Creative Industries Fund in Canada

Deadline: 15-Dec-22

The Government of Nova Scotia is accepting applications for its Creative Industries Fund to invest in Nova Scotia registered cultural businesses that are focused on global exporting and supports not-for-profits and social enterprises focused on development of the culture sector outside of Nova Scotia.

The Creative Industries Fund supports commercial creative and cultural practices through investment in Nova Scotia registered cultural businesses and not-for-profits. The program invests in both individual projects and sector support initiatives that are focused on developing export opportunities for Nova Scotian artists, makers and cultural content producers.

Fund Objectives

When you submit your proposal, you will need to demonstrate how your project will advance one or more of the following Fund Objectives:
- Increase your capacity to export
- Result in diversification of earned revenue streams for your business or organization
- Expand your markets and audiences globally
- Build brand awareness
- Advance the development of an equitable, diverse and inclusive creative sector
- Build and strengthen the export capacity of the province’s creative sector
- Foster industry growth of the creative sector outside of Nova Scotia

Streams

Creative Industries Program
- The Creative Industries Program stream is open to eligible creative businesses in the following categories: Fashion/Design, Music, Performing Arts, Production and Fine Craft, Publishing and Visual and Applied Arts.
- Funding is also available to Screen Industry (Film and Television) applicants under the Creative Industries Program stream of the Fund specifically as follows:
  - Registered creative businesses operating within the Screen Industry may apply for funding to support in-market travel and attendance at recognized industry events, including attendance at major international festivals.
Industry Development Program
- The Industry Development Program of the Creative Industries Fund is available to registered not-forprofit sector support organizations operating in the creative industries. Projects must be of benefit to the creative sector, broadly, while also supporting the objectives of the Creative Industries Fund.

Funding Information

Applicants may be approved for up to 50% of eligible costs generally up to a maximum of $30,000.

Eligibility Criteria

Creative Industries Program
- An eligible applicant organization is a creative industries non-profit society, co-operative, or business registered with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies.
- Notwithstanding the proposals from registered Nova Scotia businesses whose primary focus is not the creative industries may be considered where submitted in collaboration or partnership with individual artists or cultural groups, and where the outcomes are clearly aligned with the objectives of the Creative Industries Fund
- Applicants must be engaged in, or have plans to engage in, commercial activities outside of Nova Scotia, with fully developed exportable product(s), service(s), and/or intellectual property
- Applicants must have a business plan and a strategy to sell products/services outside of Nova Scotia outlining the company’s target market and distribution channels; including challenges in the target market and how they will be overcome.
Industry Development Program
- The Industry Development Program stream is open to eligible non-profit sector support organizations in the following categories: Fashion/Design, Music, Performing Arts, Production and Fine Craft, Publishing, Visual and Applied Arts and Film and Television.
- Applicants to either stream are required to contact the Program Officer prior to submitting to ensure their proposal is eligible to be considered for funding under this program.