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2007-2008
Program
General
information
Program
objectives
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Foster
research and creation by making available to professionals the
resources necessary for creating works and carrying out
activities related to their artistic development, throughout
their careers.
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Give
professionals an opportunity to contribute to the development of
their discipline through the exploration of advanced resources
and technologies.
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Facilitate
artistic creation that leads to production and dissemination.
Target clienteles
This
program is intended for professionals and, in some instances, groups
of professionals in the realms of architecture, landscape
architecture, urban planning and environmental design.
A group of professional
architects, landscape architects, urban planners or environmental
designers does not
designate a firm but a temporary group of professionals established
with a view to carrying out a specific project. Each member of the
group must be a professional in one of the fields concerned or a
professional artist who satisfies all of the program's eligibility
criteria.
One
professional in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture,
urban planning or design must represent the group as coordinator.
A
professional artist is an artist who is self-taught or formally
trained, or both, and is a creator or interpreter in his own right,
has a competence recognized byhis peers in his discipline and signs
works that are disseminated in a professional context.
The
same coordinator must always represent permanent groups unless
exceptional circumstances arise.
A group legally constituted as a not-for-profit or profit-making company or general partnership is ineligible for this program.
Types
of grants
Type A grants
Type A grants are
intended for professionals who have at least 10 years of practice in
Québec or abroad and whose works have been presented in a
recognized professional context.
A
professional with under 10 years of practice may apply for a type A
grant when his artistic output warrants it.
Maximum grant: $25 000
Type
B grants
Type
B grants are intended for professionals with two to 10 years of
practice in Québec or abroad and whose works have been presented in
a recognized professional context. Exhibitions carried out during
the applicant's studies are not accepted for the purposes of this
program.
Maximum
grant: $20 000
In
the case of a collective project, it is the coordinator's profile
that determines the type of grant requested. The coordinator must
submit an activity report.
Career
grants
Career
grants are intended for artists whose careers span at least 20 years
in the arts and literature and whose works or achievements are
outstanding. Three career grants in all disciplines are awarded
every two years. The next registration deadline for career grants is
October 15, 2006.
Amount
of the grant: $ 60 000 spread equally over two years.
A
specific document pertaining to career grants,
including the registration form, will be available from the Conseil
and on its Web site one month before the registration deadline.
General
eligibility criteria
To
be eligible, a professional submitting a grant application must be a
Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. In both instances, he must
have lived in Québec for at least 12 months.
A
professional who has lived outside Québec for two or more years is
not eligible for the program unless he maintains his status as a Québec
resident pursuant to the Taxation Act, i.e. he maintains ties as a
resident with Québec through a dwelling, spouse, dependants or
personal property. The
professional must supply a proof of his status.
The
professional must have a bachelor's degree in architecture,
landscape architecture, urban planning or environmental design and
at least two years of practice centred on artistic creation.
Moreover, he must be recognized by his peers.
If
an artist or a professional presents a project in a discipline other
than that in which he is normally pursuing his career, he must have
to his credit at least one work in this discipline, disseminated in
a professional context. The professional or the artist must apply
for a type A or type B grant, depending on his total number of years
of practice. He must indicate on the application form the discipline
in respect of which he is applying for a project
grant.
Restrictions
A professional who
has already received assistance under the grant program for
professional artists may submit a new application provided that he
first submits the report on the use to
which the grant was put or a progress report if the project has not
been completed. Under the research and artistic creation section,
the
professional may only apply once before the final report has been
accepted. The Conseil must approve the report.
A
professional may not simultaneously apply for a type A grant and a
type B grant.
A professional who has already received a type A grant may not apply
for a type B grant.
In the case of type A grants, a
professional may not receive more than $50 000 in grants over a
four-year period, whether the grants were obtained individually or
as part of an artists' group. This amount excludes travel grants and
career grants.
As
for type B grants, a professional may not receive more than $40 000
in grants over a four-year period, whether the grants were obtained
individually or as part of an artists' group. This amount excludes
travel grants.
Projects
carried out under a school program are ineligible.
Regardless of the discipline, a professional may not submit during a
given registration period, either as an individual or as a member of
a group, two applications in a given section.
A professional may not receive more than two grants per year,
excluding travel grants and the use of studios and studio-apartments.
Projects that have already been completed on the registration date
are not eligible.
Submitting
applications
A
professional
wishing to apply for a grant must fill out the appropriate
application form and be sure to submit all of the documents demanded.
A
Grant Application Presentation Guide is available on request
from the Conseil and on its Web site.
Only
the original copy of the form, signed by the professional or by each
member of the group of professionals, will be deemed valid.
Applications may not be sent by fax or by email.
Application
forms are available upon request from the Conseil. They may also be
downloaded from the pertaining program’s page on the Conseil’s
Web site. [See Application forms section at the top of this
page.]
Mailing
addresses
The mailing
address where the applications must be sent varies according to each
discipline and is indicated on the application form. [and on the Offices'
addresses
page]
Contents
of the file for applicants eligible for type A and type B grants
A
single copy of the application file must be submitted on 21.6 cm x
27.9 cm (8 1/2 inch x 11 inch) paper. To facilitate photocopying,
documents must not be stapled or bound.
Letters of recommendation are not submitted to the jury.
