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TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1991

COMPUTING SCIENCE,

20

7.6

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY AND

MATHEMATICS

ELECTRICAL AND

5.8

ELECTRONIC

ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL,

10

4.0

PRODUCTION AND

INDUSTRI AL

ENGINEERING

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

21

10.1

+

SUB-TOTAL

68

30.5

BIOLOGY AND

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

21

11.2

MEDICINE

MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH

25

11.8

SUB-TOTAL

46

23.0

HUMANITIES AND

ARTS AND LANGUAGES

6

3.6

SOCIAL SCIENCES

ADMINISTRATIVE,

11

3.8

BUSINESS AND

SOCIAL STUDIES

EDUCATION

3

1.6

LAW, ARCHITECTURE,

1

0.5

TOWN PLANNING, ETC.

SUB-TOTAL

21

9.5

TOTAL

135

63.0

THIS WAS THE FIRST GRANT

BY

ALLOCATION EXERCISE UNDERTAKEN THE RGC WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO REPLACE THE FORMER RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC

(UPGC) IN JANUARY 1991.

THE RGC,

GRANTS COMMITTEE

SAID THE

THE CHAIRMAN OF

PROFESSOR DAVID TODD, COUNCIL WAS PLEASED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD AGREED TO DOUBLE THE FUNDS EARMARKED FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS AT THE UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS, FROM $50 MILLION IN 1990-91 TO $100 MILLION IN 1991-92.

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