Facts and Figures 2009

Number of Projects and Amount Awarded by Research Grants Council General Research Fund 2008–09 Discipline Number of Projects Amount Awarded (HK$ million) Biology & Medicine 57 51.30 Engineering 50 23.21 Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies 42 26.48 Physical Sciences 36 17.93 Total 185 118.92 Distribution of Research Output 2007–08 * Items Numbers Journal Publications 2,545 Conference Papers 2,251 Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters 575 Creative and Literary Works, Consulting Reports and Case Studies 116 Patents, Agreements, Assignments and Companies 58 Others 844 Total 6,389 * For the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 Sources of External Research Funding 2007–08 ** HK$ million Percentage Research Grants Council / University Grants Committee 172.92 35.83% General Research Fund and Other Earmarked Research Grants 157.95 32.73% Direct Allocation 14.97 3.10% Government Departments and Agencies 59.92 12.41% Charitable, Trust and Individual Donations 75.62 15.67% Innovation and Technology Fund 38.62 8.00% Quality Education Fund 3.48 0.72% Industry and Others 132.09 27.37% Total 482.65 100% ** For the year ended 30 June 2008 Note: USD1 = HK$7.8 approx. 21