Deadline: 15 February 2019
The Access Copyright Foundation is seeking applications for Marian Hebb Research Grant program to support inquiry and exploration relevant to Canadian publishing, writing and visual arts.
Research projects will be designed to facilitate the creation of a publishable work, an innovative program, strategic initiative, study paper or report.
The Access Copyright Foundation was created to promote and support Canadian culture by providing grants to encourage the development and dissemination of publishable Canadian works. The Foundation re-invests resources back into the creative and publishing community by supporting activities that enhance the economic and creative environment in which they operate.
A clearly articulated Inquiry Question should guide the research approach and project activities. Areas of inquiry may include but are not limited to:
- Creators:
- Content, ideas, themes or techniques essential to the creation of a publishable work-in-progress
- Organizations and Publishers:
- Emerging trends, issues and challenges
- Digital technology: its creative, economic or cultural impact
- Innovative approaches to program design and delivery
- Strategic responses to changes in the economic and creative environment
Artistic Discipline
Research grants are available in the literary and visual arts. Your project must involve work that is or will be publishable (text, illustrations, etc.).
Grant Category
- Creators: For individual creators (writers and visual artists) engaged in research essential to the realization of a publishable work-in-progress. Research may be content or process oriented.
- Organizations and Publishers: For publishers or publishing, writing and visual arts organizations exploring issues relevant to the publishing industry or to writers and visual artists in Canada. Research may be specific to the interests of the organization or to issues in the creative and economic environment.
Grant Amount
- Creators
- Applicants may apply for 85% of eligible project expenses to a maximum of $7,500.
- Note: Creators Research Grants from the Access Copyright Foundation are taxable income. Successful Creators Research Grant applicants will be required to provide their Social Insurance Number to the Saskatchewan Arts Board before grant funds are released. The Access Copyright Foundation will issue T4As to creators for the year in which the grant is paid. Applicants are encouraged to contact a tax advisor or to review the Income Tax Act to determine the amounts that must be included in income, the amounts that may be excluded and the deductibility of related expenses.
- Organizations and Publishers
- Applicants may apply for 75% of eligible project expenses to a maximum of $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- Creators: Professional writers and visual artists who have completed formal or informal training in their discipline, maintain an artistic practice, and publish or present their work in a manner recognized by their professional peers. Applicants must also be Canadian citizens or permanent residents (as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada) who live and work in Canada for at least six months each year and meet at least one of the following criteria:
- One published book
- One exhibition catalogue
- Five publications in periodicals or journals.
- Organizations and Publishers: Publishers or publishing, writing and visual arts organizations located in Canada that
- Are legally registered in Canada as non-profit organizations or Are public institutions in Canada operated by a government body, open to the public at least 120 days per year, and that maintain artistic control and separate financial records or Are independent professional book or periodical publishers at least 75% Canadian-owned and controlled
- Have a program mandate that is based on the professional development and interests of Canadian writers or visual artists
- Have been in continuous operation for at least one year prior to the date of application and have published or presented programs with Canadian content throughout that period.
- Creators: Professional writers and visual artists who have completed formal or informal training in their discipline, maintain an artistic practice, and publish or present their work in a manner recognized by their professional peers. Applicants must also be Canadian citizens or permanent residents (as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada) who live and work in Canada for at least six months each year and meet at least one of the following criteria:
How to Apply
Applicants can download the application package via given website.
For more information, please visit https://acfoundation.ca/grants/marian-hebb-research-grant-2017-2/