MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — Support for preliminary studies and expertise funds for project implementation (PSEFE)
grant_single|update April 3, 2025
QC, Canada
Support for preliminary studies and project implementation expertise
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Grant and Funding
grant_single|eligibleIndustries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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- MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord
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grant_card_status|open
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The MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord's Support for Preliminary Studies and Expertise Funds for Project Implementation (PSEFE) provides non-repayable financial assistance up to $40,000 to eligible organizations for feasibility and pre-feasibility studies. The program aims to advance business projects and resolve development impasses through external expertise.
grant_single_labels|terms_and_conditions
- The financial aid is provided as a non-repayable contribution.
- Funding cannot exceed 50% of the total project cost.
- A maximum funding limit of $40,000 is imposed per project.
- Recipients who actualize the project outside La Haute-Côte-Nord within five years must reimburse the received funds.
- Eligible expenses for funding include salaries and professional fees related to project planning, market analysis, concept development, technical and financial feasibility evaluations, and legal aspects of business acquisition.
- Ineligible expenses include costs incurred before the project file's acceptance date, expenditures for non-compliant projects, costs for relocating businesses, retail or restaurant projects (with certain proximity service exceptions), and costs for unused consultancy services.
- Applicants are required to contribute a minimum of 10% of the total project cost as equity funding.
grant_single_labels|projects
- Studies for business advancement, such as GO/NO-GO, prefeasibility, or feasibility studies.
- Projects overcoming stagnation through external expertise engagement.
grant_single|admissibleProjectsExample
$ 56,000
Implementing energy-efficient technologies in local schools
$ 45,000
Launching a community co-working space with digital resources
$ 48,000
Initiating a local heritage digital archive project
$ 40,000
Developing an eco-friendly packaging solution for local products
$ 40,000
Creating an online art education platform for children
$ 40,000
Establishing a sustainable urban agriculture project
grant_single_labels|admissibility
- The applicant must be a private enterprise, a social economy enterprise (excluding private enterprises in the financial sector), a non-profit organization, or a municipal organization.
- The final project must be realized within the territory of the MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord.
- The project must align with regional priorities and the strategic orientations identified by the MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord.
- The project should demonstrate an innovative aspect, such as managerial innovation, new processes, new technologies, new value-added products, new markets, or a perspective of territorial development.
- The project should have the potential for successful realization.
grant_eligibility_criteria|who_can_apply
- Private companies, excluding those in the financial sector
- Social economy enterprises
- Non-profit organizations
- Municipal organizations
grant_eligibility_criteria|who_cannot_apply
- Private companies within the financial sector.
- Any promoter in default of payment obligations to the MRC.
- Projects supporting relocation of an enterprise or part of its production outside its local municipality.
- Projects in the retail trade or restaurant sector, except for local service offerings.
grant_eligibility_criteria|eligible_expenses
- Salaries and professional fees related to the development of project plans and studies.
- Assessment of project viability, including market analysis.
- Evaluation of the technical and financial feasibility of a project.
- Definition and refinement of a concept.
- Professional fees for legal assistance in business acquisition.
- Development and refinement of tools or indicators for sectoral measurement, including traffic and economic impact studies related to projects.
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- MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord.
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- The project aligns with regional priorities and strategic orientations identified in the strategic planning of the MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord.
- The innovative nature of the project, which includes managerial innovation, new processes, new technologies, new value-added products, new markets, and territorial development prospects.
- The potential for successful completion of the final project.
- The overall quality of the application file.
- The experience and involvement of the promoter(s) and partners engaged in the project.
- The financial situation of the promoter(s).
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- Step 1: Prepare Application MaterialsDescribe the project in detail, highlighting the need for a preliminary study and providing an implementation timeline.
- Assess the project's impact on the economic diversification of La Haute-Côte-Nord.
- Detail the project's cost and financing structure.
- Include copies of any submitted or approved funding applications.
- Provide a cost estimate, or in the case of a municipality, an evaluation of the costs.
- Attach the latest financial statements if the promoter is active.
- Present the promoter's history, organizational structure, and a brief description of current activities if applicable.
- Step 2: Compile Necessary DocumentationEnsure all necessary documents are collected and organized for submission.
- Verify that all application requirements are met with complete documentation.
- Step 3: Submit ApplicationSubmit the prepared application along with the necessary documentation to the MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord's appropriate office or platform as specified in their application guidelines.
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- The contribution is non-repayable and subject to repayment only if the project is carried out outside the MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord within five years following receipt of financial support.
- Immobilized resources include directorate general and the economic development service.
- A personal loan counts toward the promoter's contribution if it is not reimbursed by company funds.
- All investors, including private capital and venture capital firms, must have a full exit plan post-repayment of any local funds' loans to be counted toward promoter contributions.