MAPAQ — Biofood Innovation Program – Component 4

• Completed and signed application form
• Partner commitment attestation, when required
• Budget forecasts for the project duration
• CVs of project team members and external experts, if applicable

Who is eligible?

• Research institutions

Who is not eligible

• Ministries, budgetary organizations, state-owned enterprises, and municipal entities
• Financial cooperatives and banks
• Applicants in insolvency or creditor protection proceedings
• Applicants under an animal welfare order
• Applicants in default on prior ministerial financial aid obligations

Eligible expenses

• Project-related salaries, student wages, and scholarships
• Consulting fees, laboratory analyses, and specialized training
• Equipment, materials, supplies, rental, and use of facilities
• Travel, registration, publication, communication, and dissemination costs
• Non-recoverable GST and QST

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Basic research as the main project component
• Renewal of existing chairs
• Cannabis-related projects for recreational products or non-authorized products
• Projects involving unapproved pest control products in Canada
• Building, land, debt service, operating costs, and pre-approval expenses

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec

• Relevance to sector and ministry priorities and program objectives
• Quality of the proposed approach
• Expected short- and long-term impacts
• Knowledge dissemination and transfer
• Applicant expertise and project cost fit

• Step 1: Review the call for projects
  • Check the published priorities on the ministry website.
  • Confirm the project matches the call requirements.
• Step 2: Prepare the application package
  • Complete the financial assistance application form in French.
  • Gather partner attestation, budget forecasts, and CVs of the project team.
• Step 3: Submit to the Ministry
  • Send the complete application by email to the ministry.
  • Wait for the acknowledgment of receipt.
• Step 4: Follow up after submission
  • Respond if the Ministry requests additional information or missing documents.
  • If approved, sign the financial assistance agreement.

• Eligible applications are reviewed by a selection committee made up of ministerial representatives, with external scientific or technological advice when needed.
• Applications are assessed based on the program and call priorities, the quality of the approach, expected impacts, knowledge transfer, team expertise, and cost adequacy.
• The Ministry sends a decision letter by mail or email.
• If approved, the applicant must sign the financial assistance agreement.

• Applications must be submitted in French.
• All documents must be sent in a single email.
• An automatic receipt is sent after submission.
• A decision may be appealed within 20 business days.