In the first week of December, Compound Finance and Uniswap both began working towards the inclusion of grants programs to support ecosystem development on their respective platforms. 

• The two platforms are among the DeFi market’s most popular services, but both teams believe that a controlled and fair means to incentivize development would help their respective platforms greatly
• While Uniswap’s proposal is currently in the test phase, Compound’s is already up and is end on Dec. 8
• Voters have almost unanimously supported the grant program on Compound, with over 99% of votes in favor of it
• As for Uniswap, the community can currently review the basic outline before it moves onto an official vote
• Variant Fund’s Jesse Walden explained the grant program over Twitter, saying that the goal was “to provide valuable resources to help grow the Uniswap ecosystem”
• The tentative budget proposal would give the awardees $1.5 million over two months; a committee of 6 members would review applicants