Guangdong - Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (TCFS)

What is TCFS?

TCFS aims to enhance the level of collaboration on R&D between organizations in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province. Projects funded by the TCFS will have to demonstrate an element of Guangdong/Hong Kong cooperation (e.g. collaboration between research institutes and enterprises in Guangdong, Shenzhen and Hong Kong).

There are three categories of projects for applications under the TCFS, namely-

1. Category A - projects which are solicited, vetted and funded solely by Hong Kong.
   
   
   1. Category A(1) – projects solicited, vetted and monitored by the R&D Centres; and
      
      
   2. Category A(2) – projects solicited, vetted and monitored by ITC.
      
      
2. Category B are projects which are solicited, vetted and funded solely by Guangdong/Shenzhen.
   
   
3. Category C are projects which are jointly solicited, vetted and funded by Guangdong/Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
   
   
   1. Category C(1) – projects jointly funded by Guangdong and Hong Kong; and
      
      
   2. Category C(2) – projects jointly funded by Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
      
      

Application forms and Guides

• ITF Form 4.0
  
  
• Guide to Filling in the Application Forms (including theme document in specific technology areas)
  
  

Deadline of the application is 16 September 2011.

Submission of Applications

Applications of category A(2) and Category (C) projects must be submitted to the ITF Secretariat (ITSP Section) either:

1. in hard copy in triplicate (one original plus two duplicate copies) in person or by post. Please also kindly provide a soft copy (preferably in MS Word 2003 or above); or
   
   
2. through the Innovation and Technology Commission Funding Administrative System

For details, please refer to the Guide to Filling in the Application Form.

The guides are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You need to install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above to read it.