The French Embassy in Canada, the Consulat général de France dans les Provinces atlantiques and the Société Nationale de l’Acadie are opening the 2021 call for projects campaign for the France-Acadie Fund.

Created in 2007, this fund aims to preserve and foster the French language and Francophone culture in Acadie, strengthen exchanges between France and Acadie, as well as mutual knowledge between the two peoples. To do this, the Fund finances projects relating to educational and university cooperation, youth, the arts and culture.
To be eligible, the projects must be of common interest to France and Acadie.

Funding requests will be examined by the Advisory Committee made up of members of both institutions. The beneficiaries of the France-Acadie Fund will be informed of the Committee’s decision early July.

· The eligibility criteria are:

  • Organizations must be based in one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador).
  • Under no circumstances can the grant be used to fund a salary;
  • Organizations that have received a grant in the last two years are not eligible;
  • The project must be completed by December 31, 2021 (the entire grant received must be used by this date);
  • The Embassy of France in Canada will request proof of use of the funds;
  • The project leader undertakes to provide a report at the end of the project, the form of which will be specified later.

 

  • Given the uncertainty of the evolution of sanitary measures taken in the context of a global pandemic, projects involving the gathering of people must detail an alternative in case of impossibility of realization in person during the year 2021. At least two alternatives must be listed in the form

· Deadline for submission: June 20, 2021

Please fill up in French the application form (formulaire-dépot_projet_fonds_france_acadie_2021) and send by email or mail to the two contacts below, before June 20, 2021

– Attn : Mme Chloé Saulas
Consulat Général de France dans les Provinces Atlantiques
777 Main Street, suite 700
Moncton, N.B. E1C 1E9
[email protected]

– Attn : Mme Émilie Caissie
Société Nationale de l’Acadie
224 rue St-George, Moncton
Moncton, N.-B. E1C 0V1
[email protected]