To provide funding support for individual non listed Hong Kong enterprises to undertake projects to develop brands, upgrade and restructure their business operations and promote sales in the Mainland and FTA/IPPA markets, so as to enhance their competitiveness and facilitate their business development in the Mainland and FTA/IPPA markets.
2012
General Application
Funding will be provided on a 50/50 matching basis.
The maximum funding amount for each application up to HKD 1 million.
EASY BUD
Funding will be provided on a 50/50 matching basis.
The maximum funding amount for each application up to HKD 100,000.
Maximum number of approved projects is 70 and the cumulative funding ceiling per enterprise is HK$7,000,000, which is the total cumulative funding ceiling of the Scheme (“General Application” and “Easy BUD”) per enterprise.
All non-listed enterprises registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Chapter 310) with substantive business operations in Hong Kong.
To subsidise local non-listed enterprises and organisations on the use of technological services and solutions to improve productivity, upgrade or transform their business processes, in order to enhance their long-term competitiveness.
2016
Maximum funding amount is 75% of the total approved project cost (cumulative ceiling per enterprise / organisation at $600,000)
All non-listed companies / organisations / statutory bodies registered in Hong Kong with substantive business operation in Hong Kong and not a government subvented organisation.
All year round
To promote the development of the Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine drug sectors; enhance the overall standard of industry; nurture talents and promote related research etc.
2019
Enterprise Support Programme (subject to funding scope)
Chinese Medicine Personal Training Funding Scheme (A1-1, A1-2, A1-3 Scheme): HK$60,000
Chinese Medicine Clinic Improvement Funding Scheme (A1-4 Scheme): HK$25,000
Proprietary Chinese Medicine Quality and Manufacturing System Enhancement Funding Scheme (A2 Scheme): HK$600,000
Proprietary Chinese Medicine Registration Supporting Scheme (A3 Scheme): HK$200,000
Chinese Medicine Warehouse Management, Logistics and Services Improvement Funding Scheme (A4 Scheme): HK$100,000
Industry Support Programme (subject to funding scope)
Chinese Medicine Industry Training Funding Scheme (B1-1 Scheme): HK$2,750,000
Chinese Medicine Promotion Funding Scheme (B1-2 Scheme): HK$750,000
Chinese Medicine Applied Studies and Research Funding Scheme (B2 Scheme): HK$2,000,000
Practitioners and organisations at different levels of the Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine drug sectors, including registered and listed Chinese medicine practitioners, related healthcare professionals, Chinese medicine clinics, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of Chinese herbal medicine, professional bodies, trade associations, institutions related to the sector, universities and higher education institutions.
2008
Up to HK$650,000 (subject to funding scope).
Hong Kong companies with factories belonging to eight targeted industries: chemical products, food and beverage, furniture, metal and metal products, non-metallic mineral products, printing and publishing, paper and paper products, textiles.
To provide funding support for consultants, contractors and sub-contractors to adopt innovative technologies and eligible educational institutes, trade associations and organisations to provide training programmes related to construction technology.
2018
Up to HK$7.5 million per applicant for BIM and Advanced Construction Technologies (ACT) and HK$2 million per technology.
For technology adoption category, consultants, contractors and sub-contractors on the eligibility list in the CITF Guide to Application.
For manpower development category, local Hong Kong higher education institutions, professional institutions, trade associations, unions, quasi-governmental or statutory organisations.
To support downstream research and development activity with focuses on commercial application and viability of project deliverables.
2015
Funding of up to $10 million per approved project will be provided on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis.
Companies should:
(a) incorporated in Hong Kong;
(b) has a current business registration certificate;
(c) not being a government subvented organisation; and
(d) not being a subsidiary of any government subvented organisation
To provide funding support to non-profit making eligible local organisations for implementing education, research and other projects and activities in relation to environmental and conservation matters with a view to encourage citizens to practice green and low-carbon life, care for the environment and conserve natural ecology, especially in making changes in personal behaviour and lifestyle to achieve sustainable development.
