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RGC Ref. No.:
((to be assigned and filled in by institution)
RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL
COMPETITIVE RESEARCH FUNDING SCHEMES FOR
THE LOCAL SELF-FINANCING DEGREE SECTOR 2016/17
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IDS)
Application Form (IDS1)
Important Notes to the Applicant
1.
The Research Grants Council (RGC) will stop processing the application further if:
(i) it has incomplete or insufficient data / information provided;
(ii) it has inconsistent / inaccurate information; and / or
(iii) it fails to comply with any of the requirements as set out in this Application Form and / or the
Guidance Notes IDS2 (Oct 2015).
2.
An application may result in disqualification of the application and debarring from applying future
UGC / RGC grants if:
(i) the application is found to have exceeded the allowable page / word limits in various sections;
(ii) the applicant fails to declare as required in Section 3 and 5 of Part II of this Application Form;
(iii) the applicant fails to disclose conflict of interests; and / or
(iv) the applicant is found to have research misconduct.
3.
An application will be regarded as withdrawn case if the applicant fails to obtain the approval as
required in Part II Item 5 of this Application Form by 30 June 2016 or the institution declared that
no approval was required in such section but the RGC / Panel eventually considered otherwise.
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Non-supported items including personal electronic devices and necessary infrastructural and
overhead supports such as normal academic equipment, consumables, postage, fax, stationery,
reference books, overseas telephone charges, etc. supposed to be provided by institutions should not
be included in the budget.
5.
To safeguard the interests of the researcher and the institution, awardee institution bears the
primary responsibility for prevention, detection and investigation of research misconduct, including
but not limiting to misusing of funds, data falsification, plagiarism and double-dipping.
6.
RGC reserves the right to impose penalty on any institution which fails to screen out non-compliant
applications.
7.
Unless otherwise specified, the additional information and change to the application after deadline
will not be accepted in any circumstances.
8.
The Secretariat will not seek further information from the applicant except that Reviewers /
Committee request for clarification on specific information. In that case, response from the
applicant must be consolidated and submitted via the Research Office / Coordinator.
9.
Deadline for application: 1 March 2016.
[Please tick ‘’ in the box to confirm.]
This is to confirm that the applicant has read and fully understand the requirements as set
out in this Application Form, the IDS2 (Oct 2015), and the Circular for the Call for
Proposals.1
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This application will not be processed further without confirming this statement.
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PART I
1.
SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSAL
Particulars of the Applicant
(Please use the name as shown in the Hong Kong Identity Card or passport)
(a) Title: Professor / Dr / Mr / Ms / Miss / Mrs* Please delete as appropriate
(English) Surname:
Other Names:
(capital letters)
(Chinese):
Post title:
Institution:
Contact Tel. no.:
Email:
Institution website (if any):
2.
Particulars of Project Team
(a) List of Project Team Members
Capacity
Title / Surname (in
capital letters) / other
names
Post
Unit / Department
/ Institution
Team Leader
(TL)
*Team Member
(TM)
*Please copy and paste the row to add more entries
(b) Curriculum vitae (CV) of project team member(s)
[For the Applicant / TL and each TM, please attach a maximum of two A4-sized pages CV
per person in the following format with chronological order.]
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Name
Academic qualifications (with dates)
Previous academic positions held (with dates)
Present academic position (with dates)
Previous relevant research work
Publication records
 Five most representative publications in recent five years
 Five representative publications beyond the recent five-year period with the
latest publication entered first
(vii) Others (please specify):
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3.
Particulars of the Project
(a) Title of Project
English:
Chinese:
(b) Abstract of the proposed programme on research
(Maximum of one A4-sized page in standard RGC format [please refer to IDS2 para. 7
under “General” Section.])
(c) Implementation time-table (Annex A)
(Maximum of two A4-sized page in standard RGC format)
(d) Project Duration:
months (Maximum 36 months)
(e) Funding Requested
[The amount shown here should be the same as that shown in Part II 3(a) below.]
(f) Total amount requested in this application:
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HK$
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PART II
DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT
PROJECT DETAILS
1.
