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
External Grants
1	CMDF	Chinese Medicine Development Fund (CMDF) – Industry Support Programme	B1-1: Chinese Medicine Industry Training Funding Scheme - HK$2.75 million B1-2: Chinese Medicine Promotion Funding Scheme - HK$0.75 million B2: Chinese Medicine Applied Studies and Research Funding Scheme - HK$2 million	15 December 2023
2	Croucher Foundation	Croucher Foundation - CAS-Croucher Funding Scheme for Joint Laboratories	HK$3.75 million	21 December 2023
3	RGC	European Union (EU) - Hong Kong (HK) Research Cooperation Co-funding Mechanism 2023/24	Research project proposals: HK$3 million Exchange (mobility) proposals: HK$0.5 million	22 December 2023
4	Croucher Foundation	Croucher Foundation - Sponsorship of Conferences, Workshops and Symposia	HK$250,000 per event	27 December 2023
5	ITF	2023/24 Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (TCFS)	Not specified	2 January 2024
6	RGC	French National Research Agency (ANR)/Research Grants Council (RGC) Joint Research Scheme (JRS) 2024/25	For Hong Kong applicants: HK$3 million Indicative average funding for French applicants: €280,000	1 March 2024
Mainland Grants More details: IRACE
7	MOST	“政府間國際科技創新合作”重點專項2024年度第一批項目	Not specified	8 December 2023
8	NSFC	國家自然科學基金委員會管理科學部2023年第3期應急管理項目《雙循環背景下普惠金融高質量發展路徑與影響機制》	General Topic: RMB 300,000 Sub-topic: RMB 200,000	8 December 2023
9	SZIHQ	龍華區科技創新局關於開展龍華區2023年軟科學扶持項目申報的通知	RMB 200,000 - RMB 300,000	8 December 2023
10	SHKS	Hong Kong Scholars Program 2024	HK$ 658,800 per fellow	13 December 2023
11	NSSFC	2023年度國家社科基金中華學術外譯項目申報公告	Scholarly Book Projects: Not more than RMB 500,000 Foreign Language Academic Journal Project: RMB 400,000-600,000	15 January 2024
All Year Round Grants
12	ITF	General Support Programme (GSP)	Not specified	All Year Round
13	ITF	Partnership Research Programme (PRP)	Not specified	All Year Round
14	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
15	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
16	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.

If you need further assistance, please feel free to contact the Research Office at ro-rgm@hkbu.edu.hk.