Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) 2026 (Application Deadline)

Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) 2026

Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) supported by Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) has nurtured over 500 talents in 90+ teams since 2015. It is a life-changing training plus competition programme for local university teams to unleash their full potential and gain global market insights.  

Eligibility

• 18-30 years old students or alumni from CUPP 2026 Co-organising Universities

• Each team could have up to 5 members.  Team members could be joined from the same or other CUPP co-organising universities.  

• But for teams who wish to be nominated by PolyU, the team leader must be a PolyU student/alumnus.  
• Project must be rooted in digital tech and focus on AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Data Science.  

Suggested team structure

• 1 Team Leader (i.e. principal applicant) must be Hong Kong ID card holder, the main contact person of the team, and he/she must be joining Boot Camp.  

• Up to 2 Core Team Members with technical/UIUX knowledge, who will be joining Boot Camp;

• Up to 2 Supporting Team Members, who will NOT be joining Boot Camp

• Maximum 3 members per team to join the Boot Camp.

What CUPP Offers to Selected teams
• A series of pre-camp nurturing sessions in Hong Kong
• An Entrepreneurship Boot Camp by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

• 4 - 12 August 2026

• Mentorship and insight from local and global industry elites
• Innovative business idea pitching to investors
• HK$100,000 seed funding to develop project prototype for the top 10 winning teams

For more details

Please refer to the official website of CUPP 2026 and the info deck.  

For enquiries

Please contact us at inno.hub@polyu.edu.hk or Cyberport at training@cyberport.hk

Apply for Nomination

Please have the below information ready, and fill in this form.  

• Information of the team and team members
• Brief description of the academic performance, awards received, and entrepreneurial experience of the team
• Brief description of the proposed project
• Pitch Deck of the project and supporting documents of the team's capability (optional)

Successful applicants for the PolyU nomination will be informed separately.  

Internal Deadline for Nomination by PolyU

2 March 2026 (Mon)