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Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund – Indigenous Grants

December 17, 2025

Value

Maximum funding available per organization ranges from $150,000 to $200,000.

Description

The CMIF Indigenous Grants stream was established to provide Indigenous groups impacted by these critical minerals infrastructure projects with the resources necessary to actively engage on, participate in and benefit from critical minerals development.

Eligible Applicants

Applicants who are eligible under the CMIF Indigenous Grants must be either:

  • an Indigenous organization (for example, Indigenous community, Indigenous government, tribal council, national or regional Indigenous organization, or an Indigenous for-profit or not-for-profit organization)
  • a non-Indigenous organization that is working with or on behalf of an Indigenous partner (for example, academic or research institutions, not-for-profit groups, and provincial, territorial or municipal governments and their departments and agencies)

Non-Indigenous organizations will be asked to include a letter of endorsement signed by the leadership of the Indigenous partner organization, confirming they are working with or on behalf of that Indigenous partner.

Eligible Expenses

The CMIF Indigenous Grants may cover up to 100% of eligible expenses needed to complete an initiative. Eligible expenses include:

  • salaries and benefits for employees’ time spent on the initiative
  • costs for training, including wages, stipends, or other forms of financial transfers to non-salaried trainees and students, and fees paid to trainers and training organization
  • honoraria, ceremonial costs and hospitality costs (including cultural gifts and prizes) for community engagement events and meetings
  • rental of facilities, transportation and equipment
  • travel costs, including meals and accommodation, based on National Joint Council rates
  • professional, legal and contracting services
  • communications and media services
  • translation, editing, publication and printing
  • laboratory, scientific, field, and personal safety equipment and supplies
  • overhead expenditures, such as office operating expenses, to a maximum of 15% of total eligible expenditures, provided they are directly related to the initiative
  • provincial sales tax, Goods and Services Tax, and harmonized sales tax costs, net of any tax rebate to which the recipient is entitled

Ineligible expenses include capital expenditures, costs for construction, lost income, renovation of buildings, and legal fees related to litigation or similar legal actions. The CMIF Indigenous Grants will not cover these costs.

Deadline Date

The 2025 call for proposals is now open and accepting applications until 11:59 p.m. PST on December 17, 2025.

Contact

Contact Name: CMIF Indigenous Grants team

E-mail Address: cmif_ig-sa_fimc@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/critical-minerals-in-canada/federal-support-for-critical-mineral-projects-and-value-chains/critical-minerals-infrastructure-fund1/crit-minerals-infrastructure-fund-indigenousgrantsprogram.html

Industry:

Indigenous, Infrastructure, Municipalities, Non-Profit, University Partnerships

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

ABmunis, Critical Minerals

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