Facts and Figures 2008

Number of Projects and Amount Awarded by Research Grants Council Earmarked Research Grant 2007–08 Discipline Number of Projects Amount Awarded (HK$ million) Biology & Medicine 45 40.910 Engineering 51 28.609 Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies 42 25.073 Physical Sciences 29 12.894 Total 167 107.486 Research Output Distribution 2006–07 * Total: 6,607 items *  For the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 Major Sources of External Research Funding 2006–07 ** (HK$ million) Total: HK$383.73 million ** For the year ended 30 June 2007 Charitable, Trust and Individual Donations 51.60 (13.45%) Government Departments and Agencies 60.84 (15.85%) Quality Education Fund 8.03 (2.09%) Innovation and Technology Fund 44.07 (11.48%) Research Grants Council 135.33 (35.27%) Competitive and Other Earmarked Research Grants 121.21 (31.59%) Direct Allocation 14.12 (3.68%) Industry and Others 83.86 (21.86%) Conference Papers 2,075 (31.41%) Creative and Literary Works, Consulting Reports and Case Studies 72 (1.10%) Journal Publications 2,807 (42.49%) Patents, Agreements, Assignments and Companies 65 (0.98%) Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters 833 (12.61%) Other Outputs 755 (11.43%) 16 Research