Financial assistance for the Culture Scientific Stream

• Completed application form in French, in editable PDF format
• Signed application form
• Proof of authority if the signer’s name is not listed in the REQ
• At least one signed school support letter

Who is eligible?

• Non-profit organizations, collective enterprises, and for-profit organizations legally constituted under Quebec law, registered for at least two years and established in Quebec to do business and operate an enterprise.
• School organizations, including school service centres and school boards, and educational institutions recognized by the Ministère de l’Éducation or the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur.
• Santé Québec.
• Quebec health and social services network institutions.
• Municipalities, cities, regional county municipalities, organizations with similar activities, OBNLs under the Cities and Towns Act, Indigenous communities represented by their band council with an establishment in Quebec, and state-owned companies or companies controlled directly or indirectly by a government.

Who is not eligible

• Organizations registered temporarily or permanently in the Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics, including subcontractors listed there and expected to perform work under the project.
• Organizations that failed to meet obligations during the two years before the application after formal notice related to a previous financial assistance grant from a Quebec government ministry or body.
• Organizations under the protection of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act or the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
• Organizations with ethical conduct that could tarnish the government's image of integrity and probity.
• Organizations whose main business concerns controversial weapons, fossil fuels exploration or production, gambling, violent games or combat sports involving living species, sexual exploitation, or tobacco and drug production, sales or services.

Eligible expenses

• Artist or speaker fees for workshops
• Travel costs for workshop representatives and students
• Accommodation and meal expenses for eligible trips
• Specialized consumable materials and equipment rental
• Printing, stationery, and technical support costs
• Entrance fees for school visits

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• School outings to organizations not included on the official science culture list
• Shows presented at school or in a professional venue
• Permanent equipment purchases
• Teacher and organization training costs
• Operating costs of science culture organizations

• Mission and development objectives are assessed for relevance to the program, the Programme de formation de l’école québécoise, the vocational training programs, the adult general education programs, and government priorities: 15 points.
• The organization's scientific or technological activity offer, and the experience and scientific and pedagogical training of the animation team, are assessed: 35 points.
• The example of a scientific or technological activity for school audiences is assessed for scientific and pedagogical quality, active participation, preparatory and follow-up learning, positive impacts, and complementarity with the official education programs: 50 points.
• Applications scoring at least 70 points may be placed on the List of Science Culture Organizations, and the Ministry may impose special conditions.

• Complete the application form in French, sign it, and attach all required documents.
• Send the application by email to demande.culture.scientifique@economie.gouv.qc.ca from an organization email address that matches the person responsible identified in the form, with the subject line Demande d’inscription_Nom de l’organisme.
• Send the email no later than Monday, March 31, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

• An electronic acknowledgment of receipt is sent within two business days after the application is filed.
• Eligible applications are reviewed by the Ministry's administrative units, in collaboration with the Ministère de l’Éducation; the maximum time between the filing deadline and the evaluation is 30 business days.
• The Ministry communicates its decision within 15 business days after the decision is made.
• The Ministry publishes or announces updates to the List of Science Culture Organizations on its website or by press release.
• The organization may be reassessed after three years and may be removed from the list if it fails to meet its responsibilities and commitments.