To facilitate the exchange of ideas between scientists in Hong Kong and their counterparts in mainland China and overseas, and to provide intensive training at a senior level in topics of current scientific interest, the Foundation works with partners in Hong Kong, mainland China and overseas to offer a range of competitive funding programmes:

Croucher Advanced Study Institutes

Croucher Chinese Visitorships

CAS-Croucher Funding Scheme for Joint Laboratories

Institut Pasteur Courses in Virology, Cell Biology, Immunology

Royal Society Frontiers of Science meetings

Exchange agreements with Germany and France

Sponsorship of conferences, workshops and symposia