How to apply

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• When you’ll get a funding decision

Apply now

By email or mail

To apply by email, mail, or in-person, download and complete the application form.

Call for Concepts Application Form (PDF, 554 KB)

How to submit your application

• By email

  Email your application to edsc.pnhapc-nhsppc.esdc@servicecanada.gc.ca by 3pm Eastern Standard Time on November 15, 2023.

• By mail

  Your application must be postmarked on or before 3pm Eastern Standard Time on November 15, 2023. Your application should be mailed to the address below. Note additional administrative delays might apply.

  New Horizons for Seniors Program – Pan-Canadian Stream
  Senior Programs Oversight Division - Mailstop 402
  National Grants & Contributions Delivery Centre (ESDC)
  140 Promenade du Portage, Phase IV, 4th Floor
  Gatineau QC K1A 0J9

  If you submit your application by mail, you will receive an acknowledgment by email within 14 days of its receipt. The acknowledgment will be sent to the email address provided in your application.

About PDFs

Our application form uses PDF form technology. You must have a PDF reader installed to use the form correctly. There are several readers available on the Internet for free that support our form:

• Adobe Reader (you must use a version of Adobe Reader 8 or higher, for example Adobe Acrobat DC Reader)
• Foxit Reader

Downloading the application form

1. Make sure that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 or higher or Foxit Reader installed on your system.
2. Select the Application form
3. When prompted to open or save the form, select the down arrow on the "Save" button, and select ”Save as”.
4. Select your folder location and save (file type must be PDF).
5. Reopen the form from your computer:
   1. select the “Open with” option
   2. choose option to open with either Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit
6. Make sure that the form opens in one of the Reader Softwares (Adobe or Foxit), by looking at the top of your screen. For example, you should see:
   • (ESDC-EMP 5688.pdf (SECURED) – Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
   • ESDC-EMP 5688.pdf (SECURED) – Foxit PhantomPDF
7. Begin inputting and save your information.
8. Before submitting your application make sure that the Application form is completed, and all information has saved properly.

Moving within a form

To move from one field to the next on the form, hit “Tab”. This ensures that you do not accidently skip over any fields.

Submit 1 application only

Submit only one copy of your application to ESDC. Submitting multiple copies of the same application or submitting the same application by using various methods will cause longer processing times for your application.

Before submitting your application, make sure to include your:

• application form
• additional response document
• support letters
• proof of business number

When you'll get a funding decision

We expect to make decisions for step 1 in spring 2024. If you are successful in step 1 of this process, we will invite you to step 2 to develop a full project proposal. We expect that projects will start as early as summer 2024.

Projects may not begin before a funding agreement has been signed by you and ESDC. We will not reimburse any expenses for activities that take place before we sign the Funding Agreement.

Not all submitted applications will be selected for funding as funding is limited. Please note that decisions are final and there is no appeal process.