Deadline: 3 April 2017
The Access Copyright Foundation is seeking applications for its “Professional Development Grants” to promote excellence in Canadian content by supporting artistic and professional skills development for individuals and organizations engaged in the creation, production and publication of text and images.
The Access Copyright Foundation Professional Development Grants provide access to specialized training and continuing education for writers and visual artists and for arts professionals employed or contracted by Canadian publishers, writing and visual arts organizations.
Grant Category
- Creators: For individual creators (writers and visual artists) seeking to develop their craft, learn new skills, acquire specialized knowledge, train with an established professional peer or pursue career development opportunities.
- Arts Professionals and Publishers: For employees of, or freelance professionals contracted by publishers or publishing, writing and visual arts organizations seeking to enhance their expertise and knowledge through professional exchange, continuing education, skills development or attendance at creative industry events.
Grant Information
- Creators
- Applicants may apply for 85% of eligible project expenses to a maximum of $3,000
- Arts and Professionals and Publishers
- Applicants may apply for 75% of eligible project expenses to a maximum of $3,000
- Access Copyright Foundation Professional Development Grants are taxable income. Each grant recipient must provide their Social Insurance Number to the Saskatchewan Arts Board before their grant is released. The Access Copyright Foundation will issue T4As to grant recipients for the year in which the grants are paid.
- The demand for Access Copyright Foundation Professional Development Grants generally exceeds available resources. Sufficient funds may not be available to support all of the recommended applicants or to provide grants in the amounts requested.
Eligibility Criteria
- Creators:
Professional writers and visual artists who have completed formal or informal training in their discipline, maintain a 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) and meet at least one of the following criteria:- One published book
- One exhibition catalogue
- Five publication or image credits in periodicals or journals
- Arts Professionals and Publishers:
Employees or freelance professionals (such as editors, designers and publicists) contracted by publishers or by publishing, writing and visual arts organizations located in Canada that:- Are legally registered in Canada as non-profit organizations
- 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
- Are independent professional book or periodical publishers that are at least 75% Canadian-owned and controlled
- Provide production, promotion, dissemination and other support services to Canadian publishers
- Have a program mandate that is based on the 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.
- Note:
- Organizations or publishers may submit only one Professional Development Grants application at each deadline
- No more than one employee of an organization or publisher may submit a Professional Development Grants application at each deadline.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Canada
For more information, please visit AC Foundation.