Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Industry Competitiveness Boost — R&D Transformation Case Subsidy
提升產業競爭力-研發轉型支持個案補助
Subsidy ceilingUp to NT$5.0M (~NT$5,000,000)
Industry chapter04 · Innovative Research & Development
Eligibility
Legally factory-registered SME manufacturers and firms affected by US tariff policy.
What’s offered
Boosts industry competitiveness and resilience by funding the development of high-value, differentiated technologies and products that fill urgent supply-chain gaps in the Taiwan market.
Key terms
- Subsidy ceiling
- Up to NT$5,000,000 per case.
- New-equipment purchase cap
- New-equipment purchases capped at 40% of total project budget.
- Applicant cost-share
- At least 50% self-funding (reduced to 30% for firms hit by US tariff policy).
- Project duration
- Up to 12 months — project must conclude by 30 September 2027 (extended by 3 months to 30 December 2027 for firms affected by US tariff policy).
Application process
- 1Online application only (paper not accepted).
Program structure
Subsidy targets
- Equipment renewal — Replace aged equipment with green low-carbon design, IoT-enabled, AI/intelligent, and energy/water-saving units.
- Technology R&D upgrade — Cross-domain integration with differentiated, innovative products.
- Marketing layout — Product brand-building, market-channel expansion, and platform-channel deployment.
Priority cases
- Purchase of innovative equipment.
- Joint demand-and-supply cooperation introducing AI-tech products.
- ESCO partnership models for innovative products and energy / equipment-energy breakthroughs.
- Industry-wide transformation solutions.
- ESCO joint promotion of energy-saving and carbon-reduction products.
- Innovative supply-chain strategy solutions.
Application window
Per the FY2026 (ROC 115) call-for-proposals announcement.
Who to contact
Corporate Synergy Development Center (CSD)
財團法人中衛發展中心
English-language application support: not confirmed. Plan to bring a Mandarin-fluent collaborator to the first conversation.