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A number of grant deadlines, grant events, and business awards are below.
Interested in becoming great at grants? The next Advanced Grant Writing Course starts September 27, 2023. Reach out here if you’re interested.
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Value-Added Program: supports the diversification and growth of Alberta’s value-added food and bio-industrial processors. Deadline: May 15, 2023.
2023 Open Call: Automation, Digital Technologies, and Demonstration in Agri-Food Production. EOI Deadline: June 5, 2023.
Alberta is now accepting applications for the new Agri-processing Investment Tax Credit program.
Protein Industries Canada opens call for technology leadership projects under the new tranche of $150 million funding through the Global Innovation Cluster program.
Emerging Opportunities Grant Program supports the Government of Alberta’s strategic objectives related to growth and development. Up $2,000,000 funding to a project.
Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Research and Innovation Stream: Program funding is $50 million over 7 years. Application is ongoing.
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program: maximum funding $1 million per yer for up to 5 years.
Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Research and Innovation Stream: The maximum amount payable to a recipient with multiple projects is up to $5 million.
Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program: provides up to $500,000 per project and up to 75% of total project costs. Application is ongoing.
AgriMarketing Program: Provides support to increase and diversify exports to international markets and seize domestic market opportunities.
TeleFilm Canada’s Production Program finances Canadian feature films at the production or post-production stage. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Alberta Made Production Grant: covers 25% of eligible Alberta production costs to a maximum of $125,000. Next intake window: July 2 to 16, 2023.
Summer School Project Funding supports organizations in delivering residence-based art summer schools. Deadline: July 17, 2023.
Arts & Culture Festival Funding: provides up to a maximum of $14,000.00 per grant. Next Deadline: August 1, 2023.
The Public Outreach component of Arts Across Canada: access up to $100,000 per year up to 3 years to support your activities. Deadline: September 27, 2023.
Strategic Funds: Media Arts Equipment Acquisition Fund: support towards the purchase of media arts equipment with up to $30,000 funding. Deadline: November 22, 2023.
Canada Cultural Spaces: maximum contribution payable for an individual construction or renovation project is $15,000,000 or 50% of total eligible project costs, whichever is less.
Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Program: assists eligible Canadian art galleries, museums, archives and libraries by assuming financial responsibility for loss or damage up to $600 million CDN per exhibition.
The Canada Cultural Investment Fund encourages private sector investment, partnership and sound business practices to help arts and heritage organizations. Learn more.
The Sponsorship program allows FACTOR to support music-related projects and events which are not captured in other program mandates. The maximum amount available is $30,000 per project.
Invent & Adapt: eligible organizations may request up to $30,000 funding. Application is ongoing.
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Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI): investing up to $50 million to support increased access to VC for underrepresented groups. Next Deadline: June 2, 2023.
Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program: COVID-19 Resilience stream: The maximum size of projects under the stream is set at $10M total eligible costs.
The Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF) is a $700-million federal program to support regional job creation and position local economies for long-term growth.
Work-Sharing Program helps employers and employees avoid lay-offs by providing income support to employees eligible for Employment Insurance benefits.
The Digital Economy Program helps small businesses take their businesses online.
The Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative (ARRI) is a national program that will provide $250 million over three years to help the Canadian aerospace sector.
The Major Festivals and Events Support Initiative (MFESI) is a two-year, $200-million national fund to help major Canadian festivals survive and adapt to the pandemic.
Recovery support for Canadian arts, culture and heritage organizations through Canada Arts and Culture Recovery Program.
COVID-19: Support for culture, heritage and sport sectors. Learn here.
Check here to learn more about the resources availble to manage your business during COVID-19.
FREE Government Funded Self Employment Training at Microbusiness Training Centre. Now recruiting for the next training to start May 29, 2023.
CMHC’s Housing Internship for Indigenous Youth (HIIY) program provides financial assistance – a wage subsidy – to organizations and businesses in the housing sector to hire Indigenous youth for internship positions.
Boost Your Business Technology Grant: Get up to $15,000 to boost your business technology.
Launch your career today through Youth Boost: connects you to paid placements offered through the CDAP Boost Your Business Technology Grant.
Computers for Schools Intern (CFSI) program: provides students and recent graduates with paid, practical on-the-job experience in refurbishment centres across Canada. Learn more.
