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Our Office promulgates and coordinates the administration of both internal and external research grants; including submission of applications, funding allocation and monitoring of regular reporting.

Application forms, guidance notes and report forms for various research opportunities are available simply by a click, and can be accessed with MS Word 2000 or above.

• Grant Application Forms
• Report Forms
• Other Forms
• Guidelines/Notes
• Information on all Research Grant Schemes
• External Grant Endorsement Form

Grant Application Forms

Internal Grants

• Start-up Grant for New Faculty

External Grants

• General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Schemes (ECS)
  (Internal Deadline: 22 October 2018)
• Research Fellowship Scheme Applications - Health and Medical Research Fund
  (Internal Deadline: 2 November 2018)
• Special Fund of Guangdong Science and Technology Department
  廣東省科技廳項目 (廣東省重點領域研發計劃重點專項)
  (Internal Deadline: 12 November 2018 for scheme 1 to 6; 19 November 2018 for scheme 7 to 11)
• ANR/RGC Joint Research Scheme
  (Internal Deadline: 13 November 2018)
• Japan Foundation Grants/Fellowship Programs
  (Internal Deadline: 22 November 2018)
• Applied Research Grants (ARG)
  (Internal Deadline: 23 November 2018)
• Technological Innovation 2030 – New Generation Artificial Intelligence Major Program
  科技創新2030 —“新一代人工智能”重大項目
  (Internal Deadline: 26 November 2018)
• National Key Technologies R&D Programme
  國家重點研發計劃
  (Internal Deadline: 29 November 2018 for item 1; 10 December 2018 for item 2-4)
• National Key Technologies R&D Programme (for Hong Kong Institutions)
  國家重點研發計劃
  (Internal Deadline: 10 December 2018)
• LSCM Projects funded by ITF
  (Internal Deadline: 14 December 2018)
• APAS Projects funded by ITF
  (Internal Deadline: 21 December 2018)
• EU/HK Research and Innovation Cooperation Co-funding Mechanism by the RGC
  (Internal Deadline: 3 January 2019 )
• ITF - University-Industry Collaboration Programme (UICP)
  Open all year round
• ITF - Better Living (FBL)
  Open all year round
• ITF - General Support Programme (GSP)
  Open all year round
• ITF - Public Sector Trial Scheme
  Open all year round
• HKRITA R&D Projects funded by ITF
  Open all year round
• Construction Innovation and Technology Fund (CITF)
  Open all year round
• Research Laboratories under Health@InnoHK or AIR@InnoHK
  Open all year round
• Public Policy Research (PPR) Scheme
  Open all year round
• BICI HK Collaborative Research Program (自主課題)
  Open all year round
  

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Report Forms

• SRG Progress Report Form
• CityU Research Grant Final Report Form
• RGC General Research Fund (GRF) (formerly known as CERG):
  • Progress Report Form (ERG 7)
  • Final Report Form (ERG 8)
  • Concluding Report (ERG 8A)
• RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) (formerly known as CAV):
  • Progress Report Form for Equipment Projects (CRF7E) (updated Sep 2015)
  • Completion Report Form for Equipment Projects (CRF8E) (updated Jan 2018)
  • Concluding Report Form for Equipment Projects (CRF9E) (updated Sep 2015)
  • Progress Report Form for GROUP RESEARCH Projects (CRF7G) (updated Sep 2015)
  • Completion Report Form for GROUP RESEARCH Projects (CRF8G) (updated Jan 2018)
  • Concluding Report Form for GROUP RESEARCH Projects (CRF9G) (updated Sep 2015)
• Public Policy Research Funding Scheme:
  • Progress Report Form (PPR 7)
  • Completion Report Form (PPR 8)
  • Concluding Report Form (PPR 8A)
• Germany/HK Joint Research Scheme
  • Interim Report
  • Final Report Form
• ESRC/RGC Joint Research Scheme:
  • Progress Report
  • Completion Report
• France/HK Joint Research Scheme
  • Interim Report
  • Completion Report
• NSFC/RGC
  • Annual Progress Report - Mid-term
  • Joint Completion Report

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Other Forms

• Nomination of RGC Panel Member (July 2012)
  • Prescribed Form of CV for Nomination for RGC Panel Membership (Annex A)
  • Nomination of RGC Panel Members (Annex B)
  • Annex B of GRF2 (reference file for filling in subject area codes)
• Ethics/Safety Application
  - Human Ethical Review Application Forms
  - Animal Ethical Review Application Forms
  - Safety Application
• Request for Varying the Terms of Research Grants
• Change of Principal Investigator (GRF & PPR)
• Response form for GRF project progress/completion

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Guidelines/Notes

• HRO Guidelines on Appointment of Research Support Staff
• Research Support Staff Salary Scales
• Notes for Recipients of GRF and ECS
• Notes for Recipients of Seed Grants
• Notes for Recipients of Start-up Grant for New Faculty (Feb 2014)
• Notes for Recipients of Strategic Research Grant (SRG)
• Guide to ITF Fund
• Guidelines for Applied Research Grant (ARG)
• Administrative Guidelines of Applied R & D Centres in Shenzhen

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