Currently 3 active paid grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Canada, across AI, arts, film, research, tech and cross-disciplinary practice. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Every entry is funded, no exposure-only calls. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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Visual Arts Thematic Residency at Banff Centre led by artist-faculty Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos. Drawing on ideas of speculative futures, science fiction, myth-making, and world-building, artists are invited to research, imagine and create possible selves and possible worlds. The program considers futurity as an anti-oppressive and restorative force, exploring new possibilities of selfhood and agency by decolonising ideas of the body. Open to international applicants aged 18+ with post-secondary formal training or equivalent experience, working in visual arts disciplines: ceramics, digital media, painting, drawing, printmaking, papermaking, photography, sculpture, installation. Individual artists or duos (no more than two collaborators). Priority given to artists who have not attended a Banff visual arts residency in the past three years. Residency includes single bedroom on-campus accommodation, meal plan (~$68/day credit equivalent), individual studio space with shared production facility access, faculty mentorship and workshops, and access to Banff Centre facilities (fitness centre, library, performances). IMPORTANT: this is a paid program, not a stipend-paying residency. Total before scholarships is CAD $9,484.55; the Banff Centre Arts Scholarship (covering 100% tuition + 25% accommodation/meals) brings the out-of-pocket cost to CAD $4,384.73. A Canadian Indigenous Scholarship covers tuition, accommodation and meals in full. There is also a non-refundable application fee (CAD $65 standard, $35 Indigenous). Apply via the Banff Centre online portal with materials uploaded through SlideRoom.
Canadian track of the 2026 AWS Imagine Grant for nonprofits leveraging advanced cloud services (AI/ML, HPC, IoT). Up to $75K USD cash + $25K USD AWS credits, plus AWS marketing support and technical specialist access. Two-round selection: Round One closes 5 June 2026; Round One notification and Round Two invitations on 3 July 2026. Eligibility: nonprofits in Canada with a CRA-registered charitable organisation number (a 9-digit Business Number, often followed by RR0001 or similar). NOTE: this is a charities-only programme and is not open to individual artists, researchers, or for-profit studios.
$500,000 CAD funding programme from the Indigenous Screen Office supporting Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian storytellers developing XR projects. Individual creators and Indigenous-owned production companies may apply for up to $40,000 CAD in development funding or $80,000 CAD in production funding. Applications open 30 May 2026; deadline 30 June 2026 at 17:00 PST.