How Hong Kong businesses combine programmes across a project’s life — and the rules to watch, including no double-funding of the same cost.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
Hong Kong businesses sometimes combine programmes across a project’s life — but there are rules to watch, chiefly that you cannot fund the same cost twice.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Across a project | Different programmes for different phases |
| No double-funding | The same cost cannot be funded by two schemes |
| Adoption + compute | BUD/NIFS for the build, AI Subsidy Scheme for compute |
| Confirm rules | Each programme’s terms govern stacking |
How combining works
A business might use one programme for one phase and another for a different phase — for example the BUD Fund for AI-enabled upgrading tied to market expansion, and the AI Subsidy Scheme for supercomputer compute on a separate workload. The key rule everywhere is no double-funding: the same cost cannot be covered by two schemes.
What to watch
Read each programme’s terms on whether and how it can be combined with others, and keep clear records of which cost each programme covers. Note that the Technology Voucher Programme (TVP), Hong Kong’s best-known SME tech-adoption funding, stopped accepting new applications after 31 December 2024 — so it is not an active route for a new AI project, despite many older blogs still listing it.
Where dgm fits
Important: these are programmes a business applies for directly with the relevant Hong Kong authority. dgm is an independent AI-integration agency — it is not a registered or approved vendor of any of these schemes (none of them operates a vendor registry), so nothing here implies dgm can secure or deliver a grant-funded engagement. dgm can help scope and build the AI project; eligibility, approval and any claim rest with you and the agency. dgm can help structure a project so phases map cleanly to programmes. Support levels, caps, eligibility and round status change — confirm the current details on the official programme page before relying on them.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Hong Kong businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.