Call for proposals: 6th November in 2023 to 20th December in 2023. (Since the application deadline is a holiday, the deadline has been postponed to the 21st.)
Important notice : The signed application and relevant attachments must be submitted to the Fund before the deadline.
According to the Agreement between the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China and the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund on the co-financing of research and development projects carried out through cooperation between the Mainland and Macao, the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST) launched the Joint Funding Scheme for Scientific Research Projects (hereinafter referred to as “FDCT-MOST Projects”).
I. Major Areas for Support
To give full play to the advantages and characteristics of the scientific research capabilities of the Mainland in response to the social and economic development needs in Macao. The key support areas include electronic and information, biomedicine, energy conservation and environmental protection, new materials, aeronautics and astronautics, marine science and other similar projects concerning people's livelihood and development as well as cutting-edge science and technology in the both Macao and the Mainland. Priority will be given to the projects under the following categories:
II. Application methods and requirements
III. Procedures of review and evaluation
IV. Method of filling out the proposal
Please log in to the online application system to complete the proposal.
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Important notice : The signed application and relevant attachments must be submitted to the Fund before the deadline.
According to the Agreement between the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China and the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund on the co-financing of research and development projects carried out through cooperation between the Mainland and Macao, the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST) launched the Joint Funding Scheme for Scientific Research Projects (hereinafter referred to as “FDCT-MOST Projects”).
I. Major Areas for Support
To give full play to the advantages and characteristics of the scientific research capabilities of the Mainland in response to the social and economic development needs in Macao. The key support areas include electronic and information, biomedicine, energy conservation and environmental protection, new materials, aeronautics and astronautics, marine science and other similar projects concerning people's livelihood and development as well as cutting-edge science and technology in the both Macao and the Mainland. Priority will be given to the projects under the following categories:
- Projects that make effective use of scientific and technological resources in the Mainland to tackle bottleneck and technical problems posing restrictions to Macao's social and economic development;
- Projects that closely integrate with industry and application needs to create intellectual property rights or relevant technical standards;
- Cooperative projects featuring new research vision, innovative content, interdisciplinary and possibility for transfer and transformation.
II. Application methods and requirements
- Applicants from Macao and the Mainland must have at least one enterprise in either of the two places to participate in the projects and provide self-owned funds. If the participant is a Macao enterprise, the supporting funds invested by the enterprise shall not be less than 10% of the FDCT funding amount; if the Macao enterprise is an independent lead applicant, the amount invested by the enterprise shall not be less than the FDCT funding amount (≧1:1).
- There is restriction on the number of approved research projects that the project leader can undertake, which will be implemented according to the current management measures.
- The lead applicant in Macao shall consult with the Mainland co-applicant on the research contents, research plans, division of research tasks, etc., sign a cooperation agreement or memorandum, fill out the project proposal, and submit the application to FDCT by the application deadline.
- The lead application unit and other participating units shall have clearly defined roles and duties and carry out substantive R & D cooperation. The project shall effectively protect the intellectual property rights and reasonably share cooperative R & D achievements to safeguard the interests of all parties.
- The co-applicant shall possess a relatively strong technological strength or a relatively high scientific research level, also have the initiative and sufficient ability to cooperate with Macao applicant. The co-applicant can collaborate by means of technology, capital, personnel or data and information, advanced equipment and exclusive resources.
- The expected achievements shall include patents, technical standards, prototypes, mock-ups, formulas and other findings, with specific quantitative indicators stipulated. Certain economic and social benefits shall be produced after the implementation of the project.
- Mainland partners shall make declaration to MOST simultaneously. Please refer to the relevant provisions of MOST for the declaration methods in details.
III. Procedures of review and evaluation
- FDCT and the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office of MOST will respectively conduct a formality review after application deadline and then jointly check the list of projects from their respective reviews. The projects will be considered as “FDCT-MOST Projects” when such projects are included in both FDCT and MOST lists.
- FDCT and the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office of MOST conduct their respective assessments on the projects accepted.
- The assessment procedure of FDCT for such projects is the same as that of the current research projects. Such projects will be prioritized.
- After the assessments, FDCT and the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office of MOST will select the jointly funded projects from the projects approved by both parties. Both parties will simultaneously announce the list of jointly funded projects to the public.
IV. Method of filling out the proposal
Please log in to the online application system to complete the proposal.
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Office hours: Monday to Thursday: 9:00-13:00, 14:30-17:45；Friday: 9:00-13:00, 14:30-17:30；Tel.: 28788777
Copyright(C) 2021 ALL right reserved.