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FRANCE & CANADAGRANTALL DISCIPLINESCLOSES 12 OCTOBER
FRANCE-QUEBECMOBILITY

EUR 20,000 to 30,000 for a project that moves between France and Québec, for artists aged 18 to 35.

Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse (OFQJ)
DEADLINE12 OCTOBER 2026, MIDNIGHT
WORTHEUR 20,000 to 30,000 (max 70% of the total budget)

Odyssart funds one thing: a project in 2027 that physically moves between France and Canada/Québec, in either direction. Co-creation, a joint residency, shared workshops, a collaboration that needs both territories.

It is the France-Québec axis with real money behind it, and the age limit is the first thing to check. 18 to 35 révolus, which means you can still apply the year you turn 36.

WHAT IT IS

The Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse runs the programme with support from the Fondation DRG. It backs cultural cooperation, so collaboration and co-creation, and artistic work such as residencies and joint workshops carried out on the other territory.

The grant is between EUR 20,000 and EUR 30,000 and cannot exceed 70% of the total budget, so you need the remaining 30% from somewhere else.

A francophone dimension has to be present in the project, and the project has to support emerging creation.

WHO CAN APPLY
  • ·One or more young francophone artists or cultural professionals aged 18 to 35 révolus.
  • ·The project has to be carried by a structure whose registered office is in France or in Canada/Québec. The mobility runs from France to Canada/Québec or the other way.
  • ·The project must favour emerging creation and carry a francophone dimension.
  • ·ARTCENA relays the call for street arts, circus and theatre, but OFQJ sets no discipline restriction of its own.
  • ·The full rules are published separately, and they are worth reading before you build a budget around the 70% ceiling.
HOW & WHEN TO APPLY
01
Read the règlement
OFQJ publishes the rules of the call as a separate document on odyssart.org. The eligibility of your carrying structure and the budget rules are both in there.
02
Line up the structure that will carry the project
This is not an individual bursary. A structure registered in France or in Canada/Québec has to hold the project, and that decides which direction your mobility runs.
03
Submit on the Odyssart platform by 12 October 2026, midnight
Applications go through odyssart.org, not through ARTCENA or OFQJ's general site. An information webinar was held on 17 September 2026 and the recording is worth asking for if you missed it.
SUBMIT ON THE ODYSSART PLATFORM  →
FULL DETAILSOffice franco-québécois pour la jeunesse (OFQJ)
odyssart.org
← CLOSES EARLIERA paid 600-hour placement inside an established Montreal arts organisation, for artists who arrived in Canada recently.CLOSES LATER →$15,000 for one work by an early-career Montreal artist, and arts du cirque is the first discipline listed.
EVERY DEADLINE, ONCE A MONTHOne email at the start of each month, with everything closing in it.