Currently 19 active tech and infrastructure 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.
Creative Saskatchewan funds Saskatchewan-owned video game projects with commercial intent, through a Pre-Production stream (prototype or vertical slice) and a Production stream (a market-ready game). Individuals or corporations may apply; the applicant must own the copyright and share in revenue, the project must be at least 51% Saskatchewan-owned, and it must be fully financed (the grant covers up to 50% of the cash budget) before funds are released. Apply by 18 November 2026, 4:00 pm Saskatchewan time.
Creating, Knowing and Sharing is the Canada Council's program for the arts and cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. The Short-Term Projects component funds individual First Nations, Inuit and Metis artists, groups and organizations for projects including creation, production, knowledge transfer and sharing of work, in any artistic practice including media and digital arts. DEADLINE: 25 November 2026 (notification usually within 4 months). The related Small-Scale Activities and Travel components accept applications on a rolling basis before the activity starts. Apply through the Canada Council portal; Application Assistance is available for applicants who self-identify as First Nations, Inuit or Metis, or as Deaf or disabled.
Intervalles is a short production residency in OBORO's studios and new-media lab for artists of the Asian diaspora (the whole continent), presented with Festival Accès Asie. Projects can be installation, video, digital art, sound art or performance, must never have been shown in Quebec, and must need no more than five production days and one presentation day; the work is presented on 8 May 2027. Email proposals to appel@oboro.net with the subject "Proposition pour Intervalles 2027" by 29 November 2026, 23:59.
Factory Media Centre, Hamilton's artist-run media arts centre, offers its &NOW production residency to a media artist, team or collective at any career stage. The resident develops a media-arts project from mid-January to April 2027 with an artist fee, an equipment-rental scholarship, staff support and a paid public program, ending in a May exhibition or open studio. Applicants must be FMC members; hybrid or remote working is possible, but equipment rentals and 24/7 studio access are for local artists. Apply by 30 November 2026, 11:59 pm EST.
Ada X, the Montreal feminist artist-run centre for media arts, invites media artists to propose paid professional-development workshops for artists and cultural workers, run with Compétence Culture. Workshops last 15 hours for 8 to 12 participants and can cover software, VR, AI or other media-arts techniques and practices. Applicants must live in Greater Montreal, have a media-arts practice and be bilingual in French and English. Note that the Ada X offices are not wheelchair accessible. Send a PDF proposal to appel@ada-x.org by 1 December 2026, 23:59 ET.
The Indigenous Screen Office's Interactive and Immersive Program, delivered with the Canada Media Fund, funds development and production of Indigenous-led interactive and immersive screen content, including games, apps and XR. AMOUNTS: up to CAD 50,000 for development and up to CAD 100,000 for production; individuals and collectives are capped at CAD 100,000. CMF-eligible projects (for-profit, Canadian-controlled companies with a head office in Canada) approved by the ISO can receive up to a further CAD 50,000 for development and CAD 100,000 for production. Producer fees capped at 10% of budget and contingency at 5%. ELIGIBILITY: status and non-status First Nations, Inuit and Metis applicants who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Individuals and sole proprietors must reside in Canada, work in screen-based content and keep financial and creative control, with two of three key creatives Indigenous. Companies must be at least 51% Indigenous-owned and registered in Canada; collectives must be Indigenous-led with a signed collective agreement. Any career level; emerging creators need at least one prior credit in their key role. One application per applicant per fiscal year. TIMELINE: opened 3 November 2026; closes 2 December 2026, 5:00 pm PST; notifications 3 to 4 months after closing. Extension requests at least 10 business days before the deadline.
Partnership Engage Grants fund short-term, partnered research between a postsecondary researcher and a single non-academic partner organization (public, private or not-for-profit, Canadian or international, at arm's length), addressing a need identified by the partner. SSHRC welcomes research-creation, which makes this a fit for digital culture projects pairing an academic artist-researcher with a gallery, festival, media arts centre, NGO or tech organization. VALUE: CAD 10,000 to 50,000 over 1 year. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution (postdocs qualify if affiliated; students do not); co-applicants may come from postsecondary institutions, not-for-profits, foundations, think tanks or governments; postsecondary institutions and scholarly associations cannot be the partner. DEADLINES: quarterly; next is 15 December 2026, 8:00 pm Eastern. The 2027 competitions launch in December 2026. Webinars 18 November (English) and 19 November 2026 (French), 14:00 ET.
