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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,