Call for nominations: the Gerda Hnatyshyn Launch Grants for Canadian performing artists

The Gerda Hnatyshyn Launch Grants provide assistance to the most promising Canadian performing artists in the years immediately following their education or training in the performing arts (or equivalent experience, for Contemporary Music). One grant of $10,000 is awarded annually in each of the following disciplines: Classical Music (instrumental or vocal), Contemporary Music (instrumental or vocal), Contemporary Dance (performance or choreography), English Theatre, and French Theatre (performance or production). Grants are intended to support a project, for which candidates must submit a proposal.

 

Deadline to nominate a candidate: March 11, 2026

Process

Candidates must be nominated in order to qualify for a Gerda Hnatyshyn Launch Grant.

Professionals working in the candidate's performing arts discipline may nominate one candidate a year for a Launch Grant.

Candidates will be invited to submit application materials, including a project proposal.

A panel of arts advisors appointed by the Foundation will adjudicate the performance work and proposals of the nominees.

Before nominating or applying, please consult the guidelines for your discipline, posted in PDF format at https://www.rjhf.com/current-programs/gerda-hnatyshyn-launch-grants 

Photo credit: Julianna Bryson, 2023 Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artist Grant laureate in Contemporary Dance. Naomi Caulfield Photography. Courtesy of the Hnatyshyn Foundation. 

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The Hnatyshyn Foundation is accepting nominations for the Gerda Hnatyshyn Launch Grants - a series of grants intended to support a project by Canadian performings artist in early career whose practices show exceptional promise. Two grants of $10,000 are awarded annually in music, one for Classical Music and one for Contemporary Music.

Nomination deadline: March 11.

Details: https://www.rjhf.com/current-programs/gerda-hnatyshyn-launch-grants
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