In order to fuel the growth of ecosystem projects the grant program should be based on the stage of the project imo
Example
Grant 1 - For projects to build MVP
Grant 2 - For projects to gain early traction
Grant 3 - For projects to accelerate growth
we got a grant to build our MVP for @wapal_official last year; we launched the MVP, got early traction and now are one of the most used dapps on Aptos but our growth has been stagnant because of lack of grant support from the foundation
I reached out for APT grant support to incentivize NFT traders on Wapal but I was told that the grant program was only for defi projects atm. I couldn’t understand why it was only for defi projects
we would feel more encouraged if the foundation came up with a wholesome approach where they evaluate multiple factors such as stage, growth, no. of users, ability to innovate and ship new features faster etc as a part of the grant program