Call for Proposals – Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme 2021-22

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Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (PICO) is calling for proposals for Strategic Public Policy Funding Scheme 2021-22 (SPPR) under which 14 strategic themes are included for this round of exercise, namely :

 

(1) Development Opportunities from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area under the National 14th Five-Year Plan

(2) “Dual Circulation” and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in Synergy with the Belt and Road Initiative

(3) Belt and Road Initiative: Economic and Trade Co-operation Zones

(4) Big Data / Smart City

(5) Innovation and Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Re-Industrialization

(6) Alternative Procurement Models for Major Infrastructure Projects

(7) Developing Green Finance in Hong Kong

(8) Consolidating Hong Kong’s Position as an International Logistics Hub

(9) Transitional Housing

(10) Children, Youth and Family Development

(11) Ageing Population

(12) Healthcare Innovations in the Post-COVID 19 Pandemic Era

(13) Manpower Supply and Development

(14) Waste Management in the Post-COVID 19 Pandemic Era

 

Project Duration

3 to 5 years

 

Funding Limit

Ranging from HK$3 million to HK$5 million

 

Quota

Maximum number of PPR/SPPR projects that a PI can hold concurrently is TWO normally

 

Eligibility and Application Procedures

  • academics, teaching/research staff who are teaching or eligible to teach a course in undergraduate programmes or above
  • visiting scholars/adjunct professors/honorary professors/emeritus professors who are teaching or eligible to teach a course in undergraduate programmes or above

 

For details, please refer to the Guidance Notes.   Interested faculty members please email the completed application form to Research Office on or before the deadline.

 

Deadline

17 August 2021 (Tuesday)

Event Format
Language
English
Recommended For
Faculty and staff
Organizer
Research Office on behalf of Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office
Contact

Celia LEE (Email : rocelia@ust.hk, Tel : 3469 2789)

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