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Specific Claims Research, Development and Submission Program │Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

Open to applications

Value

up to $40,000 per active claim

Description

Specific claims deal with past wrongs committed by the Crown against First Nations. The Government of Canada works with First Nations under the Specific Claims Policy to resolve specific claims through negotiated settlements.

Eligible Applicants

  • First Nations entities mandated by bands and First Nations to conduct specific claims research on their behalf, known as a claims research units
  • Bands and First Nations
  • Indigenous representative organizations

Eligible Expenses

Eligible expenditures are those supporting the eligible activities which may include, but is not limited to:

  • salaries and wages
  • accommodations
  • administrative and reporting costs
  • information retrieval and storage
  • travel costs within the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s guidelines as specified in the Travel Directive in effect at the time of travel
  • professional services (for example, legal advice and research consultants)
  • community meetings and workshop costs (for example, room and equipment rentals)
  • honoraria
  • communication products

Deadline Date

The deadline to submit a proposal for research funding is January 31, of each fiscal year or the next business day where January 31 falls on a weekend or statutory holiday.

Contact

Contact Name: Cross-Sector Initiatives Directorate

E-mail Address: dsnprp-nsdscp@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca

Website: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1637781823873/1637781858307

Industry:

Indigenous

Location:

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

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