Innovation Grants

PEI Alliance Mental Well-Being

Relevent Country: Canada

The Prince Edward Island (PEI) Alliance Mental Well-Being has announced a call for applications for the Stream 2 (Innovation Grants) of Positive Change Grant Program.

PEI-based not-for-profit organizations can apply for Innovation Grants that provide up to $50,000 in one-time funding, for projects of up to 18-months that develop and assess new approaches or new ideas that build resilience and improve mental well-being across the life span and across generations.

Funding Information

Up to $250,000 total is available in 2022-2023 for this funding stream. 

PEI-based not-for-profit organizations can apply for Innovation Grants that provide up to $50,000 in one-time funding, for projects of up to 18-months that develop and assess new approaches or new ideas that build resilience and improve mental well- being across the life span and across generations. 

Grant funds may be used to cover the following eligible expenses:

  • Training and professional development 
  • Convening meetings and events, including facility rentals and remote meeting costs  
  • Transportation within PEI 
  • Research, evaluation, and dissemination activities 
  • Wages* and fees (eg, consultants, trainers, expertise not available in the community, honoraria) 
  • Promotional and marketing activities directly related to the project 
  • Reasonable overhead, capital, infrastructure costs directly related to the project to a maximum of 10% of the total grant 
  • Costs associated with the grant’s financial reporting requirements  

Eligibility Criteria

  • PEI-based not-for-profit organizations, from all regions and sectors throughout the province. All other types of organizations must apply in partnership with a PEI-based not-for-profit organization.
  • Partner organizations can include, but are not limited to, businesses, publicly funded entities such as municipalities, schools, and post-secondary institutions, health units, etc. 
  • The Applicant Organization is the not-for-profit organization that will hold the grant funds. 
  • The Project Lead is the main contact from the Applicant Organization who will lead the project.
  • Individuals are not eligible to apply.
  • Eligibility is restricted to organizations operating within PEI.
  • If justified to meet the objectives of the project, the applicant team may include a team member(s) from outside PEI if such team member(s) brings expertise and capacity to the project that is not available in the province (eg, research and /or evaluation expertise). A team member(s) from outside PEI is not eligible to be the Project Lead.
  • As the lead Applicant Organization, a not-for-profit organization may submit only one application in a funding cycle, and up to two per year (the Alliance offers two funding cycles per year, one in the summer and one in the winter ).

Source: https://allianceformentalwellbeing.com/stream-2/