This referendum proposes to formally close the Polkadot Pioneers Prize bounty and return the remaining ~702,950 DOT to the treasury.

The Pioneers Prize was created to support technical advancement in the Polkadot ecosystem through a series of incentive challenges, with categories including zero-knowledge research and infrastructure development. But since the program is no longer active and no further work is planned, this referendum initiates the on-chain action to shut down the bounty and return the unused funds to the treasury.