(For details, please refer to the Guide to the Innovation and Technology Fund Volume I -
Innovation and Technology Support Programme (December 2009) (PDF Format).)
Applications for Tier 2 and Tier 3 have been closed. Please click here
to see the relevant solicitation document for this round of application.
What is ITSP?
ITSP supports midstream/downstream research and development (R&D)
projects undertaken mainly by universities,
R&D Centres1,
industry support organisations, professional bodies and trade and industry associations.
Is my organisation eligible to apply?
Universities, R&D Centres, industry support organisations, trade and industry associations,
professional bodies, research institutes and local companies (either
locally incorporated or established under the statute of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region) are eligible to apply. The principal
applicant organisation should be a company incorporated in Hong
Kong under Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) and have substantial connection
to Hong Kong OR a body corporate incorporated in Hong Kong under
other ordinances of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
What kind of projects will likely be supported under ITSP?
The Government adopts a three-tier structure in funding proposals under the ITSP of
the ITF. Tier 1 provides project funding for the
R&D centres
to undertake projects in their respective technology areas. Tier 2 involves the funding of project proposals
submitted under selected focus themes including those submitted under the Guangdong-Hong Kong
Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (TCFS).
Tier 3 involves the funding of more forward-looking and innovative applied R&D projects.
All project proposals for Tier 2 and Tier 3 of the ITSP will go through a vetting mechanism
supported by a panel of assessors. Funding priority will be given to those projects
that have considerable innovation and technology contents and can contribute substantially to innovation and technology upgrading
in industry and those that have demonstrated strong support from the relevant industry (e.g. applications that have sponsorship
from potential users of the project deliverables). Except for Tier 3, all projects would require sponsorship from more than one
private firm not related to the applicant organisation in terms of ownership or management. Such sponsorship should cover at
least 10% of the total project cost, except with the special approval of the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology (CIT).
Applicant organizations are required to provide details of the industry sponsorship which they have secured in their applications,
without which the applications will not be processed further.
In-kind sponsorship in the form of equipment and consumables will be accepted and counted towards the 10% sponsorship requirement.
Can my organisation own the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of the project results?
In general, the recipient organisation will solely own all intellectual property arising from the project and is required
to make available to local companies the project results through workshops, seminars, licensing or consultancy arrangements. The
intellectual property may be owned by the participating company if it contributes more than 50% of the project costs.
The general principle is that all interested local companies should have equal access to the project results on equal terms.
The sponsors can have priority use of the project results. For details, please refer to the relevant guides.
Can the R&D work be conducted outside Hong Kong?
Up to 50% of the R&D work in a project can be conducted (and relevant expenditure incurred) in the Mainland.
What is the form of funding support?
Funding support is normally given as a grant. All ITF grants will be disbursed by
instalments to the approved projects. ITF grants may be used for meeting the manpower
costs, the costs for the procurement of equipment and other direct costs specifically
required for the conduct of the project. For projects involving recurrent expenditures,
the applicant organisation has to demonstrate that such expenses will be of a specified
finite duration or that the project will become self-financing after the completion of
the project.
How can my organisation apply for funding?
Your organisation can complete and submit the web-based application form for the ITSP
through the Innovation and Technology
Commission Funding Administrative System (ITCFAS). Under this arrangement, you will
be required to register your organisation and then its relevant
personnel for access to the relevant application form. The registered personnel will be
responsible for submitting the application proposal through this system.
Is there any application deadline?
Application for Tier 2 and Tier 3 of the ITSP has been closed on 5 February 2010.
Notes:
1 Five R&D Centres have been set up under ITF since mid-2006 to drive and coordinate applied
research in various technology areas including: automotive parts and accessory systems; information and communications
technologies; logistics and supply chain management enabling technologies; nanotechnology and advanced materials;
and textiles and clothing.
The guides are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
You need to install the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above to read it.
|
Print
