Submit Applications for RAMP Capstone Project Funding Program – Canada

The Rozsa Foundation provides RAMP Capstone Project Funding to organizations, groups, collectives, and individuals to support the advancement of RAMP participants’ Capstone Projects.

With this funding program, the Rozsa Foundation aims to support both the projects and the continued learning of RAMP alumni. When applying, consider how your project will impact your organization or the arts community, how it will contribute to your skills and career growth, and how it aligns with your original Capstone Project.

Funding Information

• You can apply for up to $5,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Organizational Eligibility:
  • If you graduated from RAMP while working for an arts organization, you can apply if:
    • You are a RAMP graduate that completed and presented a Capstone Project in the last two years.
    • The project you are requesting funding for furthers the Capstone Project you developed in RAMP.
    • Your organization is in support of your application to the funding program.
    • Your organization is Alberta-based.
    • Your organization is arts-focused or is an organization engaging the arts to fulfill its mission.
    • Your organization is a registered charity, registered non-profit, ad-hoc group, grassroots organization, or operating with an alternative organizational structure.
    • Your organization is not a business incorporated as for-profit entity, including a sole proprietorship.
• Individual Eligibility:
  • If you graduated from RAMP as an independent arts worker, you can apply if:
    • You are a RAMP graduate that completed and presented a Capstone Project in the last two years.
    • The project you are requesting funding for furthers the Capstone Project you developed in RAMP.
    • You are a resident of Alberta.
    • You are not applying as a business incorporated as for-profit entity, including a sole proprietorship.
    • Applications must be made by the RAMP graduate. If a graduate exits the organization after they have completed the program, the organization cannot apply to this funding program to further the Capstone Project.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The Foundation does not fund:
  • ongoing administrative salaries or operating costs
  • undesignated expenses
  • debt repayment of deficit financing
  • capital campaigns
  • retroactive project costs (expenses incurred before application assessment)
  • individual income tax amounts related to receipt of grant funds.

Assessment Criteria

• RAMP Capstone Funding requests are reviewed by an assessment committee based on the following criteria:
  • Design: The project strongly connects to the applicant’s Capstone Project as presented and is well planned and designed to accomplish the stated goal.
  • Impact: The proposed project has potential to provide positive impact for the individual and/or the organization.
  • Feasibility: The organization and/or individual are well‐positioned to successfully execute the proposed project, taking timeline, budget, financial position, and staff capacity into account.
  • Learning: This project provides meaningful continued learning for the RAMP graduate and their role is essential to its execution.

For more information, visit Rozsa Foundation.