Faculty Development Scheme research grant for academic staff in Hong Kong

Why it fits you

Who can apply

Three different things not to mix up: the country where you study, your nationality and the country where you live when you apply.

Country of study

Hong Kong SAR China

Target level

Researcher

Fields of study

All fields

Other conditions

• You must be a full-time academic staff member employed by one of the local self-financing degree-awarding institutions, with a contract of at least one year, renewable, at the time the funding is awarded, and spend at least 80% of your time on locally accredited local degree or higher degree work at that institution.RequiredOrganisation’s wording: A full-time academic staff who is engaged by one of the local self-financing degree-awarding institutions with at least a one-year renewable contract with the institution at the time of funding award being made and spending at least 80% of time in locally-accredited local degree or higher degree work1 in the institution is eligible to submit application.
• Each eligible applicant may submit one application as Principal Investigator (PI) in each exercise.RequiredOrganisation’s wording: Each eligible applicant may submit one application in the capacity of Principal Investigator (PI) in each exercise.
• Applications must be made on the prescribed application form and submitted through your affiliated institution.RequiredOrganisation’s wording: Applications should be made in the prescribed application form and submitted through the applicant’s affiliated institution.
• Proposals are assessed primarily on academic quality by the Assessment Panel and by local and overseas external reviewers.Organisation’s wording: Proposals will be primarily evaluated in terms of academic quality by the Assessment Panel as well as local / overseas external reviewers.
• There is no eligibility requirement for Co-Investigators (Co-Is); they may be any personnel working in the same or a different local self-financing degree-awarding institution, in UGC-funded universities, or in other local or overseas institutions or organisations.Organisation’s wording: There is no eligibility requirement for Co-Is. They can be any personnel working in the same or different local self-financing degree-awarding institutions, the University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded universities, or other local / overseas institutions or organisations.

The real funding

What the opportunity pays, what is left for you to pay and the money to plan before leaving.

Length of the funding

36 months

Dates

Applications close

1 March 2027 at 17:00 GMT+8, time zone not specified

Application steps

In the order set by the programme. Open a step to see the details.

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   Step 1: Submit your application through your affiliated institution to the UGC Secretariat.

   With whom

   You and your affiliated institution.

   By when

   1 March 2027 at 17:00 GMT+8, time zone not specified

   Official link

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Where to apply