Technology Alberta FIRST Jobs Pilot Program: applications for companies and students are being accepted for 2023. Apply now!
Nature-Based Climate Solutions Program: provides $4,500 wage subsidy for a 3-month placement with a nature-based climate solutions employer.
Environmental Foreign Talent Development Program: Receive 75% of wage coverage up to $15,000 to help cover full-time placements of 3 to 6 months.
Industry Commercialization Associates Program: receive up to $120,000 to help cover the salary for employees hired to promote the commercialization of your business.
r&D Associates: receive up to $105,000 in non-dilutive funding to help cover salary costs over a one-year term.
Innovation Employment Grant: Companies can receive a grant of up to 20% toward qualifying research and development expenditures.
Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships provides grant funding to Indigenous communities and organizations to deliver group-training projects.
Skilled Newcomer Internship for the Bio-economy: The program covers 75% of a participant’s salary up to a maximum of $20,000. Application is ongoing.
Disability Related Employment Supports (DRES) funding is available to pay for supports that help Albertans overcome barriers to education or employment caused by a disability.
Alberta’s government is investing an additional $150,000 in the John Ware Youth Empowerment Program that helps youth in rural Alberta develop life and career skills. Learn more.
The 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program provides financial support to organizations to plant trees over 10 years. Submit your proposal by June 8, 2023, to receive a decision by December 2023.
Alberta Ecotrust’s Springboard Grant: Applicants can request up to $10,000 in funding. application intake will open mid July, 2023.
The Global Cleantech Challenge: receive up to $1MM CAD, representing as much as 50% of a project’s qualifying expenses. Next deadline: November 1, 2023.
Alberta Econtrust’s Environmental Impact Grant: request up to $50,000 in funding. Expression of Interest for 2024 will open mid-December 2023.
AMEP New Technology Trials Applications is now open! Access funding up to 100% of the cost of eligible projects.
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program: An additional $300 million is available until 2027 for your clean energy projects in Indigenous, rural and remote communities across Canada.
Output-Based Pricing System Proceeds Fund: Decarbonization Incentive Program: Applicants can request up to $10M in funding for their project.
Strategic Innovation Fund: Net Zero Accelerator: The minimum SIF contribution amount is $10 million for projects with total costs of at least $20 million.
Services Capacity Program: Funding requests can be up $500,000.
Incentives for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles (iMHZEV) Program: Incentives up to $200,000 per vehicle.
Canadian Critical Minerals Technology partnering delegation to the UK. Deadline: May 19, 2023.
Silicon valley autotech – Canadian technology accelerator. Deadline: May 24, 2023.
United States climatetech – Canadian Technology Accelerator. Deadline: May 24, 2023.
Digital health Germany – Canadian technology accelerator. Deadline: May 31, 2023.
2023 Startup Global Pitch Competition help you grow your business for the world. Deadline: May 31, 2023.
Canadian Prevention and Treatment of Cancer R&D Partnering Delegation to Germany. Deadline: June 12, 2023.
Blue economy Germany – Canadian technology accelerator. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
CanExport Innovation is accepting new applications for projects starting in fiscal year 2023-2024. Access up to $75,000 in funding.
CanExport SMEs is now accepting applications for fiscal year 2023-24 for projects starting April 1, 2023. Access up to $50,000 in funding.
Eurostars is the largest international funding program for SMEs seeking to collaborate on R&D projects projects that create innovative products, processes or services for commercialization.
Alberta Export Expansion Program: provides reimbursement up to 75% on eligible costs.
Alberta Innovates is still accepting new applications for the Export Readiness – Micro Voucher.
The Aboriginal Business Investment Fund (ABIF) provides between $150,000 and $750,000 to support an Indigenous community-owned economic development project. Apply now.
The Indigenous Reconciliation Initiative provides funding up to $100,000 for cultural or economic projects. Application is now open.
Clean Fuels Fund – Establishing Biomass Supply Chains: Still accepting applications from Indigenous. Learn more.
Codes Acceleration Fund: A total of $100 million is available until March 31, 2027. Open to Indigenous applicants until March 31, 2025.
Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative: Indigenous applicants or applicants who focus on Indigenous communities may submit applications at any time until March 31, 2025.
The AEP Access to Business Opportunities stream provides national level funding to promote a culture of entrepreneurship. Eligible activities will be reimbursed to a maximum of $500,000.
