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Public Sector Trial Scheme (PSTS)

公營機構試用計劃（PSTS）

Status

Status not published

Open for application all year round; apply through the ITF electronic submission system (ITCFAS).

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Amount
1,000,000 HKD

PSTS-SPC and PSTS-TC fund up to HK$1 million per trial project; PSTS-ITF covers up to 50% of the actual cost of the original R&D project (up to 100% for projects initiated by R&D Centres). Funds the production of prototypes/samples and trials in the public sector.

Funder

Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), Government of the HKSAR

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Open for application all year round; apply through the ITF electronic submission system (ITCFAS).

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Technology companies conducting R&D in Hong Kong; separate strands for HKSTP/Cyberport incubatees and graduate tenants (PSTS-SPC), technology companies (PSTS-TC) and ITF-funded R&D projects (PSTS-ITF).

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Source. https://www.smelink.gov.hk/en/web/sme-portal/w/public-sector-trial-scheme.html

"Maximum Funding Support: 50% of the actual cost of the original R&D project (and up to 100% for projects initiated by R&D Centres). ... Maximum funding support: HKD1 million per trial project. ... PSTS-ITF, PSTS-SPC and PSTS-TC are open for application all year round."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.smelink.gov.hk

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