Call for Applications: Access Copyright Foundation Professional Development Grants. Deadline: April 1, 2026
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Are you a Canadian professional in the literary or visual artist looking for financial support to sharpen your expertise?
Access Copyright Foundation’s Professional Development Grants program may be what you are looking for.
The Foundation offers grant funding to facilitate professional-development opportunities for Canadian writers, visual artists and publishers as well as staff members at organizations that represent them.
If you’re considering undertaking education and skills training through workshops, internships, courses or distance education, the Foundation would love to hear from you.
Start your application today by visiting the SK Arts Portal. The Foundation’s grant programs are administered by SK Arts.
The deadline for applications is April 1 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
Learn more about the Foundation’s Professional Development Grant program by downloading the Foundation's Application Guidelines.
About Access Copyright Foundation’s grant programs
For over 15 years, Access Copyright Foundation has supported the work of creators, member service and advocacy organizations as well as publishers across Canada. As the Foundation continues this work, it wants to make sure its grant programs provide the widest and most equitable opportunity to those communities the Foundation serves.
As a result, the following eligibility guidelines are in place:
- Applicants may be awarded a maximum of two Access Copyright Foundation grants within a 24-month period;
- Successful grant applicants must wait two years before applying for another grant in the same category. For example, an individual or organization that was awarded a Professional Development Grant for 2025 will be eligible to apply again in 2027.
Access Copyright Foundation strives to embody its values of excellence in publishing; professionalism; inquiry and engagement; imagination and creativity; curiosity and life-long learning; and the expression of the unique and diverse voices of Canadian creators, publishers, and arts organizations. In all aspects of its work including its leadership, communications, jury selection and adjudication, the Foundation aspires to uphold these values. Access Copyright Foundation believes that equity requires intention and action to counteract systemic racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia/heterosexism, and other oppressions.
In order to address historical and current inequities, the Foundation welcomes applications from creators with additional challenges in the creation or dissemination of their work including newcomers; people oppressed by racism; and those from a full spectrum of genders, sexual identities and abilities. The Foundation also welcomes applications from organizations representing these communities. The Foundation recognizes potential barriers such as geography and language.