Digital Strategy Fund: Digital Literacy and Intelligence

Value

$50,000– $250,000

Description

The Digital Literacy and Intelligence component supports the arts sector in building digital knowledge, skills and capacity. It supports Canadian artists, groups and arts organizations in their efforts to:

respond more effectively to the challenges, issues and opportunities of the digital era;
develop and broaden their strategic digital thinking;
strengthen their ability to translate that thinking into sustainable, concrete actions.

Applicants may request a grant for a single- phase initiative.

Eligible Applicants

Professional artists;
Arts professionals (excluding consultants and third-party service providers);
Artistic groups;
Canadian arts organizations.

Eligible Expenses

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.