Objective of the Award
The RGC Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) aims to provide sustained research support integrated with relief from teaching and administrative duties for outstanding researchers at Associate Professor rank at UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong, with a view to facilitating academics to dedicate their career to research and development as well as to give them the time and resources to nurture and train the next generation of local research talent for Hong Kong.
Award Amount
Around HK$5.3 million per award over a period of 60 months.
Other Information
RFS provides ten awards in each round of the yearly exercise. Each awardee will be conferred the title "RGC Research Fellow", and receive sustained support for a period of 60 months. The resource may be used for relief from teaching and administrative duties, as well as for research funding support covering salary costs for relief teachers and support for the research project including resources for staff, equipment, travel, subsistence and dissemination costs.
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