Two artist residencies with Co-Designing a Smartwear Revolution, a University of Alberta research network of 100+ researchers in textile science, AI and robotics building smart garments with sensors and actuators. The in-person resident gets lab and studio access in Edmonton; the virtual resident works remotely. No nationality, age or geography limits; collectives and students welcome; applicants need experience in visual art, fashion or performance, with priority for lived or professional experience of disability, aging, caregiving or assistive technology. Work is shown at the SUPPORT 2028 festival. Expression of interest by 15 December 2026 via the Google Form or adwg@ualberta.ca; notification 15 January 2027.
Open call for new or existing artworks, performances and fashion collections on support, disability, smart textiles, technology, access and embodiment for the SUPPORT 2028 festival at University of Alberta venues including FAB Gallery, the Sound Studies Institute gallery and the Timms Centre. About five visual artists, three fashion designers and two performance groups will be selected. Expression of interest by 15 December 2026, full proposal by 15 February 2027, results 15 March 2027. Payment requires registering as a University of Alberta supplier (allow at least two months).
CALQ and UQAR invite Quebec professional artists in digital arts or dance to create work in partnership with UQAR research teams studying climate change and the oceans. Applicants need a CALQ "Artist or writer" profile. Apply through the CALQ portal by 16 December 2026, 23:59.
imagineNATIVE, the world's largest Indigenous film and media arts festival, invites submissions for its 27th edition, in person at the TIFF Lightbox in Toronto from 1 to 6 June 2027 and online from 7 to 13 June. It accepts Film + Video, Digital + Interactive and Audio works; Digital + Interactive explicitly covers XR (AR, VR, MR), video games, projections and immersive or dome works, and interactive narratives, and experimental film may be presented in that strand. ELIGIBILITY: the director must be Indigenous and the writer and/or producer Indigenous (joint creative positions considered); no overt Indigenous content required; any budget, language (English subtitles or captions if programmed) and premiere status; works from 2025 to 2027; rough cuts accepted with a stated completion date. The Academy-qualifying Live Action Short Award requires narrative shorts under 40 minutes completed on or after 1 October 2026. CASH: award winners receive sponsored cash prizes paid directly to the Indigenous director or lead creative. FEES: free early bird ended mid-October; regular period CAD 5 until 3 January 2027. Submit via FilmFreeway.
The first call under the Entente sectorielle de developpement pour les arts et les lettres de la Cote-Nord 2026-2029, a partnership between CALQ, the Quebec municipal affairs ministry, the MRCs of Caniapiscau, Haute-Cote-Nord, Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Manicouagan, Minganie and Sept-Rivieres, and Culture Cote-Nord. It funds projects by professional artists, writers and arts organizations that involve partnership with the community or regional stakeholders. Program objectives include encouraging the emergence and inclusion of digital technologies in artistic practice. STREAMS: for individuals, Volet 1 (creation, production and outreach) and Volet 3A (mobility); for organizations, Volets 2 and 3B. Eligible disciplines include arts numeriques, cinema et video, arts multidisciplinaires and pluridisciplinaire. ELIGIBILITY: main address in one of the partner territories. DEADLINE: 26 January 2027, 23:59. A virtual information session is planned; contact servicesmembres@culturecotenord.com. Application in French via CALQ.
Connection Grants fund knowledge mobilization: events such as workshops, symposia and conferences, and outreach activities. Eligible outreach formats explicitly include artistic exhibits, performances or festivals, documentaries, and the development or use of interactive technologies, audiovisual products or software, and SSHRC welcomes research-creation, so digital culture exhibitions, festivals and public programmes tied to research can apply. VALUE: events CAD 10,000 to 25,000; outreach CAD 10,000 to 50,000 (higher outreach amounts considered if justified); minimum request CAD 10,000. MATCHING: sponsoring organizations must provide cash or in-kind support of at least 50% of the amount requested, in signed letters (registration fees do not count). ELIGIBILITY: eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions and not-for-profit organizations may apply, as can individuals affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution (postdocs within 3 months); students cannot be applicants. Primary research is ineligible. DEADLINES 2027: 1 February, 3 May, 3 August and 1 November, each 8:00 pm Eastern. Webinars 25 November (English) and 26 November 2026 (French), 11:00 ET.
