Public Lecture Grants

• Detailed email or 1–2 page lecture plan

• The applicant must be a Canadian university and host faculty member(s).
• The proposed lecture must relate to animal welfare.
• The lecture must be promoted to the general public and to students.
• The proposal must outline the lecture topic, speakers, timing, promotion approach, venue, and expected attendance.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian universities
• University faculty members (e.g., Law, Medicine, Environmental Science, Applied Ethics, Journalism)

Who is not eligible

Eligible expenses

• Guest speaker travel costs
• Guest speaker honorariums
• Some promotion and marketing costs

Ineligible Costs and Activities

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada

• Draft a detailed email or 1–2 page plan for the lecture.
• Include the lecture topic.
• Identify possible guest speakers.
• Specify timing and proposed date/period.
• Provide a promotion and marketing plan (including promotion to the general public and students).
• Identify the venue.
• Estimate expected attendance.

• Send the proposal by email to the program administrator.
• Submit by March 1.

• Expect a funding decision announcement by the end of April.

• Funding decisions are announced by the end of April.

• Applications are submitted for consideration by March 1 each year.
• Funding decisions are announced by the end of April.
• Proposals must include an expected attendance estimate.
• The lecture must be promoted to the general public as well as the student body.