Post-Secondary Sector and Scientific Knowledge in French Support Fund — Minority Language Education New

From: Canadian Heritage

The Post-Secondary Sector and Scientific Knowledge in French Support Fund subcomponent aims to:

• to support post-secondary education in the minority language, including distance education and the development of a virtual post-secondary education network
• to facilitate access to post-secondary education in the language of the minority, so as to enable more Canadians to improve their first language skills
• to contribute to research and dissemination of knowledge, methods and tools so as to support minority-language education

More specifically, the projects must contribute to:

Support for the Post-Secondary Sector

• stabilizing and strengthening the minority-language post-secondary education sector;
• increasing collaboration between Official Language Minority Community (OLMC) organizations and post-secondary institutions serving these communities;
• expanding and diversifying the range of partnerships to improve service and program offerings and access to quality post-secondary education in the minority language;
• fostering the development of minority-language post-secondary education through initiatives aimed at collaboration, mobility or sharing of resources among eligible post-secondary institutions.

Scientific Knowledge in French

• contributing to the dissemination and promotion of scientific knowledge in French;
• promoting better mobilization of scientific knowledge in French;
• strengthening exchanges, linkages and networking between the scientific community and target partners;
• having a strategic impact on the future of Official-Language Minority Communities (OLMC) and target populations.

Who can apply

Support for the Post-Secondary Sector

Eligible organizations include:

• Canadian professional associations;
• Canadian non-profit organizations within the meaning of the law;
• institutions, including post-secondary institutions that offer programs in the minority language or that address a need of one or more official language minority communities.^{Footnote 1}

The following are not eligible:

• individuals and researchers;
• government agencies;
• elementary and secondary schools and school boards;
• foreign organizations.

Scientific Knowledge in French

Eligible organizations include:

• Canadian professional associations;
• Canadian non-profit organizations within the meaning of the law
• institutions, including post-secondary institutions that offer programs in French
• foundations, for non-profit activities

The following are not eligible:

• individuals and researchers
• government agencies
• elementary and secondary schools and school boards
• foreign organizations

Eligible projects

Support for the Post-Secondary Sector

To be eligible for funding under the Post-Secondary Sector and Scientific Knowledge in French Support Fund subcomponent, your project must:

• be regional, provincial/territorial or national in scope;^{Footnote 2}
• entail concrete, tangible spin-offs or a leveraging effect for the post-secondary sector in official language minority communities;
• address specific issues or pressing needs peculiar to official language minority communities identified by the sector and its stakeholders;
• clearly demonstrate that the deliverables can help improve access to, strengthen and develop the minority-language post-secondary sector.

The following are not eligible:

Projects that support the regular programming of post-secondary institutions or that support the development of programs within a single institution.

Scientific Knowledge in French

To be eligible for funding under the Post-Secondary Sector and Scientific Knowledge in French Support Fund subcomponent, your project must:

• be regional, provincial/territorial or national in scope
• contribute to the mobilization of research and scientific knowledge in French
• have clearly identified target audiences
• entail concrete, tangible spin-offs for one or more communities or segments of the Canadian population
• present a detailed mobilization plan that includes the means or mechanisms for increasing the dissemination, circulation or mobilization of knowledge and research in French

The following are not eligible:

Projects involving the translation or interpretation of information produced in a language other than French.

Application deadlines

Project funding

Support for the Post-Secondary Sector

November 4

When an application deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, it is extended to the following working day.

Scientific Knowledge in French

Applications for funding may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year.

How to apply

Applicants are required to:

• review the Application Guidelines; and
• contact the Official Languages Support Programs of the Department of Canadian Heritage to request a funding application package and to submit the required documentation.

Contact us

Address

Official Languages Support Programs
Department of Canadian Heritage
15 Eddy Street, 7th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec J8X 4B3

Email

dglo-olsp@pch.gc.ca

Telephone

1-866-811-0055 (toll-free)

TTY

1-888-997-3123 (toll-free)

Agents are available to answer your questions, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET).

Guides and help

• Application Guidelines – Minority-Language Education component – Post-Secondary Sector and Scientific Knowledge in French Support Fund subcomponent
• Guide on the public acknowledgement of financial support - Canadian Heritage
• Service standards for Canadian Heritage funding programs
• Framework for the Vitality of Official-Language Minority Communities (OLMC)

Related services and information

• Official Languages Support Programs