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A total of $105.92 million has been allotted to two research projects for eight years by the University Grants Committee.
Announcing the results of the fourth round of its Areas of Excellence scheme today, the committee said the decision was made following the advice of its Areas of Excellence Specialist Group.
The two projects are:
* Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids by the Chinese and Hong Kong Universities - $29.92 million earmarked; and,
* Control of Pandemic and Inter-pandemic Influenza, run by the Hong Kong, Chinese, Science & Technology, and Baptist Universities - $76 million earmarked.
University Grants Committee Chairman Laura Cha said she is very pleased to see that institutions have put tremendous effort into preparing the proposals and offered whole-hearted support to their research teams, as shown by the high quality of the proposals submitted, and their readiness to commit matching funding throughout the project duration.
The committee received 37 initial proposals from its seven funded institutions in the fourth round, covering a wide spectrum of research subjects in biology and medicine, physical sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences and business studies. Evaluation was undertaken by a review panel composed of predominantly overseas experts from the related fields.
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