Proposal guidelines for innovation projects under $100,000 (Quebec Fisheries Fund)

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• Project title
• Applicant information
• Project summary
• Goals and objectives
• Project details
• Financial details

Project title

Provide a short concise title that conveys what the proposed product/process/service will be.

Applicant information

Provide name of applicant and applicant’s business, organization or institution.

Project summary

Provide a short description of the proposed activities, including the proposed start and completion date.

Goals and objectives

Describe the goals and objectives of the project and explain how they relate to the fund’s objectives. For example:

• Does the project respond to a documented or recognized problem related to the commercial fisheries, aquaculture or the aquatic products processing sector in Quebec?
  • List any of the issues and/or priorities to be addressed and identify all proposed solutions and actions to answer them.
• Does the project benefit/impact the commercial fisheries, aquaculture or the aquatic products processing sector?
  • Describe how they will benefit from the proposed project (for example, increased productivity).
• Does the project provide critical infrastructure or other adaptations to assist the fishery, aquaculture or the aquatic products processing?
  • Describe how the effectiveness and sustainability of the sector will be impacted.

Project details

• Explain the details of your project, including work completed to date (if applicable).
• List the fishery, aquaculture or the aquatic processing sectors impacted by the project.
• Describe the objectives and purpose in seeking contribution funding and how it relates to the objectives of the fund.  
  • For example, how will the project impact and/or benefit the Quebec fishery, aquaculture or aquatic products processing sector?
    • Benefits can include, but are not exclusive to, increasing sales, growing the Quebec fish and seafood value chain, increased organization profitability, new or improved productivity and/or innovation, creating new markets.
• Describe the problem you’re trying to solve.
  • Outline the work plan/approach by describing the proposed activities (including the planning process).
  • Include the expected results, milestones to advance the development of the project and long-term actions (such as follow up or maintenance).
    • For example, if you’re considering a new technology, describe how technology impacts your product and/or service.
    • Consider how new and emerging technologies could impact your product and/or service, and why investment in new technology may be required.
• Define the business case.
• Focus on project rationale, value proposition, cost, return on investment, and associated risks.
• Provide an overview of current and proposed capacity to meet project deliverables by providing the experience/background/expertise of the applicant, project leader and cooperator(s).

Financial details

• Provide project costs estimates to be covered by all sources of funding in Table 1 below.
  • Include a brief description of the project costs to be funded and the amount requested for the whole duration of the project.
• Complete Table 2 below and identify all sources of funding (cash and in-kind costs) confirmed or expected, including the Quebec Fisheries Fund contribution requested, and any in-kind support.
  • Each organization must be listed using separate rows.
• State any amounts owed to government in respect to taxes or government withholdings (provincial or federal).
• Provide the applicant’s current and historical financial statements.
  • For example, financial statements or complete T1 tax returns for the last 3 years.
  • NOTE: black out applicant’s SIN number and date of birth on all tax return pages.
• Provide any relevant supplier quotes.