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Call for Applications for 2026 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Research and Development of Innovative Drugs

Deadline: 8 October 2025

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Call for Applications for 2026 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer, Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular, Respiratory and Metabolic Diseases

Deadline: 8 October 2025

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Call for Applications for 2026 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Prevention and Control of Emerging and Major Infectious Diseases

Deadline: 8 October 2025

Research Funding

External R&D Funding

Funding Name	Deadline
Research Grants Council (RGC)	January 2026
2026 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Research and Development of Innovative Drugs	October 2025
2026 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer, Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular, Respiratory and Metabolic Diseases	October 2025
2026 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Prevention and Control of Emerging and Major Infectious Diseases	October 2025
2025 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Strategic Science and Technology Innovation Key Projects Exchange Programme: The Belt and Road Initiative – Science and Technology Poverty Alleviation, Artificial Intelligence and Traditional Chinese Medicine	September 2025
2025 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Integrated Management of Water Resources and Water Environment in Key River Basins such as the Yangtze River and Yellow River	September 2025
2025 National Key Research and Development Program of China – Strategic Science and Technology Innovation Key Projects Exchange Programme	September 2025
2025 Mainland-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (jointly solicited with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST))	September 2025
2025 Funding Exercise of the Beat Drugs Fund Regular Funding Scheme	September 2025
Innovation and Technology Support Programme – Collaborative (ITSP (Collaborative))	All year round
Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPRFS)	All year round
Quality Education Fund (QEF)	All year round
Research Matching Grant Scheme (RMGS)	All year round
Sports Science and Research Funding Scheme (SRFS)	All year round

Internal R&D Funding

Funding Name	Deadline
Research Matching Grant in the Central Pot	November 2025
Faculty Research Startup Fund	All year round
HKMU R&D Funding for Individual Academic Units	All year round
Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme	All year round
R&D Fund	Stay tuned
Research Impact Fund	Stay tuned
Seed Funding for Research Projects Conducted at Shenzhen Research Institute	Stay tuned
Team-based Research Fund	Stay tuned

Research Support and Awards

For Academic Staff

For Students

Research Governance, Forms and System

Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship

Funding / Investment

Research and Knowledge Transfer in HKMU

Research Institutes/Centres

Past Events

ORA Seminars

Research Salon

About Office of Research Affairs and Knowledge Transfer (ORA)

Office of Research Affairs and Knowledge Transfer is the centralized unit of Hong Kong Metropolitan University facilitating research and knowledge transfer activities of the University, supporting research carried out by staff of the University, coordinating major development projects with external funding, and promoting exchange and commercialisation of knowledge created at the University.

Contact Us

General enquiries
Tel.: (852) 2768 6071
Fax: (852) 2769 7533
Email: ora@hkmu.edu.hk

Research funding
Tel.: (852) 2768 6085

Knowledge transfer
Tel.: (852) 2768 6051

Angel Fund Programme /
Incubation Programme
Tel.: (852) 2768 6744
Email: startupfund@hkmu.edu.hk

Address:
Office of Research Affairs and Knowledge Transfer
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Unit 501–502, 5/F, NEO, 123 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Affiliations

HKMU Research Development and Consultancy Limited

Research Collaboration Alliance of the Local Self-financing Degree Sector