Projects jointly funded by Guangdong-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong under 2026/27 Mainland-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme open for application
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An ITC spokesman said, "In alignment with the National 15th Five-Year Plan and the Hong Kong Special Administration Region Government's inaugural Five-Year Plan, this call for proposals focused on frontier technologies and strategic emerging industries. It aims to facilitate the flow of innovation and technology elements between the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, while deepening synergy among industry, academia, and research, as well as fostering technology and innovation integration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area."
The MHKTCFS aims to encourage research and development collaboration among universities, research institutes and technology enterprises in the Mainland and Hong Kong. All applications must fit the specific themes/topics, and be submitted simultaneously by the Hong Kong and Mainland applicant organisations to the ITC and relevant Mainland authorities respectively. The three categories of projects under the MHKTCFS are:
1. Projects jointly funded by the Mainland and Hong Kong (jointly solicited with the Ministry of Science and Technology);
2. Projects jointly funded by Guangdong and Hong Kong (jointly solicited with the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province); and
3. Projects jointly funded by Shenzhen and Hong Kong (jointly solicited with the Science, Technology and Innovation Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality).
Application details for projects jointly funded by the Mainland and Hong Kong will be announced in due course.
Further information on the MHKTCFS is available on the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) website (https://www.itf.gov.hk/en/funding-programmes/supporting-research/mhktcfs/index.html). For enquiries, please contact the ITF Secretariat (Tel: 3543 5904; email: enquiry@itf.gov.hk).
Ends/Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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