The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund), as a catalyst for social innovation in Hong Kong, connects our community with different sectors, including businesses, NGOs, academics and philanthropies to create social impact through innovative solutions that address poverty and social exclusion.
Resource Category: Government Funding Scheme & Support (page 8)
Construction Innovation & Technology Fund (CITF)
The CITF is established to encourage wider adoption of innovative constructive methods and new technologies in the construction industry with a view to promoting productivity, uplifting built quality, improving site safety and enhancing environmental performance.
Design Incubation Programme
Design Incubation Programme (DIP) is a two-year programme that helps startups from across the design world navigate and overcome challenges in the critical early stages of business development.
SME Financing Guarantee Scheme
The Scheme aims at helping local small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) and non-listed enterprises to obtain financing from participating lenders for meeting their business needs so as to enhance their productivity and competitiveness in the rapidly changing business environment.
SME Export Marketing Fund
EMF provides funding support to SMEs for their participation in the following export promotion activities to promote their own products and/or services.
Technology Talent Admission Scheme (TechTAS)
TechTAS provides a fast-track arrangement for eligible companies to admit overseas and Mainland technology talent to undertake research and development (“R&D”) work for them.
Talent List Hong Kong
The Talent List of Hong Kong has been drawn up with a view to attracting high quality talents in an effective and focused manner to support Hong Kong’s development into a high value-added and diversified economy. Currently the List comprises 11 professions.
New Industrialisation and Technology Training Programme (NITTP)
RTTP aims to subsidise local enterprises on a 2 (Government) : 1 (Enterprise) matching basis to train their staff in advanced technologies, especially those related to “Industry 4.0”.
Enhanced Tax Deduction for R&D Expenditures
The Enhanced Tax Deduction provides for expenditure incurred by enterprises on qualifying research and development (R&D) activities in order to encourage more enterprises to conduct R&D activities in Hong Kong.
Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU)
TSSSU provides funding to six universities to support their teams in starting technology businesses and commercialising their research and development (R&D) results.