Chan Dang Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Award

Administered by the HKUST Entrepreneurship Center (EC), The Chan Dang Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Award (the Award) is one of the key Awards at HKUST that encourages and supports student’s social entrepreneurship development and recognized student projects that enriching communities and making positive impact to society. Through helping the students to turn the business creative ideas into sustainable venture for promoting social good, we are going to create positive values, enhance quality of life and solving societal problems through social entrepreneurship development.  

Calling all social ventures: Apply for the Award and turn your vision into lasting impact!

Details of 2026-27 Round

The Chan Dang Foundation Entrepreneurship Social Award (2026-27 Round) will be conducted in conjunction with the HKUST Dream Builder 2026–27 Cohort#1 application and assessment process. All projects applying for the Chan Dang Award will also be automatically considered for Dream Builder. 
 

Eligibility and Requirements

• Team or company applications are both accepted.
• The main applicant must be a full-time current student (undergraduate or postgraduate) of HKUST till the end of project within the supporting period, while other team members can be HKUST students, alumni or staff.
• If the start-up is already a registered company, the company shall have been registered for no more than one year at the time of application.
• At least two HKUST full time current students are playing important roles (Founder/ Co-founder) in the project.

Tentative Timeline/ Application period

• Application deadline for 2026 - 2027 Round: 27 Dec 2026

Project elements:

• Social Entrepreneurship Potential
• Social Value and Impact
• Business Sustainability and Development Plan
• Team Composition & Strengths

Awarding Amount and Validity: Up to HKD 40,000 per project approved, valid for 12 months

Application form: Here

• The application form should enclose the following documents:
  - 10-page Pitch Deck
  - List of Team Members 
  - Financial Budget Estimation 
  - BR, CI & NNC1 (for registered company only)

Please read the Note on Chan Dang Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Award (2026-27 Round) for details

Enquiry: dreambuilder@ust.hk 
Startup advice: please reach us at the BASE Advising Counter or send email to ecenter@ust.hk.