Multi-Omics Horizons Grant Application

Submission closes: October 31, 2025

Terms and Conditions

Eligibilities

EU & UK Researchers who accord with eligibility requirements (the "participants") can participate in the program. (Participants must, in any event, be at least 18 years of age at the time of entry)). Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives and independent contractors of MGI and STOmics,[1] together with their immediate family members and members of the same households (whether related or not), are not eligible to participate. Also ineligible are (1) residents of any country subject to U.S. embargo; (2) any persons on the U.S. government’s Denied Persons List, Specially Designated Nationals list, Entity List, Unverified List or any other similar list maintained by the U.S. government or any other government to whose laws MGI, its subsidiaries or affiliated companies, the Program or such person is subject, and all persons employed by or otherwise associated with any such person (including any such business, research institution, government or private organization, or other type of legal person); and [2] [3] (3) any persons for whom it would be illegal to participate in the Program or receive a grant pursuant to the Program (“Grant”), or with or to whom it would be illegal for MGI to interact or award the Grant as contemplated herein. The Program is subject to all applicable laws and regulations, and is void where prohibited or where registration, bonding or language translation is required.

How to Apply

The Program application period begins on 25th September at 9:00 AM (CET) and ends on 31st October, 2025 at 11:59 PM (CET)[4] ; applications must be submitted during that period to be eligible. To apply, Participants must submit a program application online at https://apparent-channels-632522.framer.app/stomics-grant_2025. The application must include: (1) the Participant’s full name, email address, and any other contact information required by MGI ; (2) the name of the Participant’s institution, and Participant’s title at such institution; (3) a descriptive title for the proposed project; and (4) an abstract proposal (300-500 words) to describe the research and development topic along with a brief experimental plan. Additionally, participants need to explain how they intend to integrate spatial transcriptomics, single-cell technologies, and multiplex staining technology from MGI to generate multi-omics data for addressing scientific challenges \Besides, the sample information (species and number) should be included in the abstract. Applications become the property of MGI. (5) In the abstract proposal, participants are required to apply two or more MGI & STOmics multi-omics technologies, including but not limited to: Stereo-seq v1.3; Stereo-seq OMNI; Stereo-CITE; Single-cell RNAseq; FluoXpert. MGI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of applications, in accordance with applicable data protection laws. By application, the participant allows the MGI to contact the participant about the MGI's products and services, regardless of whether the participant is selected as the funding recipient. Each Participant shall be entitled to submit only one (1) Program application. In the event that MGI in its sole discretion determines that a Participant submitted multiple applications or acted in bad faith with respect to the application process, the Participant may be excluded from the Program and consequently ineligible to receive the Grant.

Selection of Winners and Notifications

The MGI's team of scientists will qualify the winner from eligible applications and present prizes. The standards are in the sole discretion of the MGIs, best makes use of the prize to demonstrate the power of the Stereo-seq, DNBSEQTM technology, and FluoXpert. The decision of this panel will be final and binding and shall not be subject to review or appeal by any participant or by any third party. The selected winner will be attempted to be notified by email within approximately ten (10) business days after selection. If the selected winner has not responded to email inquiries within five (5) business days, the MGIs will attempt to contact the winner again. If the winner cannot reply the second email within three (3) business days, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected, based on the criteria set forth above, at the MGIs’ discretion. The odds of winning depends on the number of eligible entries received.

Grant Description

Based on the experiment design, the grant will provide up to 12 Stereo-seq library preparation reactions (Stereo-seq V1.3 or Stereo-OMNI or Stereo-CITE) which includes 12 Stereo-seq chips (1cm*1cm)), 16 single cell library preparation kit, 10 plex immuno-fluorescence with FluoXpert solution (not including antibodies) and related sequencing reagent sets.

Receipt of the Grant by the Recipient is conditioned on compliance with local laws and regulations. If the Recipient violates any of these terms and conditions, the Recipient (at MGI’s sole discretion) will be disqualified, and all privileges as the Recipient will immediately terminate.

As a condition to receiving the Grant, the Recipient’s institution must agree in writing to MGI’s standard terms and conditions for the applicable staining to analysis services, which set forth, among other things, requirements for samples, sequencing data or other information or materials to be provided to MGI, MGI’s right to use data resulting from the services for product/technology development purposes and in marketing or informational materials (and to indicate in connection with such materials that such data were generated in collaboration with Recipient and its institution or company), and limitations on MGI’s liability (“Service Terms”). If the Recipient’s institution or company fails to agree in writing to the Service Terms, the Grant may be forfeited and an alternate Recipient may be selected, based on the criteria set forth above, in the sole discretion of MGI.

