Agricultural Clean Technology Program Research and Innovation Stream – Accelerator: Step 6. After you apply

Step 6. After you apply

1. We'll send you an acknowledgement notice

After you submit your application for each Stage, an acknowledgement notice will be sent to you.

Please note that even if all eligibility criteria are met, the submission of an application creates no obligation on the part of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to provide funding for the project.

2. We'll access your application

We'll verify that your application is complete and there's sufficient detail in the application to begin a full assessment. If your application is incomplete, we'll contact you for the required information.

• If deemed complete, we'll review and assess your application against the principles and criteria of the program. Our assessors include program administrators and other technical reviewers within AAFC.
• If deemed incomplete, we'll place your application on hold. A notice will be sent to ask you for more detailed information.

Missing or incorrect information could result in a processing delay or your application being ineligible. Service standards for assessments only begin once the application is deemed to be complete.

3. We'll send you a contribution agreement

If you're approved for funding, you'll receive a written decision letter that outlines the level of funding awarded and any other conditions, if applicable. You'll work with a program officer to go over the details of the approval, including activities and funding levels, as well as start and end dates. You'll also work with the program officer to negotiate the details of the contribution agreement you must sign to receive funding.

Note: Even if an approval is granted, AAFC does not have the authority to reimburse recipients for costs incurred until a contribution agreement is signed.

Reports you must provide

If you're approved for funding, you must report on finances, performance and results. These reports include:

• Progress reports — reports describing the activities completed and progress made towards the completion of activities described in the project work plan
• Performance reports — annual and end of project reports that track progress against mutually agreed to performance measures outlined in the contribution agreement
• Financial reports — reports required with each request for reimbursement of expenditures, in addition to year-end accounting and other financial reports
• Direct GHG reductions achieved
• End-users reached through KTT activities
• Technologies developed/adopted
• Businesses supported
• Other reports that we ask for

Service standards

Our goal is to:

• acknowledge receipt of your application within 2 business days
• verify that all required forms and declarations have been completed with sufficient detail
• identify incomplete applications and provide 5 business days to the applicants to submit the missing information before the application is closed
• assess an application and send an approval or a rejection notification letter within 100 business days of receiving a complete application package at Stage 2 - Additional Information