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+title: Canada Council Funding
+description: ''
+category: strategy
+tags: []
+accessLevel: member
+author: Baby Ghosts Team
+publishedAt: '2025-11-10T10:42:09.229Z'
+---
+# Fund your game with Canada Council
+
+Notes based on 2022 webinar with program officer Megan Leduc, who has been working with Canada Council 10 years with Explore and Create team.
+
+- CC gets back to people with questions within 3 days.
+- Must create an account in the portal first.
+  - Log in or check eligibility.
+  - Pick the type of artist you are - Individual or Group/Organization.
+  - Pick artistic practice - Digital Arts or Media Arts (can select both).
+  - New and Early Career profile also available.
+  - Self-identify: Priority groups.
+    - Indigenous (also Creating Knowing and Sharing program).
+    - BIPOC.
+    - Language minority.
+    - Deaf/disabled.
+  - Submit CV to verify experience.
+  - Once approved, all grants you’re eligible for appear in the portal.
+- Games are art, according to Canada Council.
+  - Tech-based art has been funded for 40 years.
+- Upcoming cutoff date - October 5, results end of February.
+  - Can apply after but results will be later.
+
+## Research and Creation
+
+- Early phases of your project - everything up to prototyping.
+- Test out new tech, tinker, research.
+- Up to $25,000 per year, up to 2 years.
+
+## Concept to Realization
+
+- Usually up to $60,000 (exceptional projects go to $100,000).
+- Peer assessors are artists across disciplines from across the country.
+  - High level tech needs contextualization as assessors are probably unfamiliar with games.
+
+What they support:
+
+- Looking for independent artist-driven projects - you are the lead and own the rights.
+- Artistic projects with an artistic vision.
+- Creators, directors but not production companies.
+- Do not support commercial projects.
+- Check with Council before submitting to clarify eligibility.
+
+## Top Tips
+
+1. Read the entire application ahead of time. Don’t be repetitive and include everything in your first question.
+2. Read the assessment/scoring criteria ahead of time (on each program page) and focus on:
+   1. Impact (contribute to artistic development, advance artistic practice, knowledge of practice - different for different programs).
+   2. Artistic merit (samples, rationale, outcomes).
+   3. Feasibility (capacity and experience to undertake project - history of previous work, samples, reasonable budget, including other revenue and ability to provide reasonable working conditions).
+3. Be authentic, ensure you have a hook.
+4. Be clear and concise - don’t be too in your head. Get another person to look at your application.
+5. Be consistent throughout your application.
+6. Support materials:
+   1. Show your experience and ability to carry out your project.
+   2. Assessors will only spend 10 minutes with this. Put important stuff at the top.
+   3. Include samples, drafts, storyboards for the project.
+
+- Criteria is used to rank all applications and as many projects are funded as there is budget.
+- Recommended projects sometimes get redistributed funds throughout the year.
+- Priority groups are sometimes pulled from below the success criteria line to be funded.
+- Disability - honour system, self-identified.
+- Barriers - contact them 2-3 weeks before deadline for assistance.
+- Access support - grant that covers costs incurred while applying (can be applied for after the fact).
+
+Eligibility: It all comes down to artistic project (fundable) vs. commercial product (not fundable).
+
+- A T4A slip is issued at the end of the year. It is not a gift but taxable income.
+- Council is not a producer and takes no rights to your project.