Delivery Mechanism
Winners will receive the Stereo-seq and single cell reagent kits. If required by the Winner, MGI will recommend certified institutions to receive samples and complete the experimental work, including library construction, sequencing, and basic data analysis.

Winners will receive the Stereo-seq and single cell reagent kits and do the sample processing in their own lab. The Field application Scientist (FAS) will be responsible for supporting the winners to build the capability in their lab. The cDNA library will be shipped to the closest delivery centers for sequencing and data analysis. For the reagent kit model, applicants should ensure that the following instruments are available in their lab/institute: 1) upright fluorescent microscope, 2) cryostat, 3) AgilentTM 2000 Bioanalyzer/TapeStation.

Restrictions Apply

Grant cannot be replaced or transferred in other forms. Each participant must understand and consent that (except as otherwise provided in the Service Terms no ideas, information or materials that are submitted to or otherwise provided by such Participant to MGI in connection with the Program will be returned, and that MGI makes no guarantee or warranty with respect to the security or confidentiality thereof.) All taxes on the Grant and reporting thereof, and any other costs, fees and expenses relating to the Grant or the Program, are the sole responsibility of the Recipient and/or the Recipient’s institution. By submitting an application or accepting the Grant, each Participant agrees on behalf of such Participant and such Participant’s institution: (1) to be bound by these terms and conditions; (2) that MGI shall retain full authority, in its sole discretion, to interpret and administer these terms and conditions; (3) that any dispute with regard to the conduct of the Program, award of the Grant or interpretation or administration of these terms and conditions, shall be resolved by MGI, whose decision shall be binding and final; and (4) to be bound by all decisions and interpretations made in good faith by the MGI. Furthermore, each Participant represents and warrants that: (a) such Participant meets the eligibility requirements of the Program; (b) such Participant has obtained all required authorizations and permissions from such Participant’s institution or company to apply for the Program or receive the Grant; (c) applying for the Program or receiving the Grant does not and will not violate any law or regulation, or any of such Participant’s institution’s or company’s rules or policies; and (d) the information contained in such Participant’s application is true and correct in all material respects and is owned or rightfully possessed by the Participant without restriction on disclosure. MGI may refuse to award the Grant if the MGI determines in its sole discretion that doing so may result in a violation of an applicable law, rule, or policy or any rights of any third party. The Recipient is subject to verification by MGI, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Program.

Use of Recipient’s Name, Likeness and Other Information

Without limiting the Service Terms, each Participant acknowledges and agrees that, if such Participant is selected as the Recipient, (1) such Participant’s name, biographical information, image, likeness, the name of such Participant’s institution and any information or data contained in Participant’s Program application or any Publication (as defined below) may, without further compensation, be published on one or more MGI website(s) or in other MGI marketing or informational materials, including through social media, in each case, in the sole discretion of MGI, (2) such Participant hereby grants to the MGI, on behalf of such Participant and such Participant’s institution, the right, at any time and from time to time, to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide and in any media now known or hereafter developed, any of the foregoing information, data or materials for any of the foregoing purposes, and (3) if requested by MGI, such Participant will provide MGI with one or more appropriate images of such Participant for use by MGI for such purposes.

Publications And Presentations

Each Participant acknowledges and agrees that it is the objective of both MGI and Participant that the Recipient will present results from the proposed study in one or more publications or presentations. Each Participant agrees that, if such Participant is selected as the Recipient, such Participant will use their best efforts to publish or publicly present the results, including data generated pursuant to the Grant, in collaboration with MGI (“Publication”). It is contemplated that results of the Research will be jointly published.

Indemnity, disclaimer and limitation of liability

By participating in the Program, each Participant agrees on behalf of such Participant and such Participant’s institution or company to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless MGI, its affiliates and subsidiaries, and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives from all liability for any injury, loss or damage, including death or property damage, due in whole or part, directly or indirectly, to the participation in the Program or the receipt, use or misuse of the Grant. MGI makes no, and hereby disclaims all, warranties, representations, or guarantees, express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to the Grant, including, without limitation, to the Grant’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose.

