AI grants in China
Explore AI grants for companies in China. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI from Chinese innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in China, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at AI in China come first.
Showing 1-24 of 191 grants
HNTE Certification
🇨🇳MOST Torch Center · China
Offers tax preference support for qualifying high and new technology enterprises in China.
CAS-TWAS President's Fellowship
🇨🇳CAS · China
Funds international PhD placements between Chinese and global research networks.
GD-Macau Joint S&T Innovation Fund
🇨🇳GDSTC · China
Supports Guangdong and Macau collaborators through cross-border innovation partnerships across the region.
Guangdong Basic & Applied Basic Research Fund
🇨🇳GDSTC · China
Funds Guangdong universities and institutes through tiered support from early to large programmes.
Hangzhou 115 Overseas Intelligence Introduction Program
🇨🇳Hangzhou HR & Social Security Bureau · China
Supports Hangzhou enterprises recruiting overseas experts with salary and project subsidies for advisory work and knowledge transfer.
Hangzhou High-Level Talent Classification & Subsidy
🇨🇳Hangzhou HR & Social Security Bureau · China
Provides housing subsidies, healthcare access, and startup support for high-level talent across professional sectors.
Hi-Tech Enterprise R&D Subsidy — Claim Year
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shenzhen high-tech firms through STIC HTE subsidy to recover part of prior innovation spend.
Intergovernmental International S&T Cooperation
🇨🇳MOST · China
Supports Chinese and international partners through intergovernmental collaboration to co develop science and technology for practical impact.
National Key R&D Programs
🇨🇳MOST · China
Offers Chinese organizations support through National Key programs for mission oriented technology projects moving toward practical use.
New Generation AI National S&T Megaproject
🇨🇳MOST · China
Funds Chinese-registered enterprises and research institutions doing core AI R&D under China's New Generation Artificial Intelligence national megaproject.
Overseas Talent Pioneer Park Support
🇨🇳ZGCAC · China
Funds Zhongguancun founder and returnee teams with pioneer support that improves innovation capacity and scale.
PIFI (President's International Fellowship Initiative)
🇨🇳CAS · China
Funds international researcher fellowships across career stages and global placements.
Shanghai Basic Research Explorer Program
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports co-funded basic research in Shanghai through a municipal-STCSM explorer model with enterprise contribution.
Shanghai Innovation Voucher — Scheme
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai small firms through automatic innovation vouchers to offset a share of development costs.
Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau S&T Program Category C
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Funds Hong Kong and Macau university teams with Shenzhen partners through STIC HKMO research collaboration support.
Support Fund for Entrepreneurship Service and Talent Development
🇨🇳ZGCAC · China
Funds technology teams in Zhongguancun parks and talent programs through reimbursements and one-off innovation support in startups.
NSFC General Program
🇨🇳NSFC · China
Supports broad foundational science across major disciplines through principal investigator grants.
NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Class C)
🇨🇳NSFC · China
Supports early-career Chinese researchers entering their first independent science careers.
NSFC Young Scientists Fund Class A
🇨🇳NSFC · China
Supports high-tier Chinese investigators pursuing nationally recognized excellence in science.
Shanghai Sci-Tech Co-Research Program
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports internationally based scientists in Shanghai through co-research funding with local host institutions.
Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation General Program
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shenzhen researchers through the Natural Science Foundation for foundational research across disciplines.
ANSO Co-funded Research Project
🇨🇳CAS · China
Funds bilateral research collaborations with Belt and Road participation and cross-border execution.
Creating the World Competition
🇨🇳Hangzhou HR & Social Security Bureau · China
Administers Hangzhou's Creating the World competition for overseas returnees and foreign nationals launching technology ventures.
Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai researchers through the Natural Science Foundation with basic research funding in scientific fields.