The
file must include:
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the
professional's curriculum vitae or the curricula vitae of the
members of a group of professionals (maximum of three pages per
person);
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the
curricula vitae of the main collaborators in the project
(maximum of three pages per person);
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a
detailed work plan and the proposed timetable;
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the
detailed budget for the project;
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a
copy of the applicant's university degree (type B grants only);
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if
need be, a clipping file of not more than five pages containing
photocopies of newspaper articles published during the previous
five years (pages in excess of the stipulated number will be
discarded);
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Attach
any of the following: a portfolio, 20 slides, 20 digital images
(photo CD) or 20 photographs of works produced.
See
the Grant application presentation guide
for technical information concerning supporting items and documents.
In
the case of travel grant applications, information must be supplied
on the host organization and its financial commitment or that of
other partners involved in
the realization of the project.
Information
or supporting documents received after the registration deadline
will not be submitted for evaluation.
Only
visual material, sound recordings and publications are returned to
applicants within 90 days of the announcement of the results.
The Conseil is not responsible for the loss of submitted items or
damage sustained by such items during shipping. Applicants are urged
to avoid sending the originals of items or supporting material
required for a grant application.
The Conseil guarantees the confidentiality of the documents in its
possession. Moreover, it will deny access to the confidential
documents it receives, subject to the cases stipulated in the Act
respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the
Protection of personal information.
Applicants
must promptly notify the Conseil of a change of address.
Processing
of applications
The
Conseil does not send an acknowledgement of receipt.
Validation
of the file
A
program coordinator ensures that the professional satisfies the
eligibility criteria pertaining to the program and the type of
grant requested.
Evaluation
by a jury
Before the juries meet, copies of each application are sent to
all members for examination. The juries meet and evaluate the
items in the file.
Decision
Approximately
three months after the registration deadline, the Conseil informs
the professional in writing of its decision concerning his
application.
In
the case of travel grants, the Conseil will inform the artist in
writing six weeks after he has submitted the application.
When an application is approved, the professional will receive
along with the approval letter, a document outlining all the terms
and conditions governing the use of the grant.
Evaluation
of applications
Grant
applications are evaluated by juries formed of persons renowned in
one or several of the disciplines concerned and who have a sound
knowledge of the artistic work in the sector for which they were
chosen. Members of the juries must be on the list
of resource persons approved
by the Conseil’s board of directors.
Applications for travel grants are not
evaluated by juries but may be analysed by one or more resource
persons from the artistic community who act as assessors.
A
single jury comprising representatives of the regions and various
artistic disciplines evaluates applications for type A and type B
grants on a province-wide basis.
All applications are evaluated on their merit according to the
eligibility criteria, objectives and evaluation criteria specific to
each section of the program. The selection takes into account the
relative merits of the projects and the funds available. The Conseil’s decision is final and without appeal.
The names
of jury members may be obtained upon request three months after the
Conseil has announced its decision regarding the awarding of a
grant. The names of assessors and of members of an advisory
committee asked to evaluate grant applications will be made public
three months after the
conclusion of their mandate.
Ethics
Board members are subject to a code of ethics. Moreover, board
members, the members of juries and employees of the Conseil must act
in good faith in performing their duties and refrain from taking
part in any discussion concerning a grant application that risks
creating a conflict of interest. Confidential or privileged
information transmitted to them may not be used for personal reasons.
Awarding
of grants
The
Conseil establishes the amount in light of the funds available, the
budgets submitted and eligible expenses. The maximum amounts offered
under the program may not be increased, even in the case of group
project.
The
grants are paid in a lump sum, except for grants of $12 000 or more,
which may be paid in two instalments over two fiscal years. The
professional must indicate his choice in the appropriate box on the
grant application form. If no indication is given, the grant will be
paid in a lump sum.
The first or full payment of the grant will be made in
the month following the announcement and the second payment, as the
case may be, will be made in January of the following calendar year.
In
the case of a group of professionals, the grant is divided equally
among all members of the group unless a proposal signed by all of
the members otherwise apportioning their shares is submitted with
the application.
In
accordance with tax legislation, a professional is bound to declare
the amount of the grant he receives. The Conseil issues a tax slip
to each grant recipient and to each member of a professionals’
group and submits the list of grant recipients to the ministère du
Revenu.
The
Conseil may not award a grant in respect of the same expenses
related to a project already supported in conjunction with another
program of the Conseil or any other organization.
By
cashing a grant cheque, the artist or the artists’ group
undertakes to carry out the project planned and to comply with the
conditions governing the payment of the grant.
When
a professional is unable to carry out part or all of the activity
covered by the application, or a major change is made to the project
or work schedule, he must promptly contact the Conseil to make the
appropriate arrangements. Should the professional fail to comply
with this condition, the Conseil may demand repayment of the grant.
The
grant recipient or the coordinator in the case of an artists’
group undertakes to submit a detailed report on the use of the grant
or the results of the research and a summary of expenses incurred,
using the Report on the use of the grant
form provided by the Conseil. The report must be submitted
not more than three months after the project’s completion and must
be approved by the Conseil. A
professional must submit the report before
making a new application.
The
outcome of a research project remains the property of the
professional, as do any rights he may hold on any work,
specification, drawing, document, plan, report, datum, invention,
method or process produced in conjunction with the program. However,
the Conseil may reproduce certain of these documents for the purpose
of internal management.
When
the project results in public activities such as performances or
exhibitions, or in publications, the Conseil's logo or mention of
its contribution must appear in information, promotional or
advertising documents in order to inform the public of the use of
cultural funding.
Professionals
or professionals’ groups obtaining a grant must comply with
standards governing the use of the Conseil’s logo, as described in
a document available from the Conseil or on its Web site.
Failure
to comply with any of the foregoing conditions may jeopardize a
professional's eligibility to submit a subsequent application.
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