Currently 3 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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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.