Digital Strategy Fund: Digital Literacy and Intelligence | Canada Council for the Arts

Expenses – what is eligible

• For requests up to $50,000: 85% of eligible costs up to the maximum amount allowed
• For requests of $50,001 to $250,000: 85% of eligible costs up to the maximum amount allowed

Eligible Expenses

All expenses directly related to carrying out the proposed initiative are eligible, including but not limited to:

• honoraria and fees paid to artists, experts, trainers, facilitators, project managers, developers and consultants directly involved in carrying out the initiative;
• travel, accommodation and per diem costs;
• licensing fees;
• equipment rental costs;
• data acquisition costs;
• public accessibility costs, e.g. sign language interpretation, captioning, audio description, etc.;
• costs of sharing results and transferring acquired knowledge to the community;
• other costs directly related to carrying out the initiative (must be justified).

The following expenses are also eligible, but subject to certain limits:

• administrative costs up to 15% of the total grant requested;
• equipment purchase costs up to 15% of the total grant requested;
• content creation and digital media production costs up to 15% of the total grant requested.