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Ontario Arts Council Chalmers Professional Development Projects — Ontario Arts Council
  • Who Can Apply: Individual professional artists and arts administrators aged 18+ who have lived in Ontario for 12 consecutive months and are Canadian citizens, permanent residents or pending permanent-residence applicants. College/university students and recipients within the past three years are excluded.
  • The Focus: Specialist-led study, training, mentorship, internship or apprenticeship with feedback throughout, to develop artistic or administrative skills. Finish within two years of grant results.
  • The Funding: A fixed CAD 7,500 for fees, tuition, materials, travel, rentals, care and accessibility; your own fee is capped at CAD 150/day. Budget at least CAD 7,500 and identify extra revenue for costs above the grant.
  • Key Requirements: Apply through an updated Nova profile with a project plan, work plan, balanced budget, your CV/bio, specialist bios and training or course details. Artists also submit work samples. Public limits include 425 words for the project plan and 1,000 words or three pages for a CV/bio.
DeadlineWednesday, November 4, 2026
Award$7,500
LocationON
ParticipationRemote
Career stagesAll Stages
Disciplinescraft, dance, literature, media arts, multi and inter-arts, music, theatre, visual arts
Age range18–
Application notesActivate/update your personal Nova profile and select Chalmers Professional Development Projects under Funding Opportunities. Submit project information and plans, a balanced budget, applicant CV/bio, specialist bios and relevant training-organisation information or official course descriptions. Artist applicants must provide artistic examples; administrators need not. Public professional-development questions specify: background (300 words), context (300), CV/bio (1,000 words or 3 pages), sample explanation (150), project plan (425), collaborators (20 table rows) and collaborator rationale (400), and budget notes (1,000 words if typed). Work-plan entries include dates, tasks, locations and involved people/organisations. Exact program-specific sample counts are in the authenticated form and were not publicly available; general JPG uploads are limited to 5 MB and video files to 500 MB. Learning must include specialist feedback, cannot start before the deadline or end before results, and must finish within 2 years of results.
Contactgpereira@arts.on.ca
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