Notice of proposal collections for Shenzhen Major Science and Technology Projects 2025
I. Collection Fields
See Annex 1 for details.
II. Conditions
Those projects, which will be funded by more than RMB 10 Million, shall be led by the leading enterprises or institutions with strong integration ability of innovation resources, and shall be put forward by an innovation consortium consisting of core scientific research institutions in related fields, universities and the upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain. The leading enterprises or institutions shall submit the collection and upload the statement of major projects (The template can be downloaded from the system, all documents shall be stamped with the official seal).
III. Notes
a. Applicants shall submit application forms online before 6 p.m. on April. 20, 2025, without submitting any hard copies.
b. Submission Method: Log in to the Shenzhen Science and Technology Business Management System (https://sticapply.sz.gov.cn), and complete the online application under the "Project Solicitation" section (For the Sustainable Development Special Project, select the "Key Industry R&D Program (Sustainable Development Special Project) Solicitation" portal; for other special projects, choose the "Key Industry R&D Program Topic Solicitation" portal).
c. Proposed topics should include quantifiable and assessable technical indicators.
d. Sustainable project (NO.11), universities and scientific research institutions will take the lead in soliciting no more than 5 projects.
For other projects (Special Projects 1-10), led by our university, shall not exceed 2.
e. The same topic shall not be submitted twice. Once found, the collection qualification will be canceled.
f. The collected topics at this time are only used as reference for the compilation of guidelines, no feedback on whether the topics have been adopted.
IV. Other matters
The single project among major science and technology projects shall be funded by not more than RMB 30 Million at most and controlled by the total annual amounts of science and technology R&D funds. The number of topics issued for each special project, is limited. Generally, only a few topics, funded by more than RMB 10 Million, are set, while several topics, funded by RMB 5 Million(Inclusive)-RMB 10 Million (Inclusive), and appropriate topics, funded by less than RMB 5 Million, are set.
VI. Contact
Yaqing Xu xuyaqing@cuhk.edu.cn 23515209
