Grants in China
Explore grants for companies in China. This directory includes national and regional funding 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 China come first.
Showing 25-48 of 635 grants
Network Grant — Research Collaboration China–Sweden
🇸🇪VR · Sweden
Supports Swedish and Chinese teams with cross-border grants for healthy aging innovation and skill exchange.
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.
R&D Super-Deduction Tax Incentive
🇨🇳STA · China
Provides Chinese companies a tax deduction framework for qualifying innovation spend through annual tax filing.
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.
APFNet Call for Projects 2026
APFNet · China
Funds forestry and biodiversity projects for APFNet member economies and partners.
CAS-ANSO Co-funding Research Project
CAS · China
Supports three-year, multi-country projects that improve livelihoods and green development in Belt and Road partner countries.
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.
NSFC Research Fund for International Scientists
🇨🇳NSFC · China
Supports international researchers at Chinese host institutions with research grants for deep collaboration.
NZ — China Strategic Research Alliance for Proposals
🇳🇿MBIE · New Zealand
Funds New Zealand and Chinese partnerships advancing environmental, climate, and biomedical collaborations.
Shanghai AGI Large Models Special Program — First Batch
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Funds foundational AI groups in Shanghai through AGI Large Models support for early large-scale model research.
Shanghai Key Technology R&D Plan — New Generation IT
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Funds Shanghai applied-research teams through New Generation IT for AI, embodied intelligence, and data governance development.
Shanghai Magnolia Talent Plan Pujiang Project (Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan)
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai returnee scholars through Pujiang programmes for reintegration into local research ecosystems.
Shanghai Rising-Star Plan
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports emerging Shanghai science and technology talent through the Rising-Star programme for career development.
Shanghai Sci-Tech Little Giant Project
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai high-tech firms through the Little Giant programme via post-development innovation subsidy.
Shenzhen International Science and Technology Cooperation Project
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shanghai teams with international peers through STIC cooperation funding for joint research exchanges.
Agricultural Science and Technology Achievement Demonstration Projects
🇨🇳GDSTC · China
Funds Guangdong agricultural innovators demonstrating applied farming technologies through provincial project grants.
CDB Innovation Sector Loans
🇨🇳CDB · China
Provides China policy loans for large strategic-emerging sectors such as semiconductors, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing.
SME Development Fund of China
🇨🇳MOF+MIIT · China
Funds Chinese innovative small and medium-sized enterprises via commitments to specialist funds managed by MIIT-linked structures.
GREGoRi Innovation Projects
NIH · United States
Funds a genuinely new experimental or computational approach to finding the cause of a rare genetic disorder, where the current state of the art falls short.
ARC Prize 2026
ARC Prize · United States
Awards $2M in prizes across three tracks for open-source AI research advancing progress toward AGI.