Deadline: 9-Dec-20
The Canada Council for the Arts is accepting applications for the Short-Term Projects Grant Program.
The Short-Term Projects component of Creating, Knowing and Sharing funds First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional and aspiring artists, cultural carriers, arts/cultural professionals, groups, collectives and arts/culture organizations. Grants provide support for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities for projects lasting up to 12 months. First-time applicants are strongly encouraged to speak to a Program Officer before applying.
You may be eligible for Application Assistance to pay someone to help you with the application process if you are experiencing difficulty and self-identify as:
- An artist who is Deaf, hard of hearing, has a disability or is living with a mental illness;
- A First Nations, Inuit or Métis artist facing language, geographic and/or cultural barriers.
Funding Information
- Amount: Up to $100 000.
Eligible Activities
Activities must be led by eligible First Nations, Inuit or Métis artists, cultural carriers or arts/cultural professionals. Activities may include the participation of or collaboration with non-Indigenous artists.
You can apply for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities lasting up to 12 months, including but not limited to:
- Creating– research; creation; production; critical discourse (including research or writing); residencies; collaborations.
- Knowing– mentorships; artistic training; community-based initiatives to engage young people through artistic practices; language preservation through artistic practices; intergenerational transmission of artistic knowledge; preservation of traditional knowledge through artistic practice; development of administrative, artistic, cultural or organizational capacity; research; collaborations.
- Sharing– local, regional, national or international exhibitions; implementation of dissemination strategy and organizational objectives; publishing activities; gathering events involving artistic practices; collaborations; marketing and publicity; presentations, festivals and showcase events; networking events involving artistic practices; outreach activities.
Ineligible Activities
In addition to the criteria set out in the applicant profiles, the following activities are not eligible for grants from the Canada Council:
- Activities proposed by someone under 18 years old;
- Activities that are illegal according to the Criminal Code of Canada;
- Artistic activities that are led by non-professionals (this does not apply to new and early career artists);
- Activities that are carried out to satisfy the course requirements of an educational institution;
- Activities that directly support the delivery of an educational program or course;
- Activities that are funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (unless applying to a component of Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples);
- Self-publishing or author-subsidized publishing of literary works (unless applying to a component of Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples);
- Activities carried out by organizations that have not paid, or do not pay, fees or royalties to artists according to the standards of arts practice or sector;
- Fundraising activities;
- Capital expenditures, unless explicitly eligible;
- Contests and competitions (including prizes and awards);
- Contributions to endowment funds.
Eligibility Criteria
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional artists;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis aspiring artists working under the mentorship of a project-related mentor;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis arts/cultural professionals;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultural carriers;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis groups;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis for-profit organizations that have been in operation for at least 2 years;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis not-for-profit organizations.
Your eligibility to apply to this component is determined by the validated profile created in the portal.
For more information, visit https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/creating-knowing-sharing/short-term-projects