1994
No funding cap (excepts some project types)
Non-profit making eligible local organisations such as community and trade associations, green groups, schools, tertiary institutions, etc.
To provide better and more focused funding support to research and development projects (e.g. projects in the areas of net-zero electricity generation, energy saving and green buildings, green transport, and waste reduction) that can help Hong Kong decarbonise and enhance environmental protection.
2020
Designated local public research institutes and R&D centres: HK$2.5 million - HK$30 million.
Local companies: HK$2.5 million - HK$20 million on a 2 ：1 (GTF : Company) matching basis.
(i) Designated local public research institutes;
(ii) R&D centres designated by the Innovation and Technology Fund; and
(iii) Local companies*
*Referring to companies that are incorporated in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622); registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap.310); and not a government subvented organisation nor its subsidiary
To subsidize the transport trades and charitable/non-profit organisations to test and promote the wider use of green and innovative transport technologies, so as to help improve air quality and facilitate Hong Kong attain carbon neutrality by 2050.
2011
$12 million for each applicant and its related companies; $10 million for each application.
(For new energy products, $3 million per vehicle and $10 million per vessel; for vehicle retrofitting, $1.5 million per after-treatment or fuel saving device or conventional vehicle conversion; for vessel retrofitting, $3 million per engine or propulsion device)
Existing transport operators based in Hong Kong(including cross-boundary transport)
To provide funding support to encourage local companies and inventors to capitalise their intellectual work through patent registration.
1998
Up to HK$250,000.
Companies registered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong permanent residents and Hong Kong residents permitted to remain in Hong Kong for not less than 7 years.
To encourage the adoption of technology by the logistics sector for enhancing efficiency and productivity.
2020
Max. two-thirds of the total approved project cost (cumulative ceiling per enterprise at HK$1 million).
Hong Kong non-listed enterprises registered in Hong Kong which provide third-party logistics services, related to inbound / outbound cargo.
To provide funding support for production of prototypes/samples and/or conducting of trials in the public sector by incubatees and graduate tenants of HKSTPC and Cyberport.
2016
$1 million per trial project.
Incubatees and graduate tenants of HKSTPC and Cyberport.
To provide funding support for production of prototypes/samples and/or conducting of trials in the public sector by technology companies conducting R&D activities in Hong Kong.
2020
$1 million per trial project.
Ａ technology company incorporated or registered in Hong Kong which is conducting R&D activities in Hong Kong. The technology company must not be a government subvented organisation or a subsidiary of any government subvented organisation. The R&D outcomes for trial need to be owned by the applicant company and developed by the applicant company primarily in Hong Kong and should align with its business plans.
To promote the recovery and recycling of waste by facilitating the upgrading of the operational capabilities and efficiency of the recycling industry for sustainable development.
2015
Enterprise: max. 50% of the total approved project cost (cumulative ceiling per enterprise at HK$15 million).
Organisation: up to HK$15 million.
All enterprises registered in Hong Kong with substantive business operations locally and involving in recycling related operation with a proven track record for at least 1 year.
Non-profit-distributing organisations operating as supporting organisations, trade and industrial organisations, professional bodies or research institutes.
Subsidise local enterprises to train their staff in advanced technologies.
2018
$500,000 for each enterprise in each financial year.
Course providers applying for public course registration are required to have two or more years of relevant experience in the provision of technology training.
An enterprise applying for training grant under the RTTP should fulfill the following requirements:
1. registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310); and
2. must be a non-government and non-subvented organisation.
The employee nominated must be a Hong Kong permanent resident with the necessary background/experience relevant to the advanced technology of the training course.
To nurture and bring together more technology talents and encourage them to pursue a career in innovation and scientific research.
2020
An applicant company can engage up to 4 research talents at any one time. The total engagement period for an applicant company under the RTH-SPC and the RTH-TC should be no more than 144 months.
The maximum monthly salary allowance is HK$20,000 for research talents with a bachelor degree, HK$23,000 for those with a master degree, and HK$35,000 for those with a doctoral degree.
