Second this. We need to make sure the grant program doesn’t turned out to be a “public growth program” where big integrations / established projects get majority of the fund. This will kill the purpose of grant program.
Regarding the process and overhead: my 2 cent is that “grant tiers” like Nouns funding can help somewhere in the process: it gives the council more flexible on when to move quickly with small grants + ensure thoroughness with larger grants.