Applications Open for Canadian Arts Training Fund!

Deadline: 30 June 2018

Applications are accepted for the Canada Arts Training Fund (CATF) to support arts training in Canada.

The CATF provides financial support for the ongoing operations of Canadian organizations that specialize in training artists for professional national or international artistic careers, at the highest levels.

Expected results of the CATF include:

Canadian institutions deliver nationally significant arts training of the highest quality;
high-calibre arts training institutions are financially and administratively stable; and
graduates are recognized for excellence in Canada and internationally.

Eligible Expenses

They will fund only project-related cash expenses. These may include:

artistic and administrative salaries, fees and benefits;
curriculum development and training delivery;
student support;
audition fees;
travel;
marketing and publicity;
fundraising;
administrative expenses;
facility costs such as rent/mortgage;
maintenance costs;
office supplies; and
professional development for staff.

Eligibility Criteria

exist primarily to provide professional arts training, or have established professional arts training as an integral component of their overall activities;
offer training activities that clearly align with program objectives;
be incorporated in Canada as a not-for-profit organization;
demonstrate that the training for which funding is requested is not funded as a provincial post-secondary-education activity (for the purposes of this program, post-secondary education is defined as education that follows 12 years of primary and secondary education), and demonstrate that the activity for which funding is requested does not result in the granting of a post-secondary qualification such as a diploma, certificate, or degree;
receive support from sources other than the Canada Arts Training Program for at least 30% of costs related to the training work (e.g. tuition, other levels of government, fundraising). Total support from all levels of government cannot exceed 90% of the activity costs;
be directed by recognized professionals with a background in the discipline in which training is provided. While applicants may operate other concurrent activities for different purposes, the training program should be staffed with professionals from that artistic discipline;
have sufficient administrative capacity to support organizational objectives and to comply with funding conditions;
have delivered the professional training program and had year-round administrative operations in support of the program for a minimum of three years;
have a track record of significant artistic achievement at the national level, with graduates having a national impact and achieving wide recognition in their discipline; often in a leadership capacity within their artistic field (e.g. a principal dancer, choreographer, artistic director, lead actor, musician, circus artist, playwright, composer, visual artist).
be accessible to Canadians through a national, competitive admission process available in both of Canada’s official languages, including a bilingual website and information material, and a bilingual audition process. An exception will be made for training programs in an Indigenous or ethnocultural art form, or in a language-specific art form (such as theatre). Exceptions may also be made for training programs involving students aged 10 to 19 years, where the accompanying academic education is offered in only one language; and
have a national student body. It is expected that a national organization would draw at least 20% of its student body from regions outside the training area.