Funding Opportunities
- 2026
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2026 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (8th - 9th Batch)
- 2026 Young Scientist Sustainable Development Goals Award (2026年度可持續發展青年科學家獎)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2026 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (7th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2026 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (6th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2026 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (4th - 5th Batch)
- Invitation for Suggestions on National Science and Technology Major Projects – “Quantum Communication and Quantum Computer” (Open Competition) (「量子通信與量子計算機」國家科技重大專項公開競爭類項目)
- Invitation for Suggestions on 2027 Quantum Science Strategic Special Project Guidelines of Guangdong Province (徵集2027年度廣東省量子科學戰略專項指南建議)
- Funding Call: Guangdong Natural Science Fund 2027 (廣東省自然科學基金 2027)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2026 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (3rd Batch)
- Call for Proposals: Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area – 2026 Quantum Science Strategic Special Project of Guangdong Province (粵港澳大灣區量子科學中心 – 2026年度廣東省量子科學戰略專項)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2026 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (2nd Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2026 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (1st Batch)
- Funding Call: 2026 Shenzhen Medical Research Fund (via HKU)
- NSFC-BHKAEC Exchange Programme 2026
- Funding Calls: 2026 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- Tencent Xplorer Prize 2026
- 2025
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (49th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (42nd - 48th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (41st Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (40th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (39th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (36th, 37th and 38th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th and 35th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (30th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (29th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (28th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (27th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (26th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (25th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (24th Batch)
- Call for proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 for direct applications in Hong Kong (23rd Batch)
- Call for proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 for direct applications in Hong Kong (22nd Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (21st Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (20th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (19th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (18th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (17th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (16th Batch)
- Funding Call: Guangdong Natural Science Fund 2026 (廣東省自然科學基金 2026) - General Programme (面上項目)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (15th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (13th and 14th Batch)
- Funding Alert: New Cornerstone Investigator Programme 2025 (新基石研究員項目) (Online briefing would be held on 26 May 2025)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (11th and 12th Batch)
- Funding Call: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Programme (Type C) 2025 for direct applications in Hong Kong [深港澳科技計劃項目C類項目]
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (7th – 10th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (6th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (5th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (4th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (3rd Batch)
- Funding Call: 2025 Shenzhen Medical Research Fund (via HKU)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (2nd Batch)
- NSFC-BHKAEC Exchange Programme 2025
- Tencent Xplorer Prize 2025
- He Liang He Li Ji Jin Science and Technology Award 2025
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (1st Batch)
- Call for research ideas: National Key R&D Program 2025 - Disruptive Technology Innovation Key Project
- 2025 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- 2024
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2025 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (10th Batch)
- Call for research ideas: National Key R&D Program 2025 - Disruptive Technology Innovation Key Project
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (9th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (8th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (7th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (6th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (5th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (4th Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (3rd Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong (2nd Batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2024 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Funding Call: Guangdong Natural Science Fund 2025 (廣東省自然科學基金 2025) - General Programme (面上項目)
- Tencent Xplorer Prize 2024
- Funding Calls: 2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- 2023
- Invitation to Researchers in Areas Related to Life Sciences for Suggestions on 2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Major Program (誠邀生命科學相關領域學者提交國家自然科學基金委員會2024年度重大項目立項建議書)
- Shenzhen Fund - 2023 Basic Research General Programme (深圳市科技創新委員會 - 2023年基礎研究面上項目)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2023 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2023 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong - Mathematics and Applied Studies「數學和應用研究」
- Funding Call: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Programme (Type C) 2024 for direct applications in Hong Kong [深港澳科技計劃項目C類項目]
