Funding Support

Internal Grants	Open For Applications	Deadlines
The University Research Start-up Fund The Fund aims to help new academic staff who have served the University continuously for not more than three years at the time of application to develop research proposals for applying for the Research Grants Council (RGC) competitive research funding scheme for self-financing tertiary institutions. The maximum amount of financial support for each application is capped at HK$10,000. Details	Early September	Early October
Grant for Research Support The Grant supports academic staff members to present their papers at local/ overseas conferences and to conduct general research activities or short-term research visits. For conference presentation, the grant covers registration fee, accommodation, travelling and meal costs. For general research activities, reimbursable items include editorial, submission and publication fees, data collection expenses, recruitment of research helpers and subscription fee of local library services. For short-term research visits, the grant supports mainly the travelling cost. Details	Open all year round	Open all year round
Strategic Development Grant The Grant supports schools and departments to undertake projects or initiatives that will contribute to the strategic development of the University/School/Department. Details	April	Late August
Student Independent Research Grant The Grant supports undergraduate students to conduct independent interdisciplinary research initiated by themselves during their 3rd or 4th year of studies. Details	April	Mid-August