Applications to the Health & Medical Research Fund opened today.

The fund, administered by the Health Bureau, aims to encourage, facilitate and support health and medical research that can inform health policies, improve people's health, and enhance clinical excellence.

The fund also provides financial support to evidence-based health promotion projects that help people to adopt healthier lifestyles.

It is open to locally based tertiary institutions, hospitals, medical schools, non-governmental organisations and other appropriate centres, units and services.

Research proposals are invited in areas such as primary healthcare, non-communicable diseases, and Chinese medicine; the prevention, treatment and control of infectious diseases; advanced medical research that applies advanced technologies; and health promotion.

The grant ceiling is $1.5 million per project. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2025.