2024-25 Grant Program Dates Now Available!

Below is an overview of the 2024-25 Creative Saskatchewan Grant programs; who they are for, when they are accepting applications, and those all-important deadlines.

Remember, All deadlines close at 4:00 PM Saskatchewan time. If a deadline falls on a statutory holiday or a weekend, applications will be accepted until 4:00 PM the following business day.

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Marketing Grant

Previously called the “Market & Export Development Grant”, this grant provides support for marketing and publicity to improve visibility and generate sales. We offer two streams of funding depending of the scale of the project; Micro and Major.

Micro Stream

Up to a maximum of $5,000 per applicant per fiscal year (or 50% of the budget whichever is the lesser).

Clients are limited to one micro grant per fiscal year. This amount counts towards an annual marketing cap of $25,000 per fiscal year.

Micro Stream Opening Dates for all sectors: May 7, 2024

Micro Stream Deadlines to apply:

• Deadline 1: June 26, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 2: September 11, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 3: November 20, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 4: January 29, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

Major Stream

• Up to a maximum of $25,000 per applicant per fiscal year or 50% of the budget, whichever is the lesser.

Major Stream Opening Dates:

• All sectors – May 7, 2024
• Film & TV – September 12, 2024

Major Stream Deadlines to apply:

• Book Publishing – July 17, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Craft & Visual Arts – September 4, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Live Performing Arts – November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Film & TV – November 20, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Interactive Digital – January 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
• Music Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Music Deadline 2: January 15, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

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Showcase or Sell Travel Grant

Previously called the “Market Travel Grant”, this grant provides support to individuals and businesses to attend markets, industry showcases, and pitch events. In most cases, your project begins with an invitation to participate in a particular market.

• Opening date: May 7, 2024
• Deadlines: Continuous intake until funds are exhausted

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Tour Support Grant

This grant supports commercially viable touring opportunities for eligible Saskatchewan musicians and theatre companies touring in Canada and abroad. There are two streams of funding: Music and Live Performing Arts.

Opening dates:

• Live Performing Arts: May 21, 2024
• Music: May 21, 2024

Deadlines to apply:

• Live Performing Arts – November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Music Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Music Deadline 2: January 15, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

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Business Improvement Grant

Previously called the “Business Capacity Grant”, this grant supports projects that focus on professional development, increasing workforce capacity, and improving business efficiencies through technology infrastructure updates which result in growth, market expansion and improved profitability.

Opening Dates for all sectors: May 9, 2024

• Deadlines to apply:
  • Book Publishing – July 17, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Craft & Visual Arts – September 4, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Live Performing Arts – November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Interactive Digital – January 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
  • Music Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Music Deadline 2: January 15, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

Please note that we are not accepting applications for this grant from the Film & TV sector at this time: Based on industry consultation with local producers and SMPIA, it was determined that these funds would provide more benefit to the industry if they were shifted to support Film & Television Development instead. As funding becomes available throughout our fiscal year we may reconsider offering an intake of this grant.

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Research Grant

This grant supports projects that focus on market research and market intelligence activities identifying commercial opportunities and/or emerging technologies.

Opening Dates for all sectors: May 9, 2024

• Deadlines to apply:
  • Book Publishing – July 17, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Craft & Visual Arts – September 4, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Live Performing Arts – November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Interactive Digital – January 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
  • Music Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Music Deadline 2: January 15, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

Please note that we are not accepting applications for this grant from the Film & TV sector at this time: Based on industry consultation with local producers and SMPIA, it was determined that these funds would provide more benefit to the industry if they were shifted to support Film & Television Development instead. As funding becomes available throughout our fiscal year we may reconsider offering an intake of this grant.

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Book Publishing Grant

We offer two streams of funding depending on the nature of the project – Book Publishers’ Stream and Author-Funded Stream.

Author-Funded Stream

This grant supports self-publishers or publishers working with Saskatchewan authors to produce and market a book.

Opening date: May 14, 2024
Deadline: July 17, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

Book Publishers’ Stream

This grant assists in the production and marketing of titles intended for commercial release.

Opening date: May 14, 2024
Deadline: Open until funding is exhausted

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Craft & Visual Arts Production Grant

This grant supports craft persons and visual artists in the production of creative products intended for the commercial marketplace.

Opening date: May 16, 2024
Deadline: September 4, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

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Live Performing Arts Production Grant

This grant invests in Live Performing Arts projects that are ready to be staged for a paying audience to expand commercial potential.

Opening date: May 23, 2024
Deadline: November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

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Digital Game Development Grant

This grant invests in Saskatchewan’s digital developers, helping them create digital games and gamified e-learning projects with commercial potential.

Opening date: May 28, 2024
Deadline: January 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

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Sound Recording Grant

This grant supports the production of commercially-viable sound recordings for promotional use and/or commercial release.

• Opening date: May 21, 2024
• Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
• Deadline 2: January 15, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

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Feature Film & TV Production Grant

This grant provides financial support to eligible applicants for feature film and television productions that have secured a relevant market trigger or distribution agreement of fair market value. There are two streams within this grant: the Saskatchewan Stream and the Service Production Stream.

Opening date: April 1, 2024
Deadline: Continuous intake until funding is exhausted

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Film & TV Development Grant

This grant assists qualified Saskatchewan production companies with undertaking the development of eligible projects and bringing productions to fruition.

First Draft Stream

Opening date: July 15, 2024
Deadline: October 7, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

Final Draft Stream

In order to better accommodate film industry timelines this year, Creative Saskatchewan is offering a second, earlier intake for Final drafts of development projects.

This is only open for projects intending to go to production in the 2024-25 fiscal year (between now and March 31, 2025). The production schedule must be submitted in the application.

*NEW* Intake 1: Final drafts of development projects only

Opening date: May 15, 2024
Deadline: June 5, 2024

Intake 2: First & Final drafts, all applications

Opening date: July 15, 2024
Deadline: October 7, 2024

Slate Stream

Opening date: August 12, 2024
Deadline: November 7, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

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SaskTel Max Equity Fund

This grant provides financial support to eligible projects that demonstrate significant economic, cultural and employment benefit to the Saskatchewan industry, and a high potential of recoupment and profit in the application.

Opening date: June 3, 2024
Deadline: July 12, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

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A Note on Taxes

Creative Saskatchewan is no longer providing T4A forms.

To streamline the income verification process, improve security, and ensure compliance with tax regulations, grant recipients are to utilize their Letter of Commitment (LOC) as a means of income verification for the tax year going forward.

Read more.

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Industry Sponsorship Opportunities

Supporting creative entrepreneurship capacity

We sponsor projects that align with our mandate in any of the six creative sectors that Creative Saskatchewan’s grants support:

Sponsorships are available year-round until the fund is exhausted.