Research Impact Fund · $4 million - $10 million per project from RGC Up to $8 million - $20...
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Research Impact Fund
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Research Impact Fund
1. Background
2. Objectives
3. General Principles
4. Operational Framework
5. Examples
6. Timetable
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1. Background
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Background
• The 2017 Policy Address
• Review of the Research Grants Council (RGC) (Phase I)
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Background (Cont’d)
• Approved by the UGC and administered by the RGC
• Funded initially by UGC’s Central Allocation Vote
• $150 million available in the 2016-19 triennium
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2. Objectives
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Objectives
• To initiate a change in the local research culture
• To encourage a greater volume of collaborative research beyond academia
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3. General Principles
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General Principles
Applies to all eight UGC-funded universities
Operated on a competitive basis
Proposals on all academic disciplines are welcome
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General Principles (Cont’d)
Priority given to proposals :
that build upon previous work or
involving multiple disciplines or are problem-based
Matching funds
A longer-term and larger-scale grant supported
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4. Operational Framework
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Research Impact
• How to define research impact?
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Operational Framework
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Operational Framework (Cont’d) Assessment Criteria
• academic merit
• research impact
• others?
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Operational Framework (Cont’d)
Measurement of research impact
• How to capture and measure research impact?
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Operational Framework (Cont’d)
Evaluation Process • Two-stage application, i.e. preliminary proposal
and full proposal
• Evaluation by panel members, end users and through peer-review
• Interview
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Operational Framework (Cont’d)
Evaluation Process • How to engage potential beneficiaries to
participate in the proposal evaluation process?
• To avoid any conflict of interest, should we exclude local academics in the evaluation process?
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Operational Framework (Cont’d) Project duration and grant size
• Are the proposed project duration and grant size
appropriate? Up to 5 years
$4 million - $10 million per project from RGC
Up to $8 million - $20 million per project with
matching funds
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Operational Framework (Cont’d)
Project monitoring
• Mid-term review
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5. Examples
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Examples
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1. “Genomic and Molecular Studies of a Salinity Tolerance Locus in the Wild Soybean Genome”
2. “Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids”
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Examples
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3. “Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovating Technology”
4. “Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy”
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6. Timetable
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Timetable
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Timing Action
December 2017 – January 2018
To finalize the operational framework for the RIF and consult RGC and UGC
Early 2018 Issue call for proposals
Mid 2018 Shortlist for full proposals
December 2018 Assessment of proposals by RGC Selection interview
January 2019 Announcement of results
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Consultation Session
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Thank you
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