AgriScience Program – Projects: 3. Before you apply

3. Before you apply

Review and consider the following information before you apply.

Sources of funding

In your application, you must provide letters of financial support from all financial contributors (confirmed or conditional) including:

  • other federal government departments
  • provincial/territorial governments
  • municipal governments
  • industry and/or partners such as:
    • industry associations and networks
    • businesses
    • academia

How we assess your application

The program is competitive. When we assess your application, we'll consider:

  • the project intent and scope
  • the soundness of your proposed scientific methodology
  • your organizational capacity to manage a scientific research project
  • the program's funding principles

Scientific methodology and organizational capacity

All proposals will be reviewed to make sure that the projects and activities include sound scientific methodologies and principles. This assessment will examine the following criteria:

  • Relevance, risk, feasibility and impact of the research on the sector
  • Research methodology and experimental design, supported by detailed evidence-based documentation
  • Realistic timelines to achieve planned results
  • Science capacity (that the proposed science team possess or has access to the necessary qualifications, mix of disciplines, and track record to successfully complete the proposed activities)
  • Proven capacity and capability of intellectual property (IP) management, where applicable

Also, where proposed activities are a continuation of work supported under a previous AgriScience project, you must demonstrate how the current proposal advances the science relative to the previous work. Evidence of progress toward the objective of the previously funded research must be included in the proposal.

We'll also examine proposals to confirm that you have the necessary financial and managerial capacity to manage the activities.

Funding principles

Strategic value to Canada

The proposal includes a clear articulation of the problem the project seeks to address and how the research will advance the sector in one or more of the program's 3 priority areas to benefit Canada.

Whole value chain approach

Projects that include multiple activities are expected to generate benefits along the value chain (which may include inputs and service providers, primary producers, food and beverage processors, distributors, retailers, wholesalers, and food service providers).

Results-based approach

The proposal describes expected measurable impacts including details of estimated economic, environmental and social benefits. Proposed activities demonstrate a range of calculated risk, benefits and impacts.

Knowledge and technology transfer and adoption

The proposed activities include appropriate knowledge and technology transfer (KTT) components to disseminate and encourage uptake of results and make sure that all stakeholders can benefit from the outcomes.

KTT activities promote the communication and adoption of a project's outcomes. Examples of KTT activities include:

  • scientific dissemination (such as academic publications and conference presentations)
  • communication to potential end-users (such as field days, workshops, demonstrations, case studies, and videos)
  • technology transfer collaborations
  • media outputs
Collaboration, partnerships, diversity and inclusion

Collaboration takes place through partnerships among stakeholders to address sector-specific issues. Partnerships may be formed among researchers, academia, producers, industry groups, non-governmental organizations, private industry and others, as applicable.

To promote greater inclusion, efforts are made to increase the diversity of both participants and beneficiaries of proposed research, including under-represented and marginalized groups such as visible minorities, women, youth and Indigenous Peoples.

Note: Priority for funding and support will be directed toward proposals and/or activities that meet or exceed the expectations outlined in these program principles and assessment criteria. If a proposal does not meet or exceed these expectations, you may be directed to:

  • seek support from other funders where appropriate
  • remove certain proposed activities within project proposals
  • increase the applicant contribution

Considerations

M-30 Act (Quebec organizations only)

The Province of Quebec's M-30 legislation may apply to Quebec-based applicants only. It is the Act Respecting the Ministère du Conseil exécutif (R.S.Q., c. M-30).

More information on the act is available online or by contacting the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation at dpci@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca.

All Quebec-based organizations will have to address this matter and demonstrate their compliance with the act during the application assessment process, and prior to entering into a contribution agreement.

Intellectual property

Should your funding proposal be approved, specific IP requirements relevant to the project will be included in the contribution agreement and/or Collaborative Research and Development Agreement.

Intellectual property means all patents, trademarks, industrial designs, trade-names, copyright, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights, whether registered or not, and all confidential information and technical information, including know-how, show-how, inventions, processes, products, formulas, designs, records, and all bacterial, viral, plant, human or animal material that has new genetic or other characteristics.

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