Shanghai Intergovernmental S&T Cooperation Programme (2019 annual call)

The Intergovernmental S&T Cooperation Programme is one of the several programmes under Shanghai’s ambitious “Science, Technology and Innovation Action Plan” sponsored and regulated by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission. The programme aims to support Shanghai-based enterprises, institutes of higher education and research structures to conduct R&D cooperation with partners from certain countries and regions, especially in the fields of: Biopharmaceuticals; Artificial intelligence; Integrated circuits; Energy and Environment; Materials Science; and Advanced Manufacturing.

Funding agency

Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission

Funding allocated

Direct funding of up to 500,000 RMB per project.

Total n. of projects to be funded

Max 35 projects

Research topics and subjects

Biopharmaceuticals
Artificial intelligence
Integrated circuits
Energy and environment
Materials sciences
Advanced manufacturing

Requirements

The applicant shall be an entity registered in Shanghai Municipality, with strong management and research capacities as well as solid conditions for international cooperation;
The applicant’s foreign partner must be from countries or regions that have signed an official cooperation agreement or MoU with the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission. These include:
- United Kingdom; Hungary; Lithuania; Croatia; Belarus; Finland;
- Baden-Württemberg (Germany); Rhone-Alpes (France); Midtjylland (Denmark);
- Israel
- Queensland (Australia); Dunedin City (New Zealand);
- Quebec, Alberta, and Ontario (Canada);
- Cambodia; Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).

The applicant must provide copies of the certificates or statement of the foreign partner’s government to financially support the project. An official cooperation agreement between the Chinese and foreign partner should also be submitted, specifying the period of cooperation, tasks and division of labour, as well as the proportion of funding provided by each party;
In case the consortium leader is an enterprise, the proportion of funds allocated by it should not be below 2:1 with the government funds requested during the application;
Proposals requiring high-level talents and teams to come to Shanghai are encouraged;
The duration of each project is generally 3 years.

China-based affiliates of European MNCs can apply as Chinese party