Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2001

R e s e a r c h G r a n t s T o t a l l i n g H K $ 1 0 6 m i l l i o n f o r 2 5 P r o j e c t s No n - UGC grant s t o t a l l i ng some HK$106 m i l l i o n f r om other local and overseas sponsors for projects unde r t aken b y C U HK researchers were recorded during the period f r om A p r i l to November 2001: Sponsors Amount Involved Number of Projects Supported AIDS Foundation HK$144,200 1 Asian Food Information Centre HK$11,968 1 Education Division, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (funding from Quality Education Fund) HK$1,000,000 1 Health Care and Promotion Fund HK$1,476,832 3 Health Services Research Fund HK$77,217 1 Hong Kong Sports Development Board HK$100,050 1 Innovation and Technology Fund HK$18,525,800 4 Innovation and Technology Fund and BioEngine Innovations Ltd. HK$1,292,000 1 Innovation and Technology Fund and Cluster Technology Ltd. HK$10,512,000 1 Innovation and Technology Fund and Kinetana Hong Kong Herbal Pharmaceuticals Ltd. HK$5,500,000 1 Non-profit Sector Research Fund, Aspen Institute US$50,000 1 Quality Education Fund HK$66,216,300 5 S.K. Yee Medical Foundation HK$500,000 1 The Council for World Mission £25,000 1 The Croucher Foundation HK$700,000 2 Research Highlights To generate more interest i n the University's research activities, the Chinese University Bulletin continues to bring to readers highlights of research projects supported b y the Research Grants Council and other sponsors. Two such articles, one o n cross-cultural managemen t , and the other o n the hea l t h benefits of exercise programmes for the elderly i n Ho ng Kong , can be f ound o n pages 38-44. 37