Please provide the legal name of your organization. Usually, this is the name associated with your registration with the CRA, or the name that would appear on funding cheques.

Please provide the operating (or common) name of your organization if it is different from the legal name.

Please provide your 15-digit CRA business number or, for registered charities and not-for-profit organizations, your registration number.

Example: 123456789

You can find your CRA business number on tax-related documents or written communications from the CRA.

For more information, please visit CRA website.

Your answer to this question must be 1 of the following:

1. not-for-profit organizations
2. for-profit organizations

Please indicate your organization’s category. For example:

• Not-for-profit

  • educational institutions (such as colleges and universities)
  • sign language interpreter associations, or
  • organizations representing sign language users
• For-profit organizations (*)

  • sign language service providers that will not financially profit from the project

* For-profit organizations may be eligible for funding if the nature and intent of the activity:

• is non-commercial
• is not intended to generate profit, and
• supports program priorities and objectives

To be eligible, applicants must be located and operate in Canada.

Please indicate the year your organization or business was established.

Please indicate the address of your organization or business. Applicants must provide an address that is complete and in the correct format recognized by Canada Post. Information is available on the Canada Post website.

Please indicate the telephone number of your organization or business and fax number (if applicable).

Please indicate the e-mail address of your organization or business.

Please indicate the mailing address if different from your organization or business' address.

Please indicate the telephone and fax number (if applicable) if different from your organization's numbers.

Please provide the name of the person in your organization who will be the Department's main contact for the proposed project.

Please provide the title of the organization contact identified in Question 22.

Example: Business owner, President, Executive Director.

Please indicate the preferred language of the organization's main contact for both written and spoken communication.

Please indicate the telephone number of the organization's main contact and fax number (if applicable).

Please indicate the e-mail address of the organization primary contact if different from your organization or business' e-mail address.

Please provide the name of the person in your organization who will be the Department's secondary contact for the proposed project.

Please provide the title of the organization contact identified in Question 28.

Example: Business owner, President, Executive Director.

Please indicate the preferred language of the organization's secondary contact for both written and spoken communication.

Please indicate the telephone and fax numbers of the organization's secondary contact.

Please indicate the e-mail address of the organization secondary contact if different from your organization or business' e-mail address.

Please provide a brief, descriptive concept title.

Please indicate the planned start date of your proposed project.

Maximum duration cannot exceed 36 months and must end by March 31, 2027.

Please indicate the planned end date of your proposed project.

Maximum duration cannot exceed 36 months and must end by March 31, 2027.

Please describe how your proposed concept is clearly linked to at least 1 of the Call for Concept objectives.

During Step 1, the call for concept, you are expected to present your concept ideas. Concepts should provide an overview of quantifiable and measurable goals to be achieved through this concepts' major steps and sub-objectives.

Concepts will be assessed based on their ability to meet at least 1 of the following 3 call for concept objectives:

Please describe the proposed key activity(ies) of your proposed concept.

Activities are the steps taken to meet the objectives of the concept. Activities should be specific, measurable and realistic. They should also include overall milestones and timelines, which are clear and feasible. These activities must be relevant to the concept objectives and demonstrate how the concept outcome(s) will be achieved.

Your answer to this question will need to include details regarding only planned key activities.

Note: You must develop at least 1 of the identified types of eligible activities.

If you are selected to go on to Step 2, further details on all planned activities will be requested in the second step of the application process.

Please refer to the Review Eligibility section for examples and additional details on eligible activities.

If you are selected to go on to Step 2, you will need to provide a high-level overview of the following:

• a description of each key activity and explanation of how each relates to the objective(s) of the concept as well as to at least 1 of the call for concept objectives. There should always be a clear link between the activities and the objective(s) (refer to Question 37)
• list the activities in a logical sequence, including timelines and/or duration of each, and descriptions where needed. Timelines must be clearly established and feasible
• if applicable, clear links that show how the proposed major activity(ies) address(es) 1 or more of the program funding priority areas
• the potential impacts on the sign language interpretation sector
• include details about how the concept will be delivered. For example, will there be third-party agreements or will the organization deliver all aspects of the concept?

Please describe, in general, what you are planning to obtain as expected results of your concept.

They should be clearly linked to the objectives identified in question 37 and activities identified in question 38.

If you are selected to go on to Step 2, your expected results will need to be specific, concrete and measurable (qualitative or quantitative) and will need to be defined as outcomes.

Overall, outcomes are the short-term and intermediate changes that are expected to occur as the result of the concept (more than 1 outcome could be directly related to an objective).

They answer the questions "How do we know the concept is successful?" and "How do the activities lead to improvements for the beneficiaries?"

Overall, outputs are tangible products, including goods and services that will be produced to generate the desired outcomes; several activities could contribute to 1 output.

If your concept meets one or more of the funding priorities, describe how they are met.

The priorities are:

• supporting Deaf persons in becoming specialist interpreters or sign language instructors
• supporting the entry of Black, Indigenous Peoples and persons of colour into sign language, interpretation career pathways, and
• supporting the use of LSQ

Concepts are not required to meet the funding priorities, however, additional consideration may be provided if a concept meets 1 or more of the funding priorities.

Please describe:

• how your concept includes 1 or more partnerships within the sign language interpretation community, such as those between:

• education institutions,
• associations,
• user organizations,
• service providers, or
• the Deaf community

Please note that the elements listed below will be asked and assessed only during Step 2 of the intake process:

• how the concept relates to the ongoing work of your organization
• how achievements and current activities and/or projects are related to your proposed concept
• if your organization has a strategic plan, provide some high-level information that shows how the proposed concept aligns with your overall plan
• any previous work done by your organization
• your previous, current, and your potential partners
• details as to how your concept builds on, and does not duplicate previous work, and
• describe any experience with ESDC/Service Canada/Labour funding programs.

Please include the names of organizations that are anticipated, at this stage of the concept application, to contribute funds and/or in-kind to the project. ESDC should be listed as the first source name followed by any other sources.

Note: If a concept is selected, a full list of all organizations that will contribute financially or in-kind to the concept will be requested as part of the budget details.

Please identify the types of organizations that are contributing funds to this concept from the following sectors:

1. crown corporation
2. federal department or agency
3. foreign governments
4. not-for-profit
5. private sector
6. provincial/territorial government
7. regional or municipal government
8. sponsor/organization/recipient
9. union
10. other (please specify)

Please indicate the amount of cash funding, in dollars, that will be provided by each contributor.

Note: Applicants may request up to a maximum of $2,000,000 per concept from the Department for this Call for Concepts.

Please indicate the dollar value of each in-kind contribution that will be provided.

In-kind contributions are non-monetary goods or services that may be contributed to the concept by your organization or other organizations or partners for which your organization will not be requesting reimbursement. In-kind support may include donated equipment, services or facilities necessary for the proposed concept that would otherwise have to be purchased. For example, a room is being donated for where the concept could take place and some organizations have "donated workers" to support activities.

To be considered valid, in-kind contributions should contribute to the success of the project, and their monetary equivalent estimated at fair market value.