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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1994

RESEARCH GRANTS FOR THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FOR 1994/95

ITS

THE

THE RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL (RGC) TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED DECISIONS ON THE ALLOCATION OF $260 MILLION IN RESEARCH GRANTS TO SEVEN UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC)-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS IN 1994/95.

THE RGC CONSIDERED 703 APPLICATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF $740 MILLION FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECT DISCIPLINES.

EACH APPLICATION WAS INITIALLY SCREENED BY ONE OR MORE OF FOUR SUBJECT PANELS PHYSICAL SCIENCES; ENGINEERING; BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE; AND HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

REPORTS PROM WITH THE HELP OF SPECIALIST ASSESSORS/REFEREES.

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THE PANELS' RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THEN CONSIDERED BY THE FULL RGC MEETING ON JUNE 18.

THIS YEAR THE RGC AGAIN DECIDED TO ALLOCATE $57.6 MILLON (22 PER CENT OF THE FUNDS AVAILABLE) TO THE INSTITUTIONS DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT PROJECTS COSTING LESS THAN $200,000.

OF THE BALANCE OF $202.4 MILLION, SOME $9.4 MILLION WAS RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AND $193 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR PROJECTS IN RESPONSE TO COMPETITIVE BIDS FROM THE INSTITUTIONS.

DETAILS OF THE PROJECTS SUPPORTED, BY PANELS AND BROAD SUBJECT AREAS, ARE GIVEN BELOW:

SUBJECT PANEL

SUBJECT AREA

NO. OF PROJECTS

FUNDING SUPPORTED

$ MILLION

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

PHYSICAL SCIENCES PURE MATHEMATICS

60

9

30.368 3.145

SUB-TOTAL

69

33.513

ENGINEERING

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

5

2.711

CIVIL ENGINEERING,

28

14.222

SURVEYING,

BUILDING AND

CONSTRUCTION

COMPUTING SCIENCE,

45

18.868

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY AND

APPLIED MATHEMATICS

ELECTRICAL AND

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23.153

ELECTRONIC

ENGINEERING

/MECHANICAL, PRODUCTION