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Funding Results
2026/27 (Fourteenth Round)
2025/26 (Thirteenth Round)
2024/25 (Twelfth Round)
2023/24 (Eleventh Round)
2022/23 (Tenth Round)
2020/21 (Ninth Round)
2018/19 (Eighth Round)
2016/17 (Seventh Round)
2013/14 (Sixth Round)
2009/10 (Fifth Round)
2007/08 (Fourth Round)
2003/04 (Third Round)
2001/02 (Second Round)
1999/20 (First Round)
Reflective Reports
2026/27 (Fourteenth Round)
2025/26 (Thirteenth Round)
2024/25 (Twelfth Round)
2023/24 (Eleventh Round)
2022/23 (Tenth Round)
2020/21 (Ninth Round)
Layman Summaries
2026/27 (Fourteenth Round)
2025/26 (Thirteenth Round)
2024/25 (Twelfth Round)
2023/24 (Eleventh Round)
2022/23 (Tenth Round)
2020/21 (Ninth Round)
2018/19 (Eighth Round)
2016/17 (Seventh Round)
2013/14 (Sixth Round)
2009/10 (Fifth Round)
2007/08 (Fourth Round)
2003/04 (Third Round)
2001/02 (Second Round)
1999/20 (First Round)
Completion Reports
2013/14 (Sixth Round)
Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function (AoE/M-05/12)
Mechanistic Basis of Synaptic Development, Signalling and Neuro-disorders (AoE/M-09/12)
Novel Wave Functional Materials for Manipulating Light and Sound (AoE/P-02/12)
2009/10 (Fifth Round)
Center for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Research (AoE/M-06/08)
Institute of Network Coding (AoE/E-02/08)
Institute of Molecular Functional Materials (AoE/P-03/08)
Theory, Modeling, and Simulation of Emerging Electronics (AoE/P-04/08)
The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society (AoE/H-01/08)
2007/08 (Fourth Round)
Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids (AoE/M-04/06)
Control of Pandemic and Inter-Pandemic Influenza (AoE/M-12/06)
2003/04 (Third Round)
Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology (AoE/P-04/04)
Developmental Genomics and Skeletal Research (AoE/M-04/04)
2001/02 (Second Round)
Molecular Neuroscience: Basic Research and Drug Discovery (AoE/B-15/01)
Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis (AoE/P-10/01)
Chinese Medicine Research and Further Development (AoE/B-10/01)
1999/20 (First Round)
Information Technology (AoE/E-01/99)
Center for Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology (formerly known as "Plant and Fungal Biotechnology") (AoE/B-07/99)
Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy (AoE/H-05/99)
* The views expressed in the above reports/summaries are written by the project team, and do not necessarily represent those of the University Grants Committee / Research Grants Council.
IMPORTANT DATES
2020
03
/
11
Application submission
23
/
11
1st Round assessment
2021
16
/
01
2nd Round assessment
18
/
05
3rd Round assessment
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