To improve the effectiveness of the evaluation
mechanism, the RGC endorsed the formation of a new subject panel and two sub-panels to assess the
applications submitted under various research funding
schemes:
(a) a Business Studies Panel be established under the
RGC to replace the Business Studies Sub-Panel;
(b) the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business
Studies Panel be renamed as the Humanities and Social Sciences Panel;
(c) a Mechanical, Civil & Materials Engineering and
System Design Sub-Panel be formed under the Engineering Panel; and
(d) an Arts and Humanities Sub-Panel be formed
under the Humanities and Social Sciences Panel.