Smart manufacturing and AI sit across multiple handbook chapters — Production Management, Digital Innovation, Metal & Mechanical, Information Technology, even Net Zero. The programs below are the cross-chapter stack: pick the ones that fit your operating profile, and you can plausibly compose them into a multi-year smart-factory build-out subsidy. The NT$15M Smart Machinery cluster grant alone covers up to 50% of a typical mid-sized factory's digital-thread build-out cost.

The programs

  • SME Investment-Acceleration Implementation Plan Investment-Service Program — up to NT$100M · Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. End-to-end fundraising and post-investment management support for SMEs raising capital — for firms with annual revenue under NT$100M or fewer than 200 regular employees.
  • SME and Micro-Enterprise Multi-Channel Development Loan Program — up to NT$35M · Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Provides preferential-rate loans through two tracks. Track 1 supports digital transformation, net-zero transition, and channel-expansion projects. Track 2 supports SMEs directly or indirectly hit by U.S. tariff measures.
  • Commercial Services Operational Efficiency & Resilience Program — up to NT$20M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Two subsidy tracks. Individual-case grants help single stores adopt AI tools, integrate retail price-comparison systems, and roll out point-of-sale upgrades. Integration-case grants help groups of 20–50 stores deploy AI integrated solutions including smart shelf management and IoT-connected store systems.
  • Smart Rainforest Industry Creation Program — up to NT$20M · Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Manufacturers in southern Taiwan partner with IT-service vendors and academic institutions according to the site's needs — bringing in 1 manufacturer + 1 tech college + 1 IT vendor per case to demonstrate, propagate, or expand smart-factory deployments.
  • Smart Machinery — Industrial Cluster Supply Chain Digital Streaming & AI Application — up to NT$15M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Funds the build-out of integrated supply-chain digital systems that combine smart-machinery telemetry, AI, and information-security tooling across a manufacturing cluster.
  • SME Manufacturing Succession — AI Application and Digital Transformation — up to NT$8.0M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Helps SME manufacturers undergoing a generational handover to design and deploy a transformation blueprint — combining a new business model with AI and digital tooling that upgrades both the supply chain and customer-facing channels.
  • Commercial Services Data-Driven Value Creation Program — up to NT$6.0M · Commerce Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Funds the deployment of at least two AI technologies or tools that drive analytics-led decision-making — strengthening either AI-powered operations or low-carbon sustainable business models.
  • Medical Device Industry Development & Cross-Domain Integration Program — up to NT$5.0M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Advisory and counseling for the medical device sector — covering market launch, cross-sector integration, real-world field deployment, and international market expansion.
  • Commercial Services Robotics Demonstration Application Program — up to NT$4.0M · Commerce Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Funds the deployment of multi-robot, service-oriented smart-robot systems in real commercial-service venues — accelerating sector-wide automation, easing labour shortages, and lifting the value of human staff hours.
  • Fastener and Rotating-Parts Innovation Program — up to NT$2.5M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Supports new-fastener product development, process optimization, production-line equipment upgrades, supply-chain process modernization, and smart manufacturing value-add.
  • Outdoor & Leisure Textiles Manufacturing — Digital Transformation Value-Add Program — up to NT$2.5M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Funds and hands-on services that help outdoor/leisure textile manufacturers digitalise their operations — connecting them to industry associations, in-plant diagnostic visits, software-based productivity upgrades, network-driven transformation models, and dissemination of best practice.
  • Smart Machinery Industry Smart Upgrade & International Linkage Program — up to NT$2.5M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Drives smart-machinery makers to adopt AI, industrial robotics, and international communication standards — modernizing manufacturing processes, strengthening global supply-chain linkages, and lifting value-add.
  • Manufacturing Sector Net-Zero Transition Program — up to NT$1.2M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Two-tier model in which one lead 'centre factory' partners with multiple supply-chain factories to jointly apply. Coordinated through Taiwan Research Institute as the intake window. Funds the full cycle — counseling diagnosis, low-carbon equipment investment, and verified emissions reductions.
  • Smart Electric Vehicle Industry Counseling & Promotion Program — up to NT$1.0M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Combines public R&D institutes to coach companies in lifting the competitiveness of EV finished vehicles or key system components — getting them into car-OEM supply chains and into export markets.
  • Vehicle Industry Transformation & International Competitiveness Program — up to NT$1.0M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Targets the EV/auto value chain: helps automakers integrate domestic smart-electrical systems into export vehicle models; supports component and software makers to combine AI and smart-vehicle-electronics tech in R&D to win international certification and tier-1 vehicle-OEM design wins; and strengthens production processes to lift quality and global competitiveness.

How to use this list

Click any program above to open its full profile — eligibility, services, application process, deadlines, contact information. To browse all 147 programs by industry chapter or to apply other filters, see the master directory. For chapter-by-chapter coverage, see the 14 chapter roundups.

These programs are the single most active area of MOEA subsidy growth — expect FY2027 to add new entries here, particularly around AI-enabled energy management, generative-AI process applications, and digital-twin demonstrations. Track our /programs hub for the annual refresh.

Source: 115年度產業輔導資源手冊 (FY2026 Industry Counseling Resource Handbook), Ministry of Economic Affairs. Translated and indexed by Compass Global.