“Conviction Voting offers a novel decision making process that funds proposals based on the aggregated preference of community members, expressed continuously.”
Deep dive here.
How to submit a funding proposal to the TEC?
1 - Post your proposal in Advice Process for a minimum of 5 days
2 - Integrate relevant feedback, come to the Conviction Voting section and fill in the proposal template that will open when you click “new draft”
3 - Conviction Voting is on-chain and Gardens proposals require a deposit of 200 liquid TEC (non vested). You can buy TEC directly from the Augmented Bonding Curve https://convert.tecommons.org/ or on Honey swap Honeyswap Interface
4 - Go to the TEC Gardens, click in “create proposal” and follow the instructions. Post the link from your Conviction Voting forum post in the proposal.
5 - Engage with the community, promote your proposal and be available to answer questions and comments 
Learn more about what kind of projects the TEC wants to fund here