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Enquiry Email :
ecfund@ust.hk
Organised by :
HKUST Entrepreneurship Center
1. Objectives
Administered by the HKUST Entrepreneurship Center (EC), the Alumni Endowment Fund Student Start-up Grants (AEF) and HKUST Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) that aim to achieve the following through a variety of funding and award schemes that support startup ideas, projects and business initiated and/or owned by HKUST members (students, alumni, faculty):
1.1 To support, in the form of funding/ award/ resources/ services, etc., for startups of all different entrepreneurial stages in order to facilitate their ideation, development and acceleration;
1.2 To promote and engage HKUST members in cross-disciplinary collaboration to transform innovative ideas into concrete and value-added solutions for society;
1.3 To foster an entrepreneurial culture among the HKUST community, cultivating and enhancing HKUST members’ entrepreneurial spirit, mindset, skills and potentials for the pursuit of entrepreneurial dreams.
2.1 Maximum Funding Amount Per Project: Up to HK $10,000
2.2 Scope of Activities Covered:
3.1 Individual or team basis
3.2 The main applicant must be a current HKUST full-time student.
3.3 Applicants may apply for multiple funds/ awards at the same time, yet successful applicants (a.k.a. fund/ award recipients) are allowed to hold at most one fund/ award in any funding cycle (i.e. period from application, project implementation to fund/ award disbursement).
3.4 Applicants applying for the purpose of participating in overseas entrepreneurial activities including competitions, conferences, exhibitions, etc. are required to submit the funding application and supporting documents (e.g. invitation, schedule) before the event; retrospective applications will not be processed.
All fund recipients are entitled to the following startup support:
5.1 Online Application: Here
5.2 Before application, please read the Application Notes for all the terms and conditions, selection criteria, vetting procedures and disbursement conditions.
5.3 Checklist of supporting documents to be uploaded to online application:
5.4 Application deadline: Open all year round
5.5 Checklist for disbursement application/ report submission and relevant report templates
The Secretariat of AEF & EDF
HKUST Entrepreneurship Center
Tel: (852) 2358 6021
Email: ecfund@ust.hk
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