Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Food Industry Competitiveness & International-Alignment Program
食品產業競爭力強化與國際接軌推動計畫
Subsidy ceilingUp to NT$460K (~NT$460,000)
Industry chapter12 · Consumer Goods & Chemical Industries
Eligibility
Registered Taiwan food-industry operators.
What’s offered
Industry-wide diagnostic-visit service (free) plus a competitive-counseling track that brings sector technologies and international-market knowledge into firms wanting to upgrade.
Key terms
- Diagnostic visits
- Operators apply through the implementing unit. After assessment, the unit dispatches experts on-site to the factory for real-time technical support and validation.
- Service content
- Covers food-industry technology uplift, new-process adoption, by-product value-add, food-additive use, key R&D applications, thermal-process instruction, food-preservation tech, sustainable / green processing, and packaging-food technology.
- Fee
- Free.
- Counseling application
- Download the application form ('Food Industry Technology Transfer and Sales-Channel Upgrade Counseling Application') from the programme website, complete it, and return to the implementing unit.
- Counseling content
- Tailored by case — provides instruction on key food-industry technologies, raises processing efficiency and quality, and lifts competitiveness.
- Counseling fee
- Government grant approx. NT$460,000; applicant self-funds approx. NT$200,000. Funding ratio ~7:3.
- Counseling period
- From contract signing through 30 November.
Application window
From contract signing through 30 November.
Who to contact
Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI)
財團法人食品工業發展研究所
Ms. Hsu (許小姐)
English-language application support: not confirmed. Plan to bring a Mandarin-fluent collaborator to the first conversation.