瀚思科技创新与发展协会下属的前沿科技研究与转化中心（CTRIT）近日宣布，2025年度青年课题资助名额将在2024年基础上扩容30%，单项资助上限从原来的6万港币提升至8万港币。这是协会"青年科技人才扶持计划"自2019年启动以来力度最大的一次升级。

CTRIT负责人在接受采访时表示，扩容决定基于对协会过去六年青年课题资助效果的系统评估。数据显示，CTRIT历年资助的青年课题在结题评审中获得"优秀"等级的比例为41%，显著高于一般课题的32%和重点课题的28%。"青年研究者的活力与创造力，往往超出我们的预期，"该负责人说，"我们应当为他们提供更多机会。"

青年课题面向35岁以下的青年研究者，资助周期为10个月，资助金额从原来的3-6万港币调整为3-8万港币。与重点课题和一般课题相比，青年课题在评审中更侧重创新潜力、研究方向的独特性与申请人的成长轨迹，对前期成果的硬性要求相对宽松。

协会同时宣布，2025年度青年课题将增设"跨学科探索"专项，专门资助那些跨越传统学科边界、难以用单一标签描述的研究方向。这一专项的设立回应了越来越多青年研究者对"非主流方向"的探索需求。

CTRIT 2025年度春季批次青年课题申报通道将于3月1日开放，4月30日截止。青年研究者可通过协会官网提交申报材料，无需是协会会员即可申请。

The Center for Technology Research and Industrial Transformation (CTRIT), affiliated with Hansi Association for Technology Innovation and Development, recently announced that the number of funded youth projects in 2025 will expand by 30 percent compared with 2024, and the maximum funding for a single project will increase from HKD 60,000 to HKD 80,000. This is the largest upgrade to the association Young Technology Talent Support Program since it was launched in 2019.

A CTRIT representative said in an interview that the expansion decision was based on a systematic evaluation of the effects of the association youth project funding over the past six years. Data show that among youth projects funded by CTRIT over the years, 41 percent received an Excellent rating in final review, significantly higher than 32 percent for general projects and 28 percent for key projects. The vitality and creativity of young researchers often exceed our expectations, the representative said. We should provide them with more opportunities.

Youth projects are aimed at young researchers under age 35, with a funding period of 10 months. Funding amounts have been adjusted from the previous HKD 30,000 to 60,000 to HKD 30,000 to 80,000. Compared with key projects and general projects, youth project review places greater emphasis on innovation potential, uniqueness of research direction, and the applicant growth trajectory, with relatively flexible hard requirements for prior achievements.

The association also announced that the 2025 youth projects will add a Cross-Disciplinary Exploration special program, dedicated to funding research directions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and are difficult to describe with a single label. The establishment of this program responds to the growing demand among young researchers to explore non-mainstream directions.

The application channel for the CTRIT 2025 spring youth project round will open on March 1 and close on April 30. Young researchers may submit application materials through the association official website and do not need to be association members to apply.