TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1991
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RESEARCH GRANTS FOR THE INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION FOR 1991-92
(ROC) TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED ITS
GRANTS RESEARCH
THE SEVEN
THE RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL ( MILLION FOR ALLOCATION OF THE $100 UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS IN 1991-92.
THE GRANT ALLOCATION EXERCISE WAS CONDUCTED BY MET LAST SATURDAY (MAY 25).
ΤΟ
THE RGC WHICH
HONG KONG, COLLEGE,
LINGNAN
THE SEVEN INSTITUTIONS ARE THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF
POLYTECHNIC, KONG HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, HONG
KONG,
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
THE
OF
BY THE GOVERNMENT, OF THE TOTAL SUM OF $100 MILLION PROVIDED
MILLION ΤΟ THE INSTITUTIONS THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO DISTRIBUTE $30 DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT PROJECTS COSTING LESS THAN $200,000.
CENTRAL
ALLOCATION
IN ADDITION, $7 MILLION WAS SET ASIDE FOR TO STRENGTHEN THE RESEARCH BASE IN THE INSTITUTIONS.
$63
MILLION
WAS
THE BALANCE OF
ALLOCATED · FOR RESPONSE TO COMPETITIVE BIDS FROM THE INSTITUTIONS.
PROJECTS
IN
$166 MILLION
THE RGC RECEIVED 206 APPLICATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECT DISCIPLINES.
EACH
WAS APPLICATION
PHYSICAL
BY ONE OF THREE INITIALLY
BIOLOGY AND SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING; SUBJECT PANELS
WITH THE HELP SCIENCES
OF MEDICINE; AND HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL REPORTS FROM SPECIALIST ASSESSORS/REFEREES.
SCREENED
-
THE PANELS' RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THEN CONSIDERED
RGC LAST SATURDAY.
BY THE FULL
BEEN IN SELECTING THE PROJECTS FOR FUNDING SUPPORT, REGARD HAS
THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE GIVEN TO THEIR ACADEMIC MERIT/INTEGRITY,
RELEVANCE TO THE ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR
SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND HONG KONG'S OVERALL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT.
DETAILS OF THE PROJECTS SUPPORTED, BY PANEL AND AREAS, ARE GIVEN BELOW:
BROAD
SUBJECT
SUBJECT PANEL
SUBJECT AREA
NO. OF PROJECTS
FUNDING SUPPORTED
(3M)
3.0
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
AND ENGINEERING
CIVIL, ENGINEERING SURVEYING, BUILDING
AND CONSTRUCTION
/COMPUTING SCIENCE,