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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

• Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) Funding Scheme
  (Internal Deadline: 17 July 2017)
• The Science Technology and Innovation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality
  深圳市科技計劃軟科學研究項目
  (Internal Deadline: 28 July 2017)
• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Major Program for the 13th Five-Year Plan
  國家自然科學基金"十三五"重大項目
  (Internal Deadline: 4 August 2017)
• Shenzhen Science and Technology Funding Programs
  深圳市科技計劃
  - 基礎研究自由探索項目
  (Internal Deadline: 8 August 2017)
• Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme (PASS)
  (Internal Deadline: 21 August 2017)
• Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science Fund for the13th Five-year Plan
  廣東省哲學社會科學"十三五"規劃項目
  - 後期資助項目
  (Internal Deadline: 29 August 2017)
• Construction Industry Council Research Fund (CIC)
  (Internal Deadline: 18 September 2017)
• Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program
  (Internal Deadline: 3 October 2017)
• Fulbright Hong Kong Scholar Program
  (Internal Deadline: 20 October 2017)
• 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
• 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 Sep 2015)
  • 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 Sep 2015)
  • 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)
• Funding and Administrative Guidelines for Successful ITF Applicants
• Guidelines for Applied Research Grant (ARG) (Sept 2014)
• Administrative Guidelines of Applied R & D Centres in Shenzhen

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