FUNDING
Heritage Projects Grant
OPEN
STATUS:
MAY 2026
OPEN DATE:
JULY 2026 - JULY 2027
ACTIVITY REPORT DEADLINE:
Introduction
To fund archival, experimental, or memory-based creative projects that explore or challenge dominant narratives around heritage and culture. The Heritage Projects Grant supports CNCF's mandate to promote, protect, preserve, and nurture our cultural and artistic heritage. This grant ensures that critical thought is applied to the understanding of culture. This grant also provides a platform for identity development and dialogue.
Scope
The Heritage Projects Grant is designed to provide support for the development and presentation of a heritage or history-based work by any category of creative worker. A presentation of the work to the public is expected. Examples of heritage projects include, but are not limited to, community storytelling projects, creative reinterpretations of history, immersive/tech-enhanced memory works, and cross-generational or oral history projects. The recipient is awarded $5,000 in direct funding to complete the proposed project. In addition, this grant includes the use of the Mind’s Eye Centre for meetings, lectures, workshops, workspaces, interview spaces, etc., without additional costs for venue and staffing. Creative workers, therefore, have access to professional facilities without incurring venue costs. The grantee’s biography and their project will be featured across CNCF media platforms to help support visibility for the work and the creative professionals involved. This grant represents an investment in identity development and critical evaluation.
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$5,000
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Use of the Mind’s Eye Centre for meetings, workspaces, interview spaces, etc.
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Staffing of the Mind’s Eye Centre for the above
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Grantee biography featured on CNCF media
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Grantee production featured on CNCF media
