News

15 May 2017 

UGC launches Research Impact Fund (RIF)

To echo one of the policy objectives of the CE's 2017 Policy Address, UGC has decided to set up a pilot competitive research funding scheme called the Research Impact Fund (the Fund) to encourage more impactful research and foster more collaborative efforts with stakeholders beyond academia. 

The ultimate objective of the Fund is to initiate a change in the local research culture by inviting the local academics to consider and articulate the potential of research to deliver benefit for the wider community. As a start, the UGC would allocate an annual sum of $50 million from the UGC Central Allocation Votefor the implementation of the Fund. The Fund will be administered by the Research Grants Council. A detailed operational framework for launching the Fund will be worked out in the second half of 2017. The first call for proposals is expected to be issued in early 2018. 

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More information:

http://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/ugc/about/press_speech_other/press/2017/pr15052017.html

http://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/ugc/events/2017/ev14112017.html