{"id":21509,"date":"2025-08-05T10:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/coris\/?p=21509"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:30:59","slug":"canadian-heritage-digital-citizen-contribution-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2025\/canadian-heritage-digital-citizen-contribution-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Heritage &#8211; Digital Citizen Contribution Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Canadian Heritage &#8211; Digital Citizen Contribution Program\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<h2>Funder&#8217;s Website<\/h2>\n<p>The funder&#8217;s website can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/online-disinformation\/digital-citizen-contribution-program.html\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Funding Value and Duration<\/h2>\n<p>Up to $380,00 per project for up to two years. Note that the Program may award up to $1,000,000 in funding for some projects with budgets of over $1,000,000.<\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The Digital Citizen Contribution Program supports the priorities of the Digital Citizen Initiative by providing time-limited financial assistance for research and citizen-focused activities. The Program aims to support democracy and social inclusion in Canada by enhancing and\/or supporting efforts to counter online disinformation and other online harms and threats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"eligibility-criteria\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following organizations are eligible for funding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a national, provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, community or professional organization, society or association which has voluntarily associated itself for a not-for-profit purpose, and which has the mandate to represent its membership or community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a not-for-profit organization, including non-governmental or umbrella organizations, non-profit corporations, community groups, regulatory bodies or apprenticeship authorities, or associations serving the private sector<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a university or educational institution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an individual researcher, acting in his or her personal capacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a research institution with an established record in relevant field(s), intending to undertake work in a Canadian context<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a for-profit Canadian and Canadian-owned institution with a record of developing and delivering programming, and performing research or related activities relevant to the goals of Canadian Heritage\u2019s Digital Citizen Initiative, provided that the nature and the intent of the activity is\u00a0non-commercial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal institutions, including any department, branch, office, board, agency, commission, corporation or other entity that receives an annual appropriation from Parliament, are not eligible for funding under the Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"internal-contacts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internal Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OVPRI Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ips\/people\/maryam-attef\/\">Maryam Attef<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"deadlines\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deadlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Faculty Deadline<\/td><td>Consult your <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>OVPRII Deadline (Approval Form and Application)<\/td><td>August 15, 2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Submission to Sponsor<\/td><td>August 22, 2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"submitting-your-application\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submitting Your Application<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form<\/strong><br><br>Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx\">https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx<\/a><br><br>For a user\u2019s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/cuResearch-Users-Manual_June-2019-2.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency<\/strong><br><br>Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder&#8217;s website, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/online-disinformation\/digital-citizen-contribution-program.html\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funder&#8217;s Website The funder&#8217;s website can be found HERE. Funding Value and Duration Up to $380,00 per project for up to two years. Note that the Program may award up to $1,000,000 in funding for some projects with budgets of over $1,000,000. 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