Funding Coordination Intern
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Posted on:
10-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Ethereum Foundation
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Ethereum and related technologies. Our mission is to do what is best for Ethereums long-term success. Our role is to allocate resources to critical projects to be a valued voice within the Ethereum ecosystem and to advocate for Ethereum to the outside world.
EF Internship
As part of our mission to advance blockchain systems interns will interact with innovative applications that span computer science distributed systems crypto-economics and mechanism design. This program offers a unique opportunity to work closely with the Ethereum Foundation its collaborators and other contributors across the ecosystem. Interns may also have the opportunity to share their work in global conference settings and help shape the future of Ethereum.
Interns can choose to work remotely but are encouraged to work out of an EF office (likely Berlin Germany). In addition interns will be invited for an in-person cohort meetup in the summer.
The duration of the internship is 12 weeks during summer 2026.
Funding Coordination team description
The Strategic Funding Coordination team helps EF grantees and other essential public goods projects secure co-funding from ecosystem grants government programs philanthropic organizations and select commercial partners.
Skills
- Familiarity with Ethereum and public goods: Understanding of Ethereums ecosystem open-source development and the role of public goods.
- Research proficiency: Skilled at investigating funding opportunities (e.g. grants databases policy initiatives philanthropic programs).
- Policy awareness: Understanding of public funding mechanisms global development goals and/or innovation policy.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research in areas relevant to nonprofit funding for Ethereum applications and decentralized technologies.
- Collaborate with Ethereum Foundation ecodev teams and contributors to address pressing funding issues
- Contribute to public-facing materials such as blog posts and share outcomes.
- Engage with the broader Ethereum community through discussions seminars and collaborations.
Qualifications
- Current university enrollment studying a relevant field such as economics computer science business administration business econ public policy strategic relations innovation policy or social entrepreneurship. Very recent graduates (1 year) may also be considered.
- Demonstrated interest in Ethereum blockchains and decentralized technologies.
$5000 - $5000 a month
Important dates:
This application closes on Dec 1st 2025. Applicants will receive decisions by January 30th 2026.
Note on AI-assisted review:
The hiring team will use an AI-assisted tool to help us review resumes for this role. Heres what that means:
- Your resume is anonymized before the AI review.
- We have been assured that your information will not be used to train AI models.
- Human reviewers make all final decisions. The AI tool does not reject or advance candidates automatically.
- The tool simply helps the hiring team manage a large volume of applications by highlighting potential fits.
If youd like to know more about how the tool works you can read the Talent Fit AI Brief.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Intern
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About Company
The Ethereum Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to enabling better human coordination. The Foundation nurtures the Ethereum protocol and community by supporting research, projects, and events.