The Strategic Partnerships Initiative (SPI) helps Indigenous communities participate in complex economic opportunities. $14.45 million is budgeted for SPI funding per year.
The Indigenous Reconciliation Initiative – Cultural Stream (IRI-CS) supports Indigenous-led initiatives that will promote reconciliation, healing and cultural revitalization. Access up to $100,000 funding.
Community Support Fund supports projects that address violence and/or increase safety and economic security for Indigenous women, girls and 2S+ people. Applications will open in summer 2023.
The Indigenous Heritage component of the Museums Assistance Program (MAP) provides funding for projects related to the preservation, management, and presentation of Indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. Deadline: November 1, 2023.
Local Food Infrastructure Fund is now open until May 31, 2023. provide up to 100% in funding toward eligible project costs.
Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund: support public infrastructure projects designed to mitigate current and future climate-related risks and disasters. Deadline: July 19, 2023.
The Housing Accelerator Fund – launching in summer 2023 – provides incentive funding to local governments to boost housing supply across Canada.
Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership (AMWWP): Eligible projects can receive up to 75% of project costs. Deadline: November 30, 2023 for funding in the following year.
Resource Road Program provides funding to municipalities for roads used by new and existing industries such as value-added processing, resource agricultural sectors. Deadline: November 30, 2023 for funding in the following year.
Alberta Community Partnership aims improve the viability and long-term sustainability of municipalities. The 2023-24 ACP budget is $15.4 million.
Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) program is an 80/20 funding partnership between the Government of Alberta and participating municipalities or Metis Settlements.
Electric Vehicles for Municipalities Program: the program is very close to reaching capacity. Apply now before funding is exhausted.
Public Transit Infrastructure: apply for funding to improve and expand existing public transit systems.
Pilot project: Local home-energy upgrade financing program: Grants of up to $500,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs.
Pilot project: Signature initiative: Grant: Up to $500,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs.
First responders’ mental health grants: up to $1.5 million available. Deadline: May 28, 2023.
Local Food Infrastructure Fund is now open until May 31, 2023. provide up to 100% in funding toward eligible project costs.
Community Facility Enhancement Program: access up to $1 million funding. Large Funding Stream: June 15, 2023.
Community Initiatives Program (CIP) Operating stream: provides up to $75,000 funding. Next deadline: July 15, 2023.
Continuing Care Capital Program: Capital grant funding program to increase continuing care spaces in Alberta. Deadline: August 25, 2023.
Gay Lea Foundation funds Canadian charities working toward the relief of poverty, advancement of education and purposes beneficial to communities. Next annual deadline: September 10, 2023.
Outreach Initiative grants and contributions program provides grant funding to support variety of science- or innovation-based initiatives or projects. Next intake: between September 1 and October 10, 2023.
Canada Life – Stronger Communities Together: Supporting charitable organizations and initiatives across the country is one of the ways Canada life gives back to Canadians.
Community Economic Development and Diversification (CEDD) program generally provides non-repayable contributions by reimbursing costs that successful applicants have paid.
Child care – Space Creation Grant will help enable 42,500 total new non-profit licensed spaces to be created over the next 5 years.
Imagining Canada’s Future (ICF) Ideas Lab: SSHRC will award up to five grants of up to $250,000 per grant. Deadline: May 25, 2023.
Advancing Futures – Prospective students. Application is now accepted. Deadline to apply for fall 2023/24 funding is June 1, 2023.
Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund – Partnership with Stage 2 of the Canada Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF – BRIF Stage 2): Notice of intent deadline: June 8, 2023.
Idea to Innovation grants aim to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology and to promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian company. Next deadline: June 19, 2023.
Partnership Engage Grants: provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities with up to $25,000 funding.
NSERC Alliance Grants support research projects with up to $1 million per year for 5 years. Application is ongoing.
Summer Research Studentships (Health Innovations): The award is meant to encourage students to consider pursuing formal training and a career in health research.
NSERC-National Science Foundation – Collaboration on quantum science and artificial intelligence: application is ongoing.
Applied Research and Development grants: funds up to $150,000 per year up to 3 years.
The Broadband Fund 3rd call for applications is open until May 16, 2023. Access up to $750 million over its first 5 years.
