Calendar 2010–11

viii Facts and Figures Information as at 31 December 2009, unless otherwise specified Research Number of Projects and Amount Awarded by Research Grants Council General Research Fund 2009–10 Discipline Number of Projects Amount Awarded (HK$ million) Biology & Medicine 58 58.38 Engineering 43 27.13 Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies 57 27.45 Physical Sciences 26 14.52 Total 184 127.47 Distribution of Research Output 2008–09* Items Numbers Journal Publications 2,546 Conference Papers 2,440 Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters 587 Creative and Literary Works, Consulting Reports and Case Studies 113 Patents, Agreements, Assignments and Companies 49 Others 822 Total 6,557 Sources of External Research Funding 2008–09* HK$ million Percentage Research Grants Council / University Grants Committee General Research Fund and Other Earmarked Research Grants Direct Allocation 204.24 189.22 15.02 38.91% 36.04% 2.86% Government Departments and Agencies 86.88 16.55% Charitable, Trust and Individual Donations 74.88 14.26% Innovation and Techology Fund 41.50 7.91% Quality Education Fund 7.94 1.51% Industry and Others 109.52 20.86% Total 524.96 100% * For the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 Note: USD1 = HK$7.8 approx.