Home  FAQs  Research Research UGC's Support on Research How does the UGC support research on the UGC-funded institutions? How does the UGC strengthen the research development in Hong Kong? What is the Research Endowment Fund? How does the Fund work? Why the UGC intends to introduce greater competitiveness in allocating research funding? What is the rationale behind the change to current funding arrangement for the research portion of the Block Grant and how will this be implemented? Can institutions manage the change? How will the research postgraduate places be competitively allocated? Are all institutions in support of this new move? The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) has been in place for some 17 years. Is there a need to review it? RGC's work How does the Research Grant Council (RGC) conduct its assessment of the research proposals? Who is eligible to apply for research funding from the RGC? Will institutions gain less research money if they focus on applied research? How will the achievements of the UGC-funded institutions in research be made known to the public? PhD What is Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme? When will the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2012/13 be launched? TRS What is Theme-based Research Scheme? KT How does the UGC support institutions to transfer their research outputs into real socio-economic benefits for the industries/businesses and the community? What is the UGC doing about "knowledge transfer" or "knowledge exchange"?