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Wellness Warrior Funding
Campus wellness support for student initiatives
Funding available
Varies by project
Deadline
February 28, 2027
Location
Canada
Who can apply
Any SAIT student, including apprentices, staff, or faculty, may apply as individuals or groups.
See full eligibility
Overview
Wellness Warrior Funding supports SAIT students, apprentices, staff, and faculty to advance mental health and well-being on campus through new and innovative initiatives. Eligible projects may develop, implement, and evaluate mental health and wellness promotion initiatives, including supplies, promotional materials, small participation incentives, and honorariums for outside guests.
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Opportunity Score
Moderate potential, but conditions must align.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Develop strategic partnerships
- Develop a new program or service
- Increase social or community impact
Eligible Funding
- Varies by project
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Canada
Legal structures
- All legal structures
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Next Steps
1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility
Availability timeline
2026
Periods: 1
Activities funded
- New and innovative approaches to promote positive mental health and whole-campus well-being.
- Mental health promotion initiatives and activities that build partnerships between students, staff, and faculty.
- Projects to develop, implement, and evaluate mental health and wellness promotion initiatives of benefit to SAIT students.
Official resources
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Any SAIT student, including apprentices, staff, or faculty, may apply as individuals or groups.
Eligible expenses
- Costs to develop, implement, and evaluate mental health and wellness promotion initiatives.
- Supplies and promotional materials required for the initiative.
- Small incentives for student participation, such as gift cards for raffle, snacks, and beverages.
- Reasonable honorariums for outside guests, such as guest speakers, Elders, and traditional knowledge holders.
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Academic program development or delivery, and anything that would fall under mental health care.
- Activities or initiatives that duplicate support already offered at SAIT.
- Capital expenses related to the purchase of land, buildings, or motor vehicles.
- Clinical mental health care, establishing 24-hour telephone-based support, or expenses related to mental health promotion, mental illness prevention, or care models that do not treat people with dignity and respect.
- Wages, salaries and other compensation-related expenses, loan fees, debt principal payments, deficit funding, speculative fundraising ventures, and expenses without a clear relationship to the purpose of the funding or that create an ongoing funding liability for the Government of Alberta.
Selection criteria
- Potential impact or benefit to support the mental health and well-being of SAIT students.
- Preference for initiatives that positively impact a broad range of SAIT students, including full-time, part-time, on-campus or online students and apprentices.
- If the initiative is tailored to a specific group, the rationale provided must be justifiable.
- Ability to build partnerships and collaborations with various departments and include the student voice.
- Preference for thoughtful, well-planned, evidence-based initiatives that are feasible to implement and evaluate, use SMART activities, tasks, deadlines, and budget, and can be sustained post-funding.
How to apply
- Complete the online application submission form.
- Save or bookmark the URL you receive if you want to return to the form later.
Processing and Agreement
- Proposals are reviewed through a small committee composed of diverse SAIT stakeholders, including students.
- Feedback will be provided to all applicants on their proposal.
- The review committee reserves the right to provide funding dependent on revisions from the applicant.
Additional information
- Funding is competitive, and not all projects will be awarded funding.
- Each project submission is considered regardless of whether the applicant has been funded before.
- Applicants may submit more than one proposal.
Contacts
Frequently Asked Questions about the Wellness Warrior Funding Program
What is the Wellness Warrior Funding?
Wellness Warrior Funding supports SAIT students, apprentices, staff, and faculty to advance mental health and well-being on campus through new and innovative initiatives. Eligible projects may develop, implement, and evaluate mental health and wellness promotion initiatives, including supplies, promotional materials, small participation incentives, and honorariums for outside guests.
What is the deadline to apply?
The program is accepting continuous intake
Who is eligible for the Wellness Warrior Funding program?
To be eligible for the Wellness Warrior Funding program, you must:
Projects must support student mental health and well-being.
Projects must meet at least one stated mental health objective.
Applicants must be eligible SAIT community members.
What expenses are eligible under Wellness Warrior Funding?
New and innovative approaches to promote positive mental health and whole-campus well-being.
Mental health promotion initiatives and activities that build partnerships between students, staff, and faculty.
Projects to develop, implement, and evaluate mental health and wellness promotion initiatives of benefit to SAIT students.
Who can I contact for more information about the Wellness Warrior Funding?
You can contact Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) by email at Wellness.Warriors@sait.ca or by phone at 403.284.8729.
Where is the Wellness Warrior Funding available?
The Wellness Warrior Funding program is available across Canada.
Is the Wellness Warrior Funding a grant, loan, or tax credit?
Wellness Warrior Funding is a Grant and Funding