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# NEAR Project Onboarding Checklist
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Welcome to the NEAR ecosystem! Here are some concise and helpful guidelines to effectively onboard into the NEAR ecosystem.


- [ ] If you are interested in exploring funding to build on NEAR, there are a variety of funding tracks available depending on what you’re building - learn about them on the [Ecosystem Funding](https://near.org/ecosystem/get-funding/) page of the main near.org site to find the right one pertaining to your project
- [ ] Submit your project to [AwesomeNEAR](https://awesomenear.com/) by simply getting the details into this [form](https://awesomenear.com/getstarted)
- [ ] Get involved in the community
* NEAR Official [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/qmRAacr6ze)
* NEAR [Forum](https://gov.near.org/)
* NEAR Official [Telegram](https://t.me/cryptonear)
- [ ] If you are planning on fundraising, please submit applicable info [here](https://nearprotocol1001.typeform.com/nearvcnetwork) to get into our VC network. Submitting this will be followed up with an email to schedule a call with our head of investor relations, review your deck, and position your project in front of VCs. **This will not guarentee funding from investors/VC's.**
- [ ] For support around technical aspects:
* Daily DevRel [Office Hours](https://near.org/developers/get-help/office-hours/)
* Dev Support Discord [channel](https://discord.gg/9ezRXvQ3EG)
* Infrastructure & Tools [available](development/tools-infrastructure.md) on NEAR
- [ ] Discover talent to fill open roles and needs within your team
* NEAR Ecosystem careers portal: [here](https://careers.near.org/jobs)
* Beexperience: [here](https://beexperience.io/)
* Discover NEAR University talent: [here](https://discord.gg/k4pxafjMWA)
- [ ] Check out the available marketing & growth [resources](https://wiki.near.org/support/growth) in the NEAR ecosystem
- [ ] Don’t forget to check out the NEAR [wiki](https://wiki.near.org/)!