SDTC Seed Fund: Non dilutive contributions of $50,000 to $100,000. Candidates Application Deadline: May 18, 2023.
Innovative Solutions Canada launched 2 new challenges. Deadlines: May 30, 2023.
New ISC Challenge: Shipboard confined space examination program. Deadline: June 21, 2023.
SDTC Start-Up and Scale-Up Funding: provides funding on average 33% (up to 40%) of eligible projects costs up to $4 million, with funds disbursed over the life of the project up to a five-year period.
International Technology Partnership Program: provides up to $250,000 in funding over a maximum eighteen month term.
Alberta Digital Traction is a funding program of up to $50,000 for small-and medium-sized Alberta enterprises (SMEs). Application is ongoing.
Strategic Networking and Development Grants: accept applications for support of up to $25,000 per project.
Grow Your Business Online Grant: Get up to $2,400 to grow your business online.
Cultivating Success: Canada’s Big Biomanufacturing Opportunity. Date: May 16, 2023.
Mental Health Workshop for Women Entrepreneurs: Keep Your CEO-self in the Driver’s Seat. Date: May 18, 2023.
Digital Commerce Calgary Fintech Award Application Information Session. Date: May 23, 2023.
Learning resources to improve the quality and performance of the built environment in Alberta with Passive House AB. Date: May 31, 2023.
Inventure$: The Startup and Innovation Event. Date: May 31 – June 2, 2023.
The Art of Leadership Women Calgary. Date: June 7, 2023.
Food In Canada’s 2023 Food Innovation Webinar Series | Session 4 – Pathways to Net-Zero. Date: June 7, 2023.
RDAR’s Round-Up: Join learners, influencers, researchers and policymakers for a day of exchanging enlightening ideas on June 8, 2023 at the Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary.
Food’s Future | Data Specifics: How to Track Sustainability in Food. Date: June 8, 2023.
The Alberta Energy Efficiency + Innovation Summit is a collaboration of SSRIA and AEEA. Date: June 20 and 21, 2023.
Get ready to learn, grow and connect at AgEx 2023! Registration will open soon. Date: November 21-23, 2023.
SSHRC Impact Awards: receive up to $100,000 award. Deadline: May 15, 2023.
Zayed Sustainability Prize has officially opened for submissions for its next cycle is extended until May 23, 2023. Each winner will receive US$3 million Prize.
Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards – Climate Category is now open. Prize: US$600,000. Deadline: May 23, 2023.
The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards. Nominations until May 31, 2023.
Premier’s Citizenship Award commends outstanding Alberta students for service in their communities – and receiving it is a requirement for related awards. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Application for HR Awards 2023: open until June 2, 2023.
Calgary Fintech Award: have a chance to win 1 of 3 non-dilutive cash prizes, totaling more than $300K. Deadline: June 5, 2023.
Prix Siminovitch Prize: online nomination form opens until July 2023.
30 Under 30 Innovators: Nominations submitted AFTER July 1 will be held for the following year.
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement: 2024 Nomination cycle is now open until August 11, 2023.
The John Hirsch Prizes recognize the artistic merit and potential of emerging theatre directors. Prize amount: $6,000. Deadline: October 1, 2023.
Alberta Agricultural Society Innovation Award nominations: Fall 2023.
Next Agriculture Hall of Fame nominations: Early 2024.
The Order of Canada honours people who make extraordinary contributions to the nation. Nominate someone today.
Alberta recognizes the best of the best of Alberta’s apprentices and employers. Learn more about available awards and nomination process.
Emergency financial help for wildfire evacuees. Eligible evacuees will receive $1,250 per adult and an additional $500 per dependent child under 18 years.
Alberta and Canada to match Canadian Red Cross donations to support Alberta wildfire response.
Financial assistance for unexpected emergencies is available through the Emergency Needs Allowance.
As part of building Alberta’s recovery-oriented systems of care, Budget 2023 provides $4 million to expand the Integrated School Support Program (ISSP).
Alberta’s government is investing $2.8 million in Calgary Economic Development and Edmonton Global to enhance investment attraction activities in Alberta.
Alberta’s government is investing more funding into domestic violence prevention and supporting food security in women’s shelters across the province.
Alberta’s government is investing $3.5 million in Healthy Aging Alberta.
Seeking Innovative Approaches to Challenges Facing Canada’s Agri-Food Sector.
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