Learn about the range of CBT grants below. Additional information can be found on our online grant system when you are ready to take your idea to the next level.
The Fall 2021 Neighbourhood Small Grant cycle in the Clayoquot Sound region will be culture-themed. The goals of the Culture Neighbourhood Small Grants are to support strong, vibrant and united cultures by fostering preparation for the upcoming UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 – 2032), celebrating diversity, and building inclusion.
Funding Timeline
Grants open: September 15
Deadline to apply: October 25
Funding Priorities
Connect and engage neighbourhood residents
Build local community capacity to carry out NSG projects
Share residents skills and knowledge within the community
Funding Timeline
Second round of applications open: September 1, 2021
Deadline to apply: October 1, 2021
Funding Priorities
While the Arts & Culture Committee is open to creative ideas, funding priority will be given to projects that:
Provide age-friendly opportunities for participation in arts & cultural activities (particularly inter-generational and for youth);
Foster cross-community and/or cross-cultural engagement, teaching, and learning;
Contribute to language development (Nuu-chah-nulth and other languages);
Build capacity in the arts;
Deliver equity-seeking initiatives that aim to address barriers to equal access and participation in the arts (BIPOC, LGBT2Q+, people with disabilities etc.).
If you have questions or want to talk about your application please contact Faye Missar at faye@clayoquotbiosphere.org or 250-266-2434.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Contact Faye for more information or to discuss a grant idea.
Funding Priorities
Youth age 10-25 can apply (give or take a few years!). Funding is meant to support projects that enable youth learning and/or make our communities better places to live.
To apply, contact faye@clayoquotbiosphere.org or call Faye at 250-266-2434 to discuss your idea and apply (it’s that easy!)
Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are now closed and funding decisions have been made for 2021.
Funding Priorities
Funding priority will be given to projects that:
Address key species and ecosystem threats within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region. For example, the threat of sea star wasting disease, the impact of commercial herring fishery on local marine ecosystem health, knowledge gaps on the threats of finfish aquaculture, the threat of invasive species on local native species diversity.
Address a declining trend in target species or ecosystems of ecological and/or cultural importance. For example, keystone species with multiple food chain linkages such as salmon, species of economic importance and/or cultural importance, and/or food security importance, charismatic species that elevate conservation awareness, and species that we feel we have a high stewardship responsibility to protect.
Address key threats to Indigenous ways of knowing about sacred places and important knowledge for vibrant Nuu-chah-nulth people, culture, and connections to place;
Support the spirit and intent of the UNESCO Biosphere designation and contribute to a specific conservation action that has broad application for mitigating an ecological and/or cultural threat such that system resilience is supported. Conservation action refers to a variety of responses that can mitigate the threat. For example, land or water protection, land or water management/restoration, species monitoring and management, education and policy change, and new modes of governance that support ecological and cultural resilience.
Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are now closed and funding decisions have been made for 2021.
Funding Criteria
Vital Grants can be utilized to:
Support teams with well-developed timelines of activities and budgets that reflect their demonstrated knowledge of what is needed to have a positive impact on an identified regional priority or complex sustainability challenge.
Support the capacity of an existing or expanding project team to grow a project to new communities, schools or geographic areas within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region to have a positive impact on an identified regional priority or complex sustainability challenge
Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are now closed and funding decisions have been made for 2021.
Funding Criteria
Funding priority will be given to projects that:
Research that addresses key species and ecosystem threats within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region.
Research that addresses a trend of degradation on target species or ecosystems of ecological and/or cultural importance.
Research that applies to conservation action and can be applied in other areas as well (broad application). Conservation action refers to management responses that can mitigate the threat.
Research findings need to be communicated in a public forum of some kind.
Research proposals that support the spirit and intent of the UNESCO Biosphere designation.
Research that follows local protocols including local First Nations review and compliance with BC Parks research permits.
