1) 46 specified international awards are eligible for application throughout the call for entries period, from 12/3/2025 to 11/3/2026. 

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2) Awardee of 6 local awards are considered as the eligible participants of Scheme for winners of specified local competitions/awards to enter international competitions/awards. But the reimbursable items of this category exclude any local award expenditures.

3) Individual applicants must be permanent residents of Hong Kong and the holders of Hong Kong 3-star ID cards. Design companies or design-applying enterprises, must be locally registered and have Hong Kong Business Registration (BR) and Certificate of Incorporation (CI).

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4) There is no age limited and eligibility is not limited to design practitioners. (If the public or design students have the capacity and talents to gain the specific awards, they are warmly welcome to apply too.)