It is best not to avoid suspicion of plagiarism.
It is a very important condition that there should be early results for the applied topic that has already been started or is being studied. In addition to your own early results, you should also understand the domestic research in this field. For example, the Rural Issues Research Base of Central China Normal University collects all domestically published articles on rural issues, and then divides these articles into several categories according to content. Knowing these situations is very beneficial for applying for projects in this field.