THE MGI IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST, LATE, STOLEN, INCOMPLETE, ILLEGIBLE, INACCURATE, UNDELIVERED, DELAYED OR MISDIRECTED APPLICATIONS, OR FOR ANY COMPUTER, INTERNET, EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR DELAYS, OR FOR ANY HUMAN ERRORS THAT OCCUR IN THE PROCESSING, TRANSMISSION OR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS, OR FOR INACCURATE TRANSCRIPTION OF APPLICATION INFORMATION, OR IF THE PROGRAM IS NOT CAPABLE OF BEING CONDUCTED AS PLANNED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INFECTION BY COMPUTER VIRUSES, BUGS, TAMPERING, UNAUTHORIZED INTERVENTION, FRAUD, TECHNICAL FAILURES, OR OTHER CAUSES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE MGI. IN NO EVENT SHALL MGI, ITS AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES, OR ITS OR THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGES FOR HARM TO BUSINESS OR LOSS OF DATA, IN EACH CASE, WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROGRAM OR THE RECEIPT, USE OR MISUSE OF THE GRANT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THEM ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, MGI’S TOTAL AND CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE GRANT.

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Privacy

MGI may collect and use personal information that Participant provides to MGI in connection with the Program to conduct the Program and as otherwise provided by these terms and conditions. Personal information includes any information that can be reasonably linked to a specific individual, including name, postal address, telephone number, or email address. For more detailed privacy policies, please refer to https://en.mgi-tech.com/about/privacy/.

Miscellaneous

MGI reserves the right to suspend, modify, cancel, or terminate the Program at any time, with or without advance notice (whether before or after selecting a Recipient), including, without limitation, in the event of any act, occurrence or reason that it believes would compromise the legality, integrity, administration or fairness of the Program. If one or more provisions of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall be valid and enforceable. These terms and conditions are governed by and shall be construed by the laws of the German[6] , without application of its choice of law principles. Should there be a conflict between the laws of German and any other laws, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the laws of German. By submitting your proposal, you agree that all disputes, controversy or claim arising out of, relating to or in connection with this program, including any question regarding the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof, or any dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of, relating to or in connection with it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) under its Arbitration Rules for the time being in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted. The seat of arbitration shall be Berlin, Germany. The number of arbitrators shall be three(3). The arbitration shall be conducted in English.

The failure of MGI to comply with any provision of these terms and conditions due to civil unrest, threat of or actual acts of terrorism or war, embargoes, governmental actions, acts of God, earthquakes, floods, storms, fires, supplier delay, accidents, explosions, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, or other such contingencies beyond the control of the MGI, shall not be considered a breach of these terms and conditions.

* MGI disclaimer: Unless otherwise informed, StandardMPS and CoolMPS sequencing reagents, and sequencers for use with such reagents are not available in Germany, Spain, UK, Hong Kong, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Portugal, Austria and Romania. No purchase orders for StandardMPS products will be accepted in the USA until after January 1, 2023.

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MGI-Tech GmbH and other European companies controlled by MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (hereafter collectively referred to as “MGI”, “we”, or “us”) are committed to protecting your privacy. When you are using our product and/or services, we may collect and use your relevant personal data. As a global enterprise, we will adopt corresponding safeguard measures according to applicable laws and regulations with our best efforts to keep your personal data safe and under control.

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I. How we collect and process your personal data

1 Definition

In this Policy, “personal data” refers to various information related to an identified or identifiable natural person, excluding anonymized information. “Sensitive personal data” refers to personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership genetic data, biometric data uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation.

2 How we collect your personal data

1) Information that you proactively provide to us

· Contact information: If you need to consult us regarding MGI product or service, get to know about potential opportunities for business cooperation, purchase and receive MGI products and after-sales services, provide feedback to our product, service, performance of order or problems in the cooperation, join online or offline seminar, exhibition, forum, competition and other marketing or promotional activities, visit our offices, and interact with MGI by other means, we may require you to provide your personal data and the information of your company (such as your name, title, email address, phone or cellphone number, address, company, object of interest and content of your interactions with or messages to us) for us to confirm your identity, provide your required service and information, handle your feedback, or respond to your request appropriately by other means.

· Payment information: In connection with the transaction, you may also need to provide us with your payment information, such as bank account number and related verification data.

· Employment application information: If you look for job opportunities from us, you may provide your contact information, the curriculum vitae or other information for application.

2) Information that automatically collected when you use our Website or other services

In order to fulfill our cybersecurity related legal obligations and to enhance your user experience and security when using our products or services, we may automatically collect data such as your device type, IP address and browsing history on our Website when you use the Website and other services.

3) Information collected from third-party partners of MGI

Where permitted by applicable law, we may obtain personal data generated or shared by you from third parties or public sources in connection with your use of third-party partner services. For example, you may authorize a third-party account to login and use our service, or authorize to import your account, nickname or other information from third-party platform. We will use your personal data in accordance with our agreement with the third party and subject to relevant laws and regulations.

