Content Industry Development fund is a new incentive which has been

introduced in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006 – 2010). The main aims of this

incentive are to spur the development of quality local ICT content for domestic

and export market and also to develop a more resilient and competitive local

content industry in Malaysia. This funding, namely known as eContent Fund, is

for the content creation projects based on innovativeness, social and commercial

viability.

This Fund is especially for the development of content mainly for entertainment,

training and learning, culture and heritage, and information-based. The

technology required is either in a form of animation, games, simulation/virtual

reality or portal/web-based. This content should be able to run on multiple

platforms either on 3G/mobile phone, Internet, or other media such as PDA and

TV etc.

a. Individual

i. Malaysian.

ii. Age : 21 – 60.

iii. Minimum Level of Education: Diploma in relevant disciplines.

iv. Not a bankrupt. Not involved in any litigation/bankruptcy/criminal proceedings.

v. Applicants are eligible to one successful project application

only.

b. Company

i. Malaysian Majority owned company.

ii. Registered with Malaysian ROC or ROB.

iii. Not involved in any litigation/bankruptcy/criminal

proceedings.

iv. Applicants can only apply for funding for one project within a

same time period and can only apply for funding for

additional projects upon successful completion of the prior

project if the prior grant approved is not more than RM 1

million.

• Entertainment
• Education and Training
• Culture and Heritage
• Information Based Content
• Technology Implementation
• Animation (TV Series/Feature Film/Mobile)
• Games (PC/Online/Console/Mobile-Handheld)
• Simulation/Virtual Reality
• Portal/Web Based

Complete information is available in the http://www.mosti.gov.my

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