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MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1989
RESEARCH GRANTS TO THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FOR 1989-90
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POLYTECHNIC GRANTS
THE SPECIAL
HAS SECOND FUNDS
THE UNIVERSITY AND
(UPGC) COMMITTEE NOTIFIED THE FIVE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS OF THE RESULTS OF THE ROUND OF RESEARCH GRANT ALLOCATIONS MADE FROM PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
OF HONG KONG, THE THE CITY
THE FIVE INSTITUTIONS ARE: THE UNIVERSITY CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE.
THE TOTAL SUM ALLOCATED FOR RESEARCH FOR THE THREE-YEAR 1988-91 IS $120 MILLION.
!
WAS ALLOCATED
PERIOD
FOR
OF THIS AMOUNT, $30 MILLION
DURING THE FIRST WITH $40 MILLION RESERVED ROUND OF THE EXERCISE, FOR 1988-89, 1989-90 AND THE REMAINING $50 MILLION FOR 1990-91.
THE
IN
FOR THE 1989-90 EXERCISE, $13.75 MILLION IS TO BE DISBURSED THE FORM OF SMALL GRANTS BY
INSTITUTIONS' RESEARCH COMMITTEES I COMPARED WITH $10 MILLION FOR 1988-89,
THE AND
BALANCE OF $26.25 UPGC IN RESPONSE то MILLION IS TO BE ALLOCATED BY THE
COMPETITIVE
BIDS.
THIS YEAR'S THE 926.25 MILLION MADE AVAILABLE FOR WILL SUPPORT, FULLY OR PARTIALLY, A TOTAL OF 59 PROJECTS, TOTAL OF 135 PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY THE INSTITUTIONS,
THEIR INDIVIDUAL BIDS FROM A THEMSELVES SHORTLISTED LARGER NUMBER.
ALLOCATION OUT OF A WHICH HAD CONSIDERABLY
THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECTS SUPPORTED, BY SUBJECT AREA ARE:
SUBJECT AREA
NO. OF PROJECTS
FUNDING SUPPORTED
ARTS & LANGUAGES
2
ADMINISTRATIVE, BUSINESS &
7
$0.80 M
$2.16 M
SOCIAL STUDIES
BIOLOGICAL & PHYSICAL
16
$7.87 M
SCIENCE
EDUCATION
2
$0.63 M
MEDICINE, DENTISTRY & HEALTH
11
$5.97 M
CIVIL ENGINEERING, SURVEYING,
$1.33 M
BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
ENGINEERING
8
$5.26 M
/GOMPUTING SCIENCE