3 How we process your personal data

1) Our purposes of processing your personal data and the legal basis for such processing:

· To enable you or your company to use the online and offline services we provide from time to time, e.g., providing news on your interested products, based on the consent provided by you;

· To respond to your or your company's needs or enquiries, where such processing is necessary to protect your interest;

· To contact you about products, services or events that may be of interest to you or your company and to obtain feedback from you or your company, based on the consent provided by you;

· To create and update account, order, and transaction information for you or your company where such processing is necessary to execute a contract between you or your company;

· To communicate and sign contracts with you or your company where such processing is necessary to execute a contract between you or your company;

· To fulfil contractual obligations to you or your company where such processing is necessary to execute a contract between you or your company;

· To provide the requested services, information or product support where such processing is necessary to execute a contract between you or your company;

· To comply with applicable statutory obligations where such processing is necessary for our compliance with relevant legal obligations;

· To conduct financial and other necessary compliance reviews where such processing is necessary for our compliance with relevant legal obligations;

· For analytical activities to improve the quality of our products and services, based on the consent provided by you;

· For handling and responding to complaints, where such processing is necessary to protect your interest;

· For recording our products or services, where such processing is necessary to execute a contract between you or your company and comply with relevant legal obligations;

· For managing our Website where such processing is necessary for our compliance with relevant legal obligations;

· For human resource management where such processing is necessary for our compliance with relevant legal obligations.

2) Communication for Promotion

We may use your email, transaction history, products of interest and other information to promote our newsletters, products or services to you. If you do not wish to receive promotions from us, or other emails not related to information necessary for your transaction such as your order, account, billing, etc., you may opt out of receiving such messages without any negative impact on your relationship with MGI by following the opt-out method provided in the email. In addition, we reserve the right to contact you if necessary, including in the case of legal requests, order tracking, billing updates, service-related account creation, product upgrade changes, product recalls, etc.

3) You acknowledge and agree in the following situations we do not need to obtain your consent to process your personal data:

·Where it is necessary to respond to a public health emergency, or in an emergency, to protect your life, health and property and that of other people;

·Where it is necessary for the performance of our statutory duties or obligations;

·When we conduct news reports, public opinion supervision and other acts for the public interest, and process personal data within a reasonable scope;

·When we process personal data that you have disclosed or that has been legally disclosed within a reasonable range in accordance with applicable laws;

·Where it is necessary to enter into and perform a contract to which you are a party;

·In other circumstances as stipulated by applicable laws or administrative regulations.

II. How we share, transfer and publicly disclose your personal data

MGI will not share, transfer, or publicly disclose your personal data to other third parties except as described in this Policy.

1 Share

To ensure the stable operation of our products or services, to ensure your user experience, and for other lawful and reasonable purposes, we may share your personal data with third parties in certain circumstances, and we will require such third parties to process your personal data in accordance with applicable legal requirements:

· If you have requested it by yourself;

· Where your express consent has been obtained in advance;

· For potential business cooperation, enquiries about products and services or matters relating to product orders, payments, training, maintenance, etc., which you have requested, we may not be able to complete alone. To respond to your request, we may need to share your personal data with our affiliated companies or suppliers (such as after-sales service providers, logistics companies, etc.) that supporting our business;

·We may share the personal data you provide when participating in our marketing or promotional activities to event partners such as joint-organizers, co-organizers, sponsors, etc.;

·We may share your personal data with internet service providers in order to maintain and manage our Website and other media, to enhance your user experience and to perform our network security and safety obligations;

· We may share your personal data with external auditors, legal advisors, insurance companies and banks to meet regulatory requirements and secure transactions;

·In order to complete our cooperation with you or your company, and to achieve unified management of the MGI Group, your personal data may be shared between MGI and its wholly-owned and controlled subsidiaries;

·In order to respond to your job applications, we may need to forward your submitted CV to our affiliated companies, background check companies and recruitment service providers for screening and assessment;

·We may share your personal data as required by applicable law, or as requested by administrative, judicial or other regulatory authorities, and as necessary to fulfill other legal obligations.

If you do not want us to share your personal data with third parties, you may contact us through the ways set out in section IX of this Policy, but this may affect the services you receive from us.

2 Transfer

We will not transfer your personal data to any company, organization or individual, except in the following circumstances:

·If you have requested it by yourself;

·Where your express consent has been obtained in advance;

·If, as our business develops, we need to transfer personal data as a result of a merger, separation, dissolution or declaration of bankruptcy, we will inform you of the name and contact details of the recipient. The recipient shall continue to protect your personal data in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

3 Disclose publicly

We will only disclose your personal data publicly in the following circumstances:

·If you have requested by it yourself;

·Where your separate consent has been obtained in advance;

·Where required by applicable law or in response to legal procedure, we may publicly disclose your personal data to the relevant regulatory authorities.

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