Dementia Strategic Fund: Awareness raising initiatives phase 2 (2022)

• Completed Funding Request
• Microsoft Word proposal
• Excel budget sheet
• Letters of support
• 1-page cover letter

Who is eligible?

• Not-for-profit voluntary organizations and corporations
• For-profit organizations with a not-for-profit partner
• Unincorporated groups, societies, and coalitions
• Provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal governments and agencies
• Indigenous organizations working with First Nations, Inuit, or Métis

Who is not eligible

• For-profit organizations applying without a not-for-profit partner
• Organizations outside Canada
• Applicants seeking funding for pure research only
• Projects that are stand-alone activities without a program intervention
• Organizations proposing profit-making activities for participants

Eligible expenses

• Project staff salaries, wages, and employer-paid benefits
• Contractor fees, including trainers and translation services
• Travel, accommodation, meals, and local transportation for project activities
• Office supplies, printing, postage, equipment, rent, and utilities
• Evaluation, training, bank charges, membership fees, audit, and insurance costs linked to the project

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Bonus pay, severance, maternity leave top-up, and extended absence compensation
• Travel or hospitality above National Joint Council rates
• Use charges for recipient-owned equipment and rent for owned or donated space
• Capital purchases such as land, buildings, or vehicles
• Pure research, stand-alone activities, profit-making activities, and ongoing operating overhead

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada

• Meaningful involvement of people living with dementia and caregivers
• Collaboration across sectors and partnerships with relevant organizations
• Health equity considerations in design, implementation, and evaluation
• Use of current evidence, traditional knowledge, or lived experience
• Strong evaluation plan and results tracking

• Step 1: Request application materials
  • Email the program contact to obtain the Funding Request template and additional application information.
• Step 2: Prepare the submission package
  • Complete the Funding Request in Microsoft Word.
  • Prepare the Excel budget sheet.
  • Gather letters of support and the required cover letter.
• Step 3: Submit the application
  • Send the completed application package by the required deadline.
  • Include a valid email address for acknowledgement of receipt.
• Step 4: Await screening and review
  • Applications are screened and reviewed after submission.
  • Applicants are notified by email.

• Applications are screened and reviewed competitively after submission.
• Funding decisions depend on budgetary and solicitation considerations.
• Applicants receive an email acknowledgement of submission.
• No funding agreement is guaranteed, and PHAC may accept, reject, cancel, or re-issue the invitation.
• No project costs may be incurred before the contribution agreement is signed by all parties.

• Projects must be accessible in one or both official languages, depending on reach and audience.
• Meaningful involvement of people living with dementia and caregivers is an important consideration.
• Partnerships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations are encouraged.
• The program is competitive and funding is not guaranteed.