The Octant Ecosystem in collaboration with Ethereum Foundation’s Strategic Funding Coordination team, has announced the launch of Epoch 9 with the theme Ethereum Stories, a funding round designed to support creatives who contribute to strengthening Ethereum’s public narrative.
Octant Epoch 9 round marks a shift in focus toward marketing, educational, and journalistic content. The program will provide grants to journalists, storytellers, content creators, and researchers whose work has helped make Ethereum more legible, credible, and engaging to wider audiences.
The initiative seeks proposals for educational content that explains Ethereum’s role in society in a way that resonates beyond the crypto-native community. The aim is to fund work that can be used in classrooms, newsrooms, and public discussions, making Ethereum part of everyday conversations.
Applicants are encouraged to present campaigns, media series, or investigative projects that would help build a clear and accessible narrative around Ethereum.
Eligible Content Formats
Submissions includes past work as well as proposals for new work across the following formats:
- Long-form: Documentaries, explainers, podcasts, essays, investigative journalism.
- Short-form: Reels, animations, educational short videos (including TikToks)
- Sequential: Educational series, event coverage, recurring media campaigns
To apply, you need to:
- Provide proof of past Ethereum content (video, podcast, article, campaign, etc.)
- Show its impact (audience size, engagement quality, influence).
- Submit a short proposal for your next project, with:
- Concept and intended impact
- Distribution plan
- Execution plan with a smaller vs. larger budget (detail what you would do if you got less than 0.1x of the financial and versus if you got 10x that amount.
Selection Process
In the previous epoch, 275.58 ETH (approximately $1.22 million) was distributed in grants to selected projects. This round will have even more.
The round will operate on both retroactive and forward-looking funding principles:
- Applicants must already have produced Ethereum-focused content.
- Funding decisions will be based on the quality of past work while supporting proposed new projects.
- The program will recognize past contributions and provide resources for continued impact.
What is not eligible:
- Financial advice, price speculation, or token promotion.
- Market predictions or “moon/pump” language.
- Event organization as the primary deliverable
Applications for Epoch 9 are now open. Interested creatives must submit their proposals before 27th August, 2025, at 2 p.m. EDT. The review period starts from 28th August to 10th September, 2025. The Allocation Window begins 8th October and ends on 22nd October, 2025.
Find out more details here.