Insight Development Grants fund short-term research in the early stages, including new questions, approaches and methods, across all SSHRC disciplines, and SSHRC explicitly welcomes research-creation, so artist-researchers working on digital culture, media arts, AI and technology can apply. VALUE: CAD 10,000 to 100,000 over 1 to 2 years (minimum CAD 10,000 in at least one year); at least half the budget is reserved for emerging scholars. ELIGIBILITY: individuals or teams; applicants must be affiliated with an eligible Canadian institution at application and before funds are released (postdocs may establish affiliation within 3 months of the start); students cannot be applicants; co-applicants must be affiliated with a Canadian or international postsecondary institution; collaborators can be anyone. Digitization or database creation as the primary objective is ineligible. DEADLINE: 2 February 2027, 8:00 pm Eastern; results June 2027. Webinars 25 November 2026 (French 10:00, English 13:00 ET). Apply via the SSHRC portal.
The ISO Travel Program helps First Nations, Inuit and Métis screen-content creators travel to festivals, markets, conferences and training, in Canada, the US or abroad. Creators working in XR (VR and AR) are named as eligible alongside film and television. Applicants must be Indigenous individuals resident in Canada and Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until funds run out, and no later than 1 March 2027.
The Awesome Foundation is a network of volunteer giving circles: in each chapter about ten trustees pool their own money to give a USD 1,000 no-strings micro-grant, usually monthly, to a project that adds "awesome" to their area: art, public interventions, community tech, events, science and civic ideas. One application on the main site can be sent to the chapter for your location. ACTIVE CHAPTERS (made grants in 2026, checked 9 Nov 2026): US: Ann Arbor, Austin, Baltimore, Cass Clay, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Gainesville, Georgetown MA, Gloucester MA, Hamilton-Wenham MA, Ipswich MA, Los Angeles, Newburgh NY, Newburyport MA, New York City, Oahu, Orlando, Peekskill NY, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, Poughkeepsie NY, Rhode Island, Rockport MA, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, South Bend, St. Paul, State College PA, Washington DC, Westminster MD (Durham, Miami and Seattle each made one grant early in 2026). Canada: Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, Newmarket, Ottawa, Toronto. Australia: Adelaide, Fleurieu, Lake Mac, Lower Hunter, Newcastle, Sydney. UK: Glasgow. Netherlands: Utrecht (one grant in early 2026; Leiden and Rotterdam have been quiet since 2025 and 2024). Asia: Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tashkent, Yerevan. ELIGIBILITY: set per chapter, generally individuals or groups doing the project in that chapter's area. APPLY: free, short online form. DEADLINE: rolling. Worldwide themed chapters are listed separately (Disability, Conservation and Climate, On the Water).
Artistic Creation is the Canada Council's main creation grant within Explore and Create, and it now covers the activities previously funded by the Research and Creation and Concept to Realization components. It supports Canadian artists, groups and arts organizations in researching, developing and creating new work across disciplines, including digital arts and media arts practices such as interactive, net, generative, AI-driven and immersive work. INTAKE: continuous; apply any time before the start date of your project or activity (results usually take several months, so plan ahead). HOW TO APPLY: create a profile and apply through the Canada Council portal; detailed eligibility, grant amounts and project periods are in the guidelines there. Application Assistance is available for individuals who self-identify as Deaf or disabled, or as First Nations, Inuit or Metis. The related Artist-driven Organizations opportunity offers multi-year support to incorporated not-for-profit arts organizations.
Micro-grants, under the Canada Council's Arts Across Canada and Abroad program, fund activities that advance the professional growth of artists, arts workers, groups and organizations, including travel to festivals, conferences, residencies, markets and professional development events in Canada or abroad. It replaces the former Explore and Create: Professional Development for Artists, Supporting Artistic Practice: Professional Development for Arts Professionals, Arts Across Canada: Travel and Arts Abroad: Travel components, and is open to all disciplines including digital and media arts. DEADLINE: rolling, any time before the start or departure date; notification usually within 4 months, so apply early. Related rolling streams: Representation and Promotion (travel to promote your work, before departure) and Creating, Knowing and Sharing: Travel for First Nations, Inuit and Metis artists (notification within 3 months). Application limits run on the calendar year. Apply through the Canada Council portal, where amounts and detailed eligibility are listed.