What is the Research Grants Council (RGC)?
- The Research Grants Council is a non-statutory
advisory council operating under the aegis
of the Univeristy Grants Committee (UGC).
Its terms of reference are:
- To advise the SAR Government, through
the UGC, on the needs of the institutions
of higher education in Hong Kong in
the field of academic research, including
the identification of priority areas,
in order that a research base adequate
for the maintenance of academic vigour
and pertinent to the needs of Hong
Kong may be developed; and
- To invite and receive, through the
institutions of higher education,
applications for research grants from
academic staff and for the award of
studentships and post-doctoral fellowships;
to approve awards and other disbursements
from funds made available by the SAR
Government through the UGC for research;
to monitor the implementation of such
grants and to report at least annually
to the SAR Government through the
UGC.
- To advise the SAR Government, through
the UGC, on the needs of the institutions
of higher education in Hong Kong in
the field of academic research, including
the identification of priority areas,
in order that a research base adequate
for the maintenance of academic vigour
and pertinent to the needs of Hong
Kong may be developed; and