Nurturing Tech Talent – Research Talent Hub

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• For organisations and companies with Innovation and Technology Fund projects

Funding

  1. Each funded project may generally employ at the same timeup to four peopleResearch talent
  2. Each research talent is generally employed for no more than 36 months
  3. The monthly salary subsidy is up to HK$20,000 for research talent with a bachelor’s degree, HK$23,000 for a master’s degree, and HK$35,000 for a doctoral degree.
  4. An extra living allowance of HK$10,000 a month for research talent with a doctoral degree, for up to 36 months.

Eligibility

applicant organisation / company

Every organisation or company running an ITF-funded R&D project

Research talent

  1. legally permitted to work in Hong Kong; and
  1. Must hold a degree awarded by a local university, or jointly with a non-local universitya bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in a STEM subject, awarded by a non-local institution of recognised standing.

Application deadline

Applications accepted year-round

• For incubatees and I&T tenants of HKSTP and Cyberport

Funding

  1. Each applicant company may at the same time employup to four peopleResearch talent
  2. Each research talent is generally employed under the Research Talent Hub for at most 36 months
  3. The monthly salary subsidy is up to HK$20,000 for research talent with a bachelor’s degree, HK$23,000 for a master’s degree, and HK$35,000 for a doctoral degree.
  4. Research talent taking part in the HKSTP and Cyberport Research Talent Hub with a doctoral degree receive an extra living allowance of HK$10,000 a month.

Eligibility

applicant company

Incubatees of Science Park and Cyberport, and tenants working in innovation and technology

Research talent

  1. Must be a Hong Kong permanent resident, or be allowed to work under the HKSTP and Cyberport Research Talent Hubpeople legally allowed to work in Hong Kong during the period; and
  1. The person must hold a bachelor’s degree, including a top-up degree, a master’s degree or a doctoral degree in a STEM subject, awarded by a local university, jointly with a non-local university, or by a non-local institution of recognised standing.

Application deadline

Applications accepted year-round

• For technology companies doing R&D in Hong Kong · 1/2

Eligibility

applicant company

  1. being carried out, or to be carried out, in Hong KongR&D activities；
  2. Has real business operations in Hong Kong at the time of application;
  3. Registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310), or incorporated in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622); and
  4. A non-government-funded body, or a subsidiary of a government-funded body

Research talent

  1. Must be legally allowed to work in Hong Kong during the Research Talent Hub engagement;
  1. The person must hold a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in a STEM subject, awarded by a local university, jointly with a non-local university, or by a non-local institution of recognised standing.

R&D activities

For the technology-company Research Talent Hub, R&D activity means:

  1. Work in the natural or applied sciences that extends knowledge;
  2. Original, planned investigation carried out where there is a chance of new scientific or technical knowledge; or
  3. Before commercial production or use of any new or substantially improved material, device, product, process, system or service, applying research results or other knowledge to the plan or design for producing or introducing it.

In general, a project that seeks scientific or technological progress is R&D. Work that does not directly help resolve a scientific or technological uncertainty is not R&D.

• For technology companies doing R&D in Hong Kong · 2/2

Programme highlights

  1. Each applicant company may at the same time employup to4peopleResearch talent
  2. Each research talent is generally employed under the Research Talent Hub for at most 36 months
  3. The monthly salary subsidy is up to HK$20,000 for research talent with a bachelor’s degree, HK$23,000 for a master’s degree, and HK$35,000 for a doctoral degree.
  4. Research talent with a doctoral degree in the technology-company Research Talent Hub receive an extra living allowance of HK$10,000 a month.

Application deadline

Applications accepted year-round