A reminder: the first deadlines of 2007 for two of the Canada Council for the Arts’ new media funding programs are looming. Applications for the council’s Research and Production Grants and New Media Residencies initiatives are due by March 1 in order to be eligible for the first funding allotment of the year. While both are open to artists working in new media and audio media, the former program provides monies for subsistence and research costs to encourage "independent artist-controlled networks," while the latter aims to create opportunities for artists to pair up with a host agency for a period. Neither program is open to producers engaged in commercial new media projects. More information can be found online at http://www.canadacouncil.ca/mediaarts/