MAPAQ — Biofood Innovation Program – Component 5

• Financial assistance application form
• Financing plan and implementation schedule
• Partner commitment attestation, when required
• CVs of researchers and project professionals

Who is eligible?

• Research institutions
• Technology transfer institutions
• Dissemination centres
• Business or producer associations and groupings

Who is not eligible

• Ministries, budgetary organizations, Crown corporations, and municipal entities
• Financial cooperatives and banking institutions
• Applicants with unresolved obligations after prior ministry funding
• Applicants under a court or ministerial order related to animal welfare and safety
• Applicants under bankruptcy or creditor protection proceedings

Eligible expenses

• Project-related salaries and student wages
• Professional fees and consulting services
• Equipment, materials, supplies, rental, and use costs
• Travel, stay, communication, publicity, and dissemination costs
• Administration costs and non-refundable GST/QST

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Expenses not directly related to the project
• Expenses incurred before funding approval
• Building purchase, expansion, construction, or land acquisition
• Self-propelled equipment purchases and normal operating costs
• Alcohol, gifts, prizes, and refundable taxes

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec

• Quality of the transfer or dissemination approach.
• Experience and expertise of the project team.
• Expected results and benefits for the sector.
• Contribution to sustainable development.
• Project cost in relation to its complexity and scope.

• Step 1
  • Consult the applicant guide and application form.
  • Prepare the required documents in French.
• Step 2
  • Complete the application form.
  • Complete the financing plan and implementation schedule.
  • Obtain partner commitment attestations, when required.
  • Attach the CVs of researchers and project professionals.
• Step 3
  • Send all documents in one email to pib.depot@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca.
• Step 4
  • Wait for the receipt confirmation and follow-up from the Ministry.

• Receipt of the complete application is acknowledged by the Ministry.
• Eligibility of the applicant and project is checked first.
• The project is then reviewed by an evaluation committee.
• The applicant receives an email decision after assessment.
• If approved, a financial assistance agreement must be signed.

• Applications must be submitted in a single email.
• All application documents must be completed in French.
• Projects must be based in Quebec.
• An automatic receipt is sent after submission.