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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