{"id":24404,"date":"2020-03-03T10:35:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startmeup.hk\/media-x-prototype-grant-is-calling-for-application\/"},"modified":"2020-03-03T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:35:06","slug":"media-x-prototype-grant-is-calling-for-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cms.startmeup.hksarg\/zh-hans\/media-x-prototype-grant-is-calling-for-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Media-X Prototype Grant Is Calling for Application!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Supports media innovations<\/strong> to solve business, social or community problems in Asia-Pacific<\/p>\n

Awards up to HK$150,000<\/strong> and resources support including entrepreneurship training<\/p>\n

Media-X Prototype Grant Scheme<\/strong> is a pilot funding initiative launched by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) of The University of Hong Kong. It aims to work with Asia-Pacific Innovators in developing media solutions to business, social or community problems in a commercially sustainable way.<\/p>\n

The initiative is guided by an advisory board chaired by Ruby Yang, an Oscar-winning documentarian and professor at the JMSC, and co-ordinated by Ross Settles, a media business veteran and professor at the JMSC. The Xu Family Charitable Foundation, the family fund of Dr. Eric Xu Yong – co-founder of Baidu, is the contributor for Media-X.<\/p>\n

Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Media Innovators in Asia-Pacific who fulfil the following conditions:<\/p>\n