Notice on Issuing the Application Guide to the Program of Science and Technology Cooperation with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan under the 2023 Shanghai Action Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation

To those concerned,

To thoroughly implement the innovation-driven development strategy and speed up building Shanghai into a globally influential center of science, technology and innovation, the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM) now releases the Application Guide to the Program of Science and Technology Cooperation with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan under the 2023 Shanghai Action Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI for short) in accordance with the 14th Five-Year Plan of Shanghai Municipality for Building into a Globally Influential Center of Science, Technology and Innovation.

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Scope

Objective: To encourage STI cooperation and personnel exchanges between local universities, scientific research institutions, enterprises and other organizations and counterparts in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, with a view to facilitating the inter-regional sharing of STI resources and achievements, improving mutual STI capacity, and securing win-win development.

Areas: Biomedicine, new generation of information technology, new materials, energy and environment, space science.

Duration: From June 1st, 2023 to May 31st, 2026.

Funding: Non-fixed grants with a ceiling of RMB400,000 for each project.

Limitation: One application only by each applicant organization.

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Application Requirements

The following requirements shall be abided by apart from the above conditions:

1. An applicant organization shall be an incorporated or unincorporated body registered in Shanghai and have the capability of implementing a project.

2. The project that has been fiscally funded by the government shall not be applied.

3. All applicant organizations and project participants shall abide by the research ethics, observe the laws on the management of human genetic resources and the regulations on the biosafety management in pathogenic microbiology laboratories, and meet the management requirements of research integrity. The Principal Investigator (PI) shall certify the authenticity of all materials submitted. The applicant organization shall be responsible for the eligibility of applicants, verify the authenticity and integrity of materials submitted, and shall not submit an application involving confidential information.

4. If the application for excluding specific experts from the review panel is submitted, an official letter indicating the list of excluded experts and the reason issued by the applicant organization shall be uploaded with the feasibility plan of the project.

5. A person who has served as the PI of two or more research projects under this Action Plan shall not apply for any project as the PI.

6. The applicant organization shall submit a photocopy of the valid cooperation agreement or text with a partner from Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan (a valid Chinese translation shall be attached to the original copy in a foreign language). In particular, such cooperation agreement or text shall contain: (a) detailed information such as both parties’ names, organizations, departments, posts (or titles) and contacts, or stated otherwise separately; (b) items such as the term of cooperation, the content of cooperation, each party’s input, division of roles, distribution of intellectual property and other benefits, and the date of signature; (c) the research content shall be consistent with the project applied; and (d) the seal of the applicant organization shall be affixed on the cooperation text and supporting documents.

7. Where the applicant organization is an enterprise, the stamped guarantees with the seal of the enterprise shall be provided: (a) the ratio of self-raised fund to applied fund is not lower than 2:1; and (b) there is no authorized use of patents (technologies) or technology transfer of cross-holding with the partner concerned from Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan.

8. Documents and other written materials testifying the applicant organization’s compliance with the above requirements shall be uploaded in a scanned digital format to the application system as attachments.

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Application Method

1. The application shall be carried out online without any written material. Applicants shall get access to the application page via the “Information Management Platform for Fiscal Expenditure on Science and Technology in Shanghai” under “Government Services” on “Government Online-Offline Shanghai” (http://www.sh.gov.cn) or directly through https://czkj.sheic.org.cn/ (Notice: Only filling in Chinese is available in the project application system.)

[Initial filling] Log on “Government Online-Offline Shanghai” (an unregistered applicant organization shall first create an account on the registration page), open the application guide page, and click an appropriate subject to start project application;

[Continued filling] Log on “Government Online-Offline Shanghai” and proceed with project application.

Please refer to Online Help for instructions.

2. The online application starts from 9:00 on December 22nd, 2022, and ends at 16:30 on January 11th, 2023 (including online submission for review).

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Review Method

Communication review in round 1 and face-to-face review in round 2.

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Service Hotlines

021-12345

8008205114 (Landline)

4008205114 (Mobile)

Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality

Dec.14th, 2022