The Telus Fund has released the names of 14 health-and-wellness focused projects from Canadian production companies that have been selected to receive funding in its latest round.

The fund, which was launched in 2013, supports each project with up to approximately $250,000 in financing. The fund aims to support programming that promotes the health and well-being of Canadians. All of the projects supported include a TV component (qualification for application includes a development or licence agreement with a broadcaster) and an integrated digital media component such as a website, mobile app or game.

The fund is an independently governed, not-for-profit corporation that is funded by Telus.

Seven of the 14 projects have been greenlit for production, while the remaining seven will use the financing to support development.

Among the projects greenlit for production include: the #STI TV series, website and game from Convergent Production; Stornoway Productions’ Don’t Die Here! TV series, webisodes and website; Westmount Road’s Food Detectives TV series, website and mobile app;  Atomic Cartoons’ I Can Dance! TV series, app and curriculum materials; Capsana’s Health Challenge 5/30 TV shorts, website and app; Canamedia’s Teens 101 TV series, lesson plans, app and website; and the TV documentary One Sweet Film and its accompanying mobile app and website, from a production company by the same name.

Of the greenlit productions, four received financing for both development and production from the fund: #STI, Don’t Die Here, One Sweet Film and Teens 101.

The seven projects that received financing to support development and have not yet been greenlit for production include: May Street Productions’ A Change of Mind TV series and website; Antica Productions’ Double Blind TV doc, website and app; Ruby Tree Films’ Fearless TV series, website and mobile app; Anaid Productions’ Hospital Rescue TV series, website and app; DKW Media’s Kids on the Skids TV series, website and mobile apps; SOMA Television’s National Stress Test TV series, website and app; and Film One Media’s Mind, Body and Soul Show TV series, website and app. Mind, Body and Soul is also developing wearable technology that viewers can use while watching the series.

Geographically, five of the selected projects are from British Columbia, six are from Ontario, and one project each from Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia.

Financing is provided in the form of a recoupable advance. If the project earns revenue, then the fund receives a share along with the producer and other financiers. If the project does not earn revenue, then the financing acts as a forgiven loan. The fund does not aquire any of the copyright to the content that is produced. When the financing is repaid, the producer keeps all profit participation. The next application period for the Telus Fund opens on Sept. 22.