Currently 3 active research and journalism grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Canada. 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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Jane Street's Graduate Research Fellowship supports exceptional doctoral students in electrical engineering and computer science, mathematics, physics or statistics; research does not need to relate to trading. ELIGIBILITY: PhD students with at least one year remaining in their programme, or those committed to start a PhD at a specified university in fall 2027; fellows must be active full-time PhD students at an accredited research institution in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand or Singapore during the award year. International students are eligible and encouraged. WHAT YOU GET: full tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year plus a USD 50,000 stipend (or local-currency equivalent; taxable); finalists receive USD 5,000. APPLICATION: CV, an optional one-to-two-page research statement and recommender contact details. DEADLINES: student applications 13 November 2026 AoE; recommendation letters 1 December 2026; notifications in February 2027. Questions: graduate-research-fellowship@janestreet.com.
An archive-based residency in which the artist works with WVU Libraries' union records and oral histories on industry, labor and community. Digital media is eligible. ELIGIBILITY: US- and Canada-based artists aged 18 and over. OFFER: USD 1,000 honorarium, up to USD 1,000 for materials and up to USD 3,000 for travel and lodging; the residency ends with a display and a public talk. DEADLINE: 30 November 2026.
Four fellowships study vacancy as a cyclical condition: climate crisis, demolition and material cycles, vacancy planned through policy, and vacancy caused by pollution or extraction. ELIGIBILITY: practitioners with substantial experience (architects, planners, cultural producers, artists) or researchers with a doctorate. OFFER: CAD 5,000 per month, travel and visa support, a private office, access to the CCA Collection, seminars and a public work-in-progress presentation. Applicants must explain how their research helps specific actors (city governments, design practices, developers) act on vacancy. APPLY per the guidelines PDF on the call page; committee meets January 2027, results February 2027. DEADLINE: 30 November 2026.