Areas of Excellence Scheme - Tenth Round Exercise Funding Results
Project Title
Participating
UGC-funded Universities#
Approved Budget*
(HK$ million)
Funding from
the RGC*
(HK$ million)
6G: Wireless Access and Connectivity for an Intelligent and Sustainable World CUHK, HKU, HKUST, PolyU

87.304

76.501

Quantitative History of China: Historical Roots of Recent Success and Future Development CUHK, HKBU, HKU, HKUST, LU

74.800

67.320

Total

162.104

143.821

# CUHK: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    HKBU: Hong Kong Baptist University
    HKU: The University of Hong Kong
    HKUST: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    LU: Lingnan University
    PolyU: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

* Inclusive of indirect costs / on-costs. The RGC’s funding allocation for the AoE Scheme 2022/23 exercise is around HK$144 million. The remaining about HK$18 million of the approved budget will be matched by the universities concerned.