Notice on the Application for the Guangdong-Hongkong Joint Research Program Special Fund 2025
The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong province has initiated the program application for?Guangdong-Hongkong?joint research program 2025. Details of application requirements are as follows:
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I.Supported?Fields
Supports joint R&D projects and cooperation on the industrialization of results in the fields of New Generation IT，Semiconductors &? Integrated Circuits，Artificial Intelligence，Blockchain and FinTech，Biomedicine & Health，Food Safety，Advanced Materials，New Energy，Energy Conservation & Environmental Protection，Intelligent Robotics & High-end Equipment Manufacturing，Marine Technology，Low-altitude Economy，Innovative Traditional Chinese Medicine, etc.
※ For detailed application requirements, please refer to the attached Application Guide (Annex 1).
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II.Funding Amount and Duration
The project duration is 2 years, with a funding amount of 1 million RMB?per project.
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III.Procedure of Application
Applicants shall fill out application forms and upload needful supplementary documents (please refer Annex 3-list of attachments) online via the application system (http://pro.gdstc.gd.gov.cn/egrantweb). There is no need to submit hard copies.
※ Applicants who do not have an account for the application system should send their name, academic title, email address, and telephone number to suliuting@cuhk.edu.cn by Jul?15, 2025, to create one.
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IV.Other Requirements
a.CUHK(SZ) and Hong Kong partners must apply to their respective authorities, the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province and the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) . Unilateral applications will not be accepted.?
b.The leading applicant from both Guangdong and Hongkong?must include at least one enterprise. The leading or participating enterprises from Guangdong must provide self-raised funds, with the amount not less than the financial assistance provided for the project.
c.The project leader should be fully employed by the leading applicant unit in Guangdong. In addition to the project leader, the leading applicant unit and each participating unit must have at least one member in the project team.
d.Ineligible Applicants
???Applicants are ineligible if the project leader has three or more uncompleted provincial science and technology plan projects in Guangdong, or one or more uncompleted provincial Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao?science and technology cooperation or international science and technology cooperation projects.
? ?Applicants are ineligible if the project leader has any overdue projects for more than one year (except for platform projects, inclusive policies, and post-subsidy projects).
? ?Applicants are ineligible if the project leader has submitted two or more applications for provincial science and technology plans (special projects, funds, etc.) in?2025.
? ?Applicants are ineligible if the same project is applied for multiple times by changing the project title.
???Applicants are ineligible if the main content of the project has already been applied for and approved by the provincial science and technology plan, either by the applicant alone or in collaboration with other organizations.
e.Application forms?and proposals?shall be written in Chinese;
f.Any requirements of relevant scientific research reviews, please refer to the CUHK(SZ)'s research review process of each committee as attached (Annex 3) and send the required materials and forms to each committee's email for assessment by Aug.4, 2025.
Email address for each committee:
Institutional Review Board ????????????????????????irb@cuhk.edu.cn
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee ???????iacuc@cuhk.edu.cn
Institutional Biosafety Committee ?????????????????ibc@cuhk.edu.cn
g.Applicants shall read the guide (Annex 1-Guide) carefully for more specific requirements.
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V.Deadlines
a. Applicants shall upload relevant attachments and submit application forms online by 12:00 on Aug.18, 2025, for review and feedback from the RAO.
b. Applicants shall submit the final version of the application forms online by 12:00 on Aug.21, 2025, without submitting any hard copies.
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Contact information
suliuting@cuhk.edu.cn
kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
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Research Administration Office
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
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Annex 5-Review process and relevant forms of each committee
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