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Areas of Excellence Scheme
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IMPORTANT DATES
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) pdf file
  • Mechanistic Basis of Synaptic Development, Signalling and Neuro-disorders (AoE/M-09/12) pdf file
  • Novel Wave Functional Materials for Manipulating Light and Sound (AoE/P-02/12) pdf file
2009/10 (Fifth Round)
  • Center for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Research (AoE/M-06/08) pdf file
  • Institute of Network Coding (AoE/E-02/08) pdf file
  • Institute of Molecular Functional Materials (AoE/P-03/08) pdf file
  • Theory, Modeling, and Simulation of Emerging Electronics (AoE/P-04/08) pdf file
  • The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society (AoE/H-01/08) pdf file
2007/08 (Fourth Round)
  • Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids (AoE/M-04/06) pdf file
  • Control of Pandemic and Inter-Pandemic Influenza (AoE/M-12/06) pdf file
2003/04 (Third Round)
  • Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology (AoE/P-04/04) pdf file
  • Developmental Genomics and Skeletal Research (AoE/M-04/04) pdf file
2001/02 (Second Round)
  • Molecular Neuroscience: Basic Research and Drug Discovery (AoE/B-15/01) pdf file
  • Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis (AoE/P-10/01) pdf file
  • Chinese Medicine Research and Further Development (AoE/B-10/01) pdf file
1999/20 (First Round)
  • Information Technology (AoE/E-01/99) pdf file
  • Center for Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology (formerly known as "Plant and Fungal Biotechnology") (AoE/B-07/99) pdf file
  • Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy (AoE/H-05/99) pdf file
* 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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