 ) The Grants Council opened submissions on February 1 st as an Indication of Interest for Missions that are approved to move to a Token House vote; however, if the Mission does not pass the Token House vote on February 14 th, those submissions will not be considered. You can apply for Missions that passed the Token House vote between February 15 th and February 21 st. The Grants Council, possibly with the assistance of the Developer Advisory Board, will announce the selected application by the specified selection date. Selected teams should post monthly progress updates in Charmverse until the Mission has been completed. Mission Application Template Make sure you follow the required template when creating a new application. For Foundation Missions, you will find those on the ecosystem contributions github 72 . For Delegate Missions, you will find those on linked on the github or directly via Charmverse 19 . What about Access to Upfront Capital? Most Mission grants are awarded in the form of locked OP tokens. These tokens will be locked for a period of one year, unless your Mission qualifies as a growth experiments grant. Please make sure you understand the Collective’s grant policies 59 before applying. We understand these policies present some limitations and have created a Foundation Mission Request to establish an Ecosystem Investment Network 19 that may provide upfront capital to exceptional Mission applications. How Do Missions Relate to RetroPGF? The Mission grant amount should reflect the minimum amount required to execute the Mission. Additional rewards may be received via RetroPGF, based on the impact of the executed Mission. We have suggested a 50 / 50 split between Mission/RetroPGF rewards in Season 5 to incentivize quality execution. Over time, the proportion of baseline grant to retroactive rewards should shift towards RetroPGF until everything is supported by RetroPGF.

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Hi Everyone. Is there going to be a template for Delegate Mission Requests (Cycle 19 )? We started… Hi Everyone. Is there going to be a template for Delegate Mission Requests (Cycle 19 )? We started a grant application Spring last year( 22 ) and we have now added a Mission Application Template to go with this as Season 5 has introduced many changes to the process. I’m thinking the best solution is that I post a DRAFT grant proposal for comments leading into Cycle 19 , and then have a mission application drafted for said proposal. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

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Hi @Bob, if you would like to create a Delegate Mission Request, you can find the instructions here… Hi @Bob, if you would like to create a Delegate Mission Request, you can find the instructions here: Delegate Guide: How to Create a Delegate Mission Request If you are not a Top 100 delegate but have an idea for a Mission Request, you may post your idea under this thread so that a Top 100 delegate may review and potentially sponsor the idea: Seeking Mission Request Sponsorship Reminder that Delegate Mission Requests are due by next Wednesday ( 1 / 17 ) at 19 : 00 GMT!

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Hi Everyone. Is there going to be a template for Delegate Mission Requests (Cycle 19 )? We started… Hi Everyone. Is there going to be a template for Delegate Mission Requests (Cycle 19 )? We started a grant application Spring last year( 22 ) and we have now added a Mission Application Template to go with this as Season 5 has introduced many changes to the process. I’m thinking the best solution is that I post a DRAFT grant proposal for comments leading into Cycle 19 , and then have a mission application drafted for said proposal. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

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Hi @Bob, if you would like to create a Delegate Mission Request, you can find the instructions here… Hi @Bob, if you would like to create a Delegate Mission Request, you can find the instructions here: Delegate Guide: How to Create a Delegate Mission Request 10 If you are not a Top 100 delegate but have an idea for a Mission Request, you may post your idea under this thread so that a Top 100 delegate may review and potentially sponsor the idea: Seeking Mission Request Sponsorship 8 Reminder that Delegate Mission Requests are due by next Wednesday ( 1 / 17 ) at 19 : 00 GMT!

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