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2023 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Call for Proposals: Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area - Quantum Science Strategic Special Project of Guangdong Province (粵港澳大灣區量子科學中心 - 廣東省量子科學戰略專項)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2023 from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Funding Call: Guangdong Natural Science Fund 2024 (廣東省自然科學基金 2024) - General Programme (面上項目) and Enhancement Programme for Young Scholars (青年提升項目)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2023 for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Call for Proposals: Sci-Tech Innovation 2030 for direct applications in Hong Kong [科技創新2030] - Quantum Communication and Quantum Computer (量子通信與量子計算機)
- 24th Wu Jieping-Paul Janssen Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science Award (第二十四屆吳階平—保羅·楊森醫學藥學獎)
- Funding Call: New Cornerstone Investigator Programme 2023 (新基石研究員項目)
- Tencent Xplorer Prize 2023
- Funding Calls: 2023 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- [Register now!] Academic Report Meeting of 2019 NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau) on 14 January 2023
- NSFC Grant Writing Skills Workshop on 11 January 2023
- 2022
- Call for proposals: National Key R&D Programme 2022 for direct applications in Hong Kong (「工程科學與綜合交叉」及「納米前沿」)
- Funding call: Guangdong Natural Science Fund 2023 (廣東省自然科學基金 2023) - General Programme (面上項目) and Enhancement Programme for Young Scholars (青年提升項目)
- Funding Call: New Cornerstone Investigator Programme 2022 (新基石研究員項目)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Program 2022 for direct applications in Hong Kong (2nd batch)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Program 2022 for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Funding Call: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Programme (Type C) 2023 for direct applications in Hong Kong [深港澳科技計劃項目C類項目]
- Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) 2022
- Tencent Xplorer Prize 2022 and Online Briefing
- Funding Alert: National Key R&D Program 2022
- Funding Calls: 2022 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- 2021
- Funding call: 2022 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Technological Collaborative Project - Commercialisation of Hong Kong and Macau Research Results in Guangdong for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Call for Proposals: Sci-Tech Innovation 2030 for direct applications in Hong Kong [科技創新2020]
- Funding Call: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Programme (Type C) 2021 for direct applications in Hong Kong [深港澳科技計劃項目C類項目]
- Funding call: 2022 Guangdong Natural Science Fund - General Programme (2022年度廣東省自然科學基金 - 面上項目)
- Call for Proposals: National Key R&D Program 2021 for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Funding Call: National Key R&D Program 2021 for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Funding Call: Shenzhen Fund - 2021 Basic Research General Programme and Key Programme (深圳市科技創新委員會 - 2021年基礎研究面上項目和重點項目)
- Tencent Xplorer Prize and Online Briefing on 27 February 2021
- Funding Calls: NSFC 2021; NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) 2021
- 2020
- Funding Call: National Key R&D Program - Detection of Gravitational Waves
- Funding Call: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Programme (Type C) for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Funding call: 2021 Guangdong Natural Science Fund - General Programme (2021年度廣東省自然科學基金 - 面上項目)
- Funding Call: National Key R&D Program 2020 for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Tencent Xplorer Prize and Online Briefing on March 19
- Funding call: Prevention and control of the novel coronavirus (新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情應急防治科研攻關項目)
- Funding Call: The Shenzhen Association of Social Sciences Programmes 2020 (深圳市哲學社會科學規劃2020)
- Deadlines extended for MoST National Key R&D Programmes
- [Deadline Extended] Funding Calls: NSFC 2020; NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau)
- Urgent Funding Call: NSFC Special Research Program on Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
- NSFC Grant Writing Workshop
- Briefing on 2020 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grant applications
- 2019
- Funding Call: Shenzhen/Hong Kong Innovation Circle Programme (Type D)
- Call for proposals: Basic Research Key Programme 2020 funded by Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission
- Funding Call: National Key R&D Program 2019 from the Ministry of Science and Technology for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Funding call: 2019-2020 Guangdong Natural Science Fund - General Programme (2019-2020年度廣東省自然科學基金-面上項目)
- Funding Call: Guangdong Science & Technology 2019-2020 Basic and Applied Research Major Programme
- Grant Writing Workshop on NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) [優秀青年科學基金 (港澳)]
- Funding Call: NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) [優秀青年科學基金 (港澳)]
- NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) [優秀青年科學基金 (港澳)]
- NSFC 2019 Grant Writing Workshop (February 21, 2019)
- Funding Call: National Key R&D Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology for direct applications in Hong Kong
- Funding call: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) applied via SIRI or ZIRI
- 2018
- Briefing on 2019 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grant applications
- NSFC 2018 Grant Writing Workshop (February 7, 2018)
- 2018 NSFC Briefing
2026 Young Scientist Sustainable Development Goals Award (2026年度可持續發展青年科學家獎)
Date : 2026-07-17
In order to recognize and support young scientists who have made significant contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and promote scientific research that addresses global challenges and contributes to sustainable development, the Young Scientist Sustainable Development Goals Award (可持續發展青年科學家獎) has been established by the World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS, 世界青年科學家聯合會). Applications for 2026 Young Scientist Sustainable Development Goals Award are now open.
Please click here for details.
Deadline: 31st July 2026 (Friday)
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