External Funding

External Grants

Open For Applications

Deadlines

Research Grants

Research Grants Council Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector

1. Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)
2. Institutional Development Scheme Collaborative Research Grant (IDSC)
3. Institutional Development Scheme Research Infrastructure Grant (IDSR)
4. Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS)

November

1 March

Public Policy Research Funding Scheme

Open all year round

Open all year round

Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme

June

August

Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITF)

February

May

Partnership Research Programme (ITF)

Open all year round

Open all year round

Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (ITF)

September

November

Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme (ITF)

April

May

Teaching Development Grants or Non-Research Grants

Chief Executive (CE)’s Community Project List

January

February

Enhancement and Start-up Grant Scheme for Self-financing Post-secondary Education

December

April

Quality Enhancement Support Scheme

November

February