Latest Research Grant Opportunities

To seize the opportunity to apply for the grants applicable for your research projects, please refer to the following table* listing all research grants which are currently available for applications. Please visit the respective websites for details and application procedures.

*This table will be updated on a regular basis to ensure the latest information.

No.	Funding Body	Research Grant	Maximum Funding Amount per Project	Internal Deadline
Internal Grant(s)
1	Research Committee	Seed Funding for Collaborative Research Grants (SFCRG) 2023/24 – 2nd Round	Collaborative Research Grants Intended to Apply: Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE)/Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) - HK$2,000,000 Collaborative Research Fund (CRF)/Research Impact Fund (RIF)/Strategic Topics Grant (STG) - HK$1,000,000	30 August 2024
External Grants
2	Croucher Foundation	Croucher Innovation Awards 2025	HK$5 million	26 July 2024
3	RGC	Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE) 2025/26 (Thirteenth Round) and Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2025/26 (Fifteenth Round)	HK$75 million (or HK$15 million per year for up to five years), excluding on-costs and Project Coordinator allowance	9 August 2024
4	RGC	Strategic Topics Grant (STG)	HK$10 million to HK$40 million	9 August 2024
Mainland Grants More details: IRACE
5	GDSTC	2024年度廣東省基礎與應用基礎研究基金氣象聯合基金項目	Key Projects: RMB 500,000 General Projects: RMB 150,000	26 July 2024
6	GDSTC	2024年度廣東省基礎與應用基礎研究基金海上風電聯合基金項目	Key Projects: RMB 1 million General Projects: RMB 300,000	26 July 2024
7	MOST	國家重點研發計劃“政府間國際科技創新合作”重點專項2024年度中新科技創新合作旗艦項目	Not specified	2 August 2024
8	NSFC	戰略性關鍵金屬超常富集成礦動力學重大研究計劃2024年度項目	RMB 5 million	5 August 2024
9	NSFC	2024年度國家自然科學基金委員會與土耳其科學技術研究理事會合作研究項目	RMB 1.5 million	13 August 2024
10	MOST	國家重點研發計劃“病原學與防疫技術體系研究”重點專項2024年度項目	Not specified	20 August 2024
11	NSFC	2024年第1期應急管理項目《中國-東盟經貿合作高質量發展的實現路徑與對策研究》	RMB 300,000	22 August 2024
12	NSFC	2025年度國家自然科學基金委員會與日本學術振興會合作交流與雙邊研討會項目	RMB 200,000	23 August 2024
13	NSFC	2024年度國家自然科學基金委員會與美國國家科學基金會生物多樣性合作研究與交流項目	Bilateral Research Cooperation: RMB 4.5 million Bilateral Cooperation and Exchange Program: RMB 1 million	26 August 2024
14	NPOSS	2024年國家社科基金冷門絕學研究專項	Academic team: RMB 800,000 Individual team: RMB 350,000	30 August 2024
15	NSFC	2024年度國家自然科學基金委員會與法國國家科學研究中心合作交流項目	RMB 150,000	16 September 2024
16	NSFC	2024年度國家自然科學基金原創探索計劃項目申請指南	Not specified	31 December 2024
All Year Round Grants
17	ITF	General Support Programme (GSP)	Not specified	All Year Round
18	ITF	Partnership Research Programme (PRP)	Not specified	All Year Round
19	ITF	Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living (FBL)	90% of the total eligible costs of the project or HK$5 million, whichever is the less.	All Year Round
20	ITF	Research Talent Hub for ITF projects (RTH-ITF)	Monthly allowance for the research talents based on their highest academic qualifications: Bachelor's degree: HK$20,000 Master's degree: HK$23,000 Doctoral degree: HK$35,000 (with an additional monthly living allowance of HK$10,000 for up to 36 months)	All Year Round
21	Chief Executive’s Policy Unit (CEPU)	Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPRFS)	HK$1 million or below. Strong justifications are required for any projects costing over HK$1 million.	All Year Round

We hope you find the information useful, and we wish you every success in your grant applications.

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