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To fund academic research into SARS, $12 million has been allocated by the University Grants Committee for the Research Grants Council.
Out of the sum, $10 million will be allocated as special project grants to support research work dedicated to the investigation of immediate issues directly related to SARS.
Applications are now being invited from the eight funded institutions. Allocation will be based on the usual peer-review process of the council and academic quality is the primary funding criterion.
Funding will be released in July.
An emergency grant of $1 million has been allocated to each of the two medical faculties of the Chinese University and the University of Hong Kong to support and strengthen their efforts in combating the disease.
The council has been funding research related to studies of viruses and pathogensis and has invested no less than $42 million in this particular area over the years.
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