Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2006

News in Brief 47 Sponsors Amount Involved Number of (HK$) Projects Supported Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists 515,941.66 2 Research Project Grant Cantonese Opera Development Fund 83,600 1 Council for the AIDS Trust Fund 1,817,429 3 France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 172,100 4 Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 99,600 4 Health and Health Services Research Fund 1,889,103 4 Hong Kong Arts Development Council 300,000 1 Hong Kong Lung Foundation Research Grant Award 50,000 1 Incentive Scheme for Developing Instructional Software 255,000 1 Innovation and Technology Fund 9,386,228 10 NSFC-RGC Joint Research Scheme 2,740,200 4 Ocean Park Conservation Foundation 138,000 1 Professional Services Development Assistance Scheme 138,000 1 Quality Education Fund 8,494,600 7 Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases 9,048,650 14 S.K. Yee Medical Foundation 483,000 1 Scoliosis Research Society 601,203.39 1 Tobacco Control Office, Department of Health, HKSAR 333,850 1 Research Grants Totalling HK$35.8 million for 61 Projects G rants totalling some HK$35.8 million from various local and overseas sponsors for projects undertaken by CUHK researchers were recorded during the period July to December 2006: RGC Research Grants 2006–2007 A total of 187 research proposals submitted by academic and research staff of the University have been awarded earmarked grants totalling HK$111.68 million from the Research Grants Council (RGC) this year. The University also received a direct allocation of HK$14.12 million to finance small projects. For 2006–07, the government has made available some HK$489.33 million for selected research proposals submitted by academic and research personnel in UGC-funded tertiary institutions and HK$65 million for direct allocation to the institutions to finance small projects. The 187 CUHK projects selected for earmarked grants fall into four subject disciplines: biology and medicine (60); engineering (48); physical sciences (32); and the humanities, social sciences and business studies (47).