An additional monthly living allowance of $10,000 will be provided to research talents participating in the RTH-SPC with doctoral degrees.
The maximum engagement period for each research talent under the Research Talent Hub is 36 months in general.
Incubatees and I&T tenants of HKSTPC and Cyberport
The concerned research talent possesses a bachelor, master or doctoral degree awarded by either a local university or a well-recognised non-local institution, or jointly awarded by a local university together with a non-local university. The degree obtained should be in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics ("STEM") related discipline.
Incubatees and I&T tenants of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTPC) and the Cyberport should apply under the Research Talent Hub for Incubatees and Tenants of HKSTPC and the Cyberport (RTH-SPC)
To provide funding support for technology companies conducting or planning to conduct R&D activities in Hong Kong to engage research talents to conduct R&D work.
2020
An applicant company can engage up to 4 research talents at any one time. The total engagement period for an applicant company under the Research Talent Hub for Incubatees and I&T Tenants of the HKSTPC and the Cyberport (RTH-SPC) and the Research Talent Hub for Technology Companies Conducting R&D Activities in Hong Kong (RTH-TC) should be no more than 144 months.
The maximum monthly salary allowance is HK$20,000 for research talents with a bachelor degree, HK$23,000 for those with a master degree, and HK$35,000 for those with a doctoral degree.
An additional monthly living allowance of HK$10,000 will be provided to research talents participating in the RTH-TC with doctoral degrees.
The maximum engagement period for each research talent under the Research Talent Hub is 36 months in general.
Companies registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap.310) or incorporated in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622) and is conducting/planning to conduct R&D activities in Hong Kong.
The concerned research talent possesses a bachelor, master or doctoral degree awarded by either a local university or a well-recognised non-local institution, or jointly awarded by a local university together with a non-local university. The degree obtained should be in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics ("STEM") related discipline.
To provide support for enterprises or local organisations for conducting research and application of innovation and technology with the objectives of enhancing commuting convenience, enhancing efficiency of the road network or road space, and improving driving safety.
2021
90% of the Estimated Project Cost for public sector.
70% of the Estimated Project Cost for applications submitted jointly by Applicants from corporate sector and Public Sector Research Institutions.
50% of the Estimated Project Cost for corporate sector.
Funding ceiling:
Research & application project up to HK$20 million per project;
pure research project up to HK$8 million.
Accept applications from companies, research institutions, professional bodies, trade associations, non-government organisations and applications submitted jointly by Applicants from corporate sector and Public Sector Research Institutions.
To provide funding support to non-listed Hong Kong enterprises for participation in promotion activities to expand markets.
2001
HK$100,000 (cumulative funding ceiling per enterprise at HK$1,000,000).
Non-listed enterprises registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Chapter 310) with substantive business operations in Hong Kong.
To provide funding support for non-profit-distributing organisations (such as trade and industrial organisations, professional bodies and research institutes) to implement projects which aim at enhancing the competitiveness of non-listed Hong Kong enterprises in general or in specific sectors.
2018
HK$5 million or 90% of the total approved project expenditure, whichever is the less.
Non-profit-distributing organisations, which shall either be statutory organisations or organisations registered under the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
To support enterprises to adopt IT solutions to continue their business and services during the epidemic.
2020
Up to HK$300,000.
All private enterprises (excluding publicly listed companies, statutory bodies and NGOs funded by the Government).
To facilitate the start of local mask production to help address the severe shortage in mask supply under the COVID-19 outbreak through technical advisory and funding secretariat support.
2020
Up to HK$3 million subject to the committed monthly production output of each line (A total of 20 production lines to be subsidised by the scheme).
Hong Kong registered companies who have already set up or in readiness to establish mask production lines in Hong Kong.
To provide funding support for retail enterprises to adopt technologies for manpower demand management purposes and to enhance productivity.
2014
Up to HK$50,000.
All non-listed enterprises registered in Hong Kong with substantive retail business operations in Hong Kong.
