# \[PancakeSwap\] \[FINAL\] \[STIP - Round 1\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Short Term Incentives Program (STIP) Round 1\ **Created:** [September 26, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/pancakeswap-final-stip-round-1/17136 "2023-09-26T14:57:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![chefmaroon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/chefmaroon/32/3308_2.png) [@chefmaroon](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/chefmaroon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/pancakeswap-final-stip-round-1/17136/17 "2023-09-28T03:07:22Z")
At a high level, we very much appreciate the perspectives and points you make – having a healthy debate is key to making sure incentives are spent effectively for the benefit of the Arbitrum ecosystem. > [@flindy](#): > > Ofc, recommendations that are clear guidelines to follow unless you can clearly demonstrate you are achieving much for the ecosystem Our reply to @Perl should cover our thoughts on this point, though if there are additional points you feel we should address please do let us know. > [@flindy](#): > > I do not agree that this is a compelling commitment that you seem to champion Not only are we matching the grant during the grant period (~13.5% of grant amount), we are committed to extending it to cover the total duration of a year. If you prefer to only focus on the grant period, please feel free to do so; however, our 1 year commitment still stands. Do note also that 156k is our baseline amount - we will look to increase it as we grow on Arbitrum, especially after the incentivization period to prevent TVL from leaving the ecosystem. Our incentivized Farm pairs are always changing - right now our Farms skew towards core pairs since that was our go-to market strategy. We have introduced Farms for Level Finance and Magpie and will continue to do so for other projects old and new to Arbitrum. > [@flindy](#): > > you are prioritising 50% of the grant towards core pairs which is also a very high ratio We felt that 50% was a good balance - it allows sufficient incentivization of core pairs that are heavily used and essential for DeFi legos, while still adequately supporting non-core pairs (some of whom will be invited by us to deploy on Arbitrum). I saw that [you agreed](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/camelot-draft-stip-round-1/17200/13) with Camelot’s proposal which earmarks 40% to core pairs (ARB/ETH/USDT/USDC pools), which is not too different from our split. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/pancakeswap-final-stip-round-1/17136)._