Currently 9 active paid grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Canada, across AI, arts, film, journalism, research, tech and cross-disciplinary practice. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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Production and post-production grants for independent media artworks: film, video, animation, audio art, digital media, VR/AR and multimedia installation. Two streams by career stage: Emerging media artists can request up to CAD 10,000; Mid-Career and Established artists up to CAD 40,000. ELIGIBILITY: Ontario-resident directors or principal media artists who hold copyright of the work; currently enrolled students are not eligible in the Emerging stream. Deadlines recur (March and October); this round closes 8 October 2026 at 1 p.m. ET.
Research and creation of new work, or development of works in progress, by professional artists in all disciplines including media arts; creation-based residencies are also fundable. Professional fees and honorariums are a required budget line, so the money genuinely pays the artist. Amounts rise with career stage: up to CAD 7,500 (emerging), CAD 10,000 (mid-career) or CAD 15,000 (established). ELIGIBILITY: individuals must have been resident in Manitoba for at least one year. Deadlines recur (March 20 and October 10); this round closes 10 October 2026.
Project funding from the Toronto Arts Council for professional media artists to create or complete independent film, video, audio, digital, VR/AR and multimedia works, with grants up to $15,000. ELIGIBILITY: Canadian citizens, permanent residents or Protected Persons who have lived in Toronto for at least one year, are professional media artists retaining full creative control, and are not students.
Vimeo's Short Film Grant awards five emerging filmmakers USD 60,000 in cash each to produce a short film, alongside mentorship from celebrated filmmakers, a loaned Panavision camera package, OWC storage hardware, a one-year Vimeo Advanced subscription, and distribution on Vimeo with in-person screenings. ELIGIBILITY: residents of the United States or Canada, at least 18 years old, who are emerging filmmakers having directed at least two short films but no feature films; a valid Vimeo account is required. TIMELINE: winners announced by 15 March 2027; production must be completed by September 2027 and post-production by March 2028. HOW TO APPLY: via SlideRoom with project details, an artist statement, team bios, creative materials (screenplay or treatment), a budget proposal, a production timeline and mentorship goals. No fee to apply. DEADLINE: 16 October 2026 at 11:59 PM ET (opened 21 September 2026).
The Societe des arts technologiques (SAT) in Montreal runs a research-creation residency program in arts and technologies for artists and collectives working in the performing arts and/or media arts. The residency funds a research-creation stage of a project in technological arts rather than the finalisation of a finished work, so the call weighs the exploration process and the innovation in it above a polished outcome. Each selected project receives a CAD 10,000 grant, whether the applicant is an individual artist or a collective, plus access to SAT spaces and equipment, technical and creative support from the SAT teams, mentoring and training activities, and documentation and archiving. Access to spaces and equipment is assessed against the project's needs and granted subject to availability. Travel, meal and accommodation costs beyond the grant are not covered. Open to professional artists and artistic collectives worldwide, at any level of experience and from any primary discipline, provided the profile and project suit immersive technologies; collectives must submit a joint portfolio showing they can carry out the project independently, particularly the visual and sound creation inside a dome. Each application must include a form and supporting documents setting out the concept, the technical solutions considered, and what will be explored during the residency. One application per project and per person; incomplete applications are not evaluated; use permanent, downloadable links rather than WeTransfer or similar temporary services. Accommodations and alternative support documents (large print and so on) are available on request at residences@sat.qc.ca. Deadline 18 October 2026. Apply through the Google Form linked from the SAT open-call page.
Struts Gallery, an artist-run centre in Sackville, New Brunswick (a rural community of roughly 6,000 people on the unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People in Mi'kma'ki), welcomes applications from professional visual and media artists at all stages of their careers for its annual Open Studio Residency Program. The program supports experimentation without the pressure to present a resolved body of work: artists may continue their practice, develop a new project or create site-specific work. The residency is artist-driven and independent, with staff assistance for community outreach and technical and logistical support. Residents are asked to creatively engage the community through at least one public event (artist talk, workshop or another artist-initiated event). WHAT YOU GET: CAD 3,250 artist fee, CAD 30 per diem (CAD 750 for 25 working days), travel up to CAD 800, CAD 200 for public-event materials, 24-hour access to an approx. 400 sq ft studio in the gallery (open to the public during operating hours), a private furnished two-bedroom apartment above the gallery, and access to extensive media arts equipment and facilities. ELIGIBILITY: professional artists at all career levels; currently enrolled students are not eligible. SELECTION: staff eligibility review, shortlisting by a committee of Struts members and artists, then Zoom interviews; the program is highly competitive (over 130 applications for 4 residencies in a typical year) and results are usually decided by 20 December. APPLICATION: bio (200 words), CV, one-sentence project synopsis, project proposal (250 words), artist statement (250 words), why Struts, technical requirements, up to 10 work samples (links for time-based work), and a public engagement description (100 words); alternative submission formats including video and audio are accommodated on request. Questions: admin@strutsgallery.ca. DEADLINE: 19 October 2026, 11:59pm ADT.
Est-Nord-Est offers eight-week residencies in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, welcoming professional visual artists, whether established or emerging, from Quebec, Canada and other countries, with four artists per season. FUNDING: a CAD 2,080 residency honorarium, an individual studio-workshop that also serves as lodging, access to specialized equipment for wood, metal and ceramics, a documentation center, technical, artistic and logistical support, and seasonal bicycle access. Materials, travel and additional living expenses are the resident's responsibility. SESSIONS: Spring (19 April - 11 June 2027), Summer (5 July - 27 August 2027; a curated session with priority consideration for artists of African descent), Fall (27 September - 19 November 2027) and Winter (24 January - 18 March 2028). APPLY online with a CV (max 2 pages), artist statement and research intentions (max 1 page), and a portfolio of 10-15 images with descriptions; virtual mentoring sessions and alternative submission formats available on request. DEADLINE: 8 November 2026, 11:59 PM.
Project grants for individual artists in visual arts and new media (new media explicitly included), covering creation, development, training and marketing. A parallel AFA Film and Video Individual Project Funding stream shares the same deadline and the same CAD 18,000 cap. ELIGIBILITY: Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Protected Person whose primary residence has been Alberta for at least one full year before applying. DEADLINE: 1 March 2027.
The Anthropic Fellows Program is a four-month, fully funded research fellowship with direct mentorship from Anthropic researchers. Fellows work on empirical projects aligned with Anthropic's research priorities using external infrastructure, aiming to produce public outputs such as papers. Five workstreams: AI Safety, AI Security, ML Systems and Performance, Reinforcement Learning, and Economics and Policy; safety topics include scalable oversight, adversarial robustness, mechanistic interpretability, and model organisms. FUNDING: a weekly stipend of USD 3,850 (GBP 2,310 / CAD 4,300), around USD 15,000 per month in compute funding, and other research expenses. ELIGIBILITY: fluent Python; available full-time for four months; strong technical background in computer science, mathematics, or physics; work authorization in the US, UK, or Canada (no visa sponsorship). Locations: San Francisco, London, Ontario, or remote within those countries. APPLICATION: rolling, via the Constellation portal; the process includes an initial application, reference checks, technical assessments, interviews, and a research discussion. The next cohort is expected to start in January 2027, so apply well before the end of 2026.