Impact and Objectives
(Maximum of two A4-sized pages in standard RGC format for the long-term impact and
project objectives)
(a) Long-term impact
[State how the proposal will help the institution to build and improve the research capacity in
its strategic areas in a long run.]
(b) Project Objectives
[Please list the objectives in point form.]
2.
Project descriptions
(Maximum of four A4-sized pages in standard RGC format [please refer to IDS2 para. 7] for
each item below)
(a) Programme on Research:
Proposal on organization of Conference / Seminar / Workshop / Exchange
Programme or a series of activities that support research
(b) Asset Purchase and Infrastructure / Physical Research Structure Establishment :
Proposal on (i) asset purchase, such as acquisition of research facilities, communal
equipment, software licence, dataset, and/ or (ii) infrastructure / physical research
structure building, such as research centre, research supporting unit, please provide a
Facilities and Equipment Development Plan.
(c) Support Staff Development Plan
(e.g. administrative and technical supporting staff to be employed to support research
activities)
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PROJECT FUNDING
3.
Cost and justification
(a) Estimated cost and resource implications:
[The budget plan should be made in conjunction to the milestones set out in the
Implementation Time-table in Annex A. Please refer to Part II item 3 of the Guidance
Notes (IDS2) and SF-DAMA for items permissible in the budget. Please insert ‘NA’ / ‘Nil’
where applicable.]
Year 1
(HK$)
(i)
Research support activities
[please itemize each activity]
(ii)
Facilities and Equipment (including
equipment / software licence)
[please itemize and provide quotations
for each item costing over HK$200,000.]
(iii) Supporting Staff
[please itemize each staff member]
1. Post:
2. Monthly salary x no. of months:
(HK$
)x(
)
(iv)
Total Cost of the Project
(i) + (ii) + (iii)
Less: Deduction Items
(v)
Other funds secured from other
sources
(vi)
Sub-total (iv) - (v)
(vii) Auditing Expenses
(viii) Total amount requested in this
application (vi) + (vii)
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Year 2
(HK$)
Year 3
(HK$)
Total
(HK$)
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(b) Justification for each category / item of the budget in Section 3(a) above:
[Detailed justification should be given in order to support the request for each item below.
Failure to provide quotations will not be considered.]
(Maximum of one A4-sized page in RGC standard format for each item)
(i) Research support activities
(ii) Facilities and equipment
(iii) Supporting staff
(c) Declaration on the Equipment / Procurement:
(i)
I declare that no equipment is required.
OR
(ii)
I declare that the equipment indicated in 3(a)(ii) above is not available
in the institution.
OR
(iii) I declare that all or some of the equipment (please provide details in
the following) indicated in 3(a)(ii) above is available in the institution
but additional sets are needed in view of the following reasons.
Details and Reasons: (Maximum of one A4-sized page in standard RGC format)
(d) Declaration on the research-related software licence / dataset
(i)
I declare that no research-related software licence / dataset is required.
OR
(ii)
I declare that the research-related software licence / dataset indicated
in 3(a)(ii) above is not available in the institution.
OR
(iii) I declare that all or some of the research-related software licence /
dataset (please provide details in the following) indicated in 3(a)(ii)
above is available in the institution but additional sets are needed in
view of the following reasons.
Details and Reasons: (Maximum of one A4-sized page in standard RGC format)
(e) Is / Are there any similar / related proposal(s) being submitted by the applicant to
other competitive funding schemes of the UGC / RGC / other funding agency(ies)
(e.g. Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong Jockey Club, etc.)?
Yes
No
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If yes, please give the following details:
(Maximum of one A4-sized page in standard RGC format)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
The funding agency(ies) and the funding programme(s)
Reference No(s).
Project title(s)
A brief account of the proposal(s) including month and year of application and
an explanation on the differences between the proposal(s) concerned and this
application
(f) Is / Are there any similar / related proposal(s) of the has / have already funded by
other competitive funding schemes of the UGC / RGC / other funding agency(ies)
(e.g. Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong Jockey Club, etc.)?
Yes
No
If yes, please give the following details:
(Maximum of twoA4-sized pages in standard RGC format)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
The funding agency(ies) and the funding programme(s)
Reference No(s).
Project title(s)
A brief account of the proposal(s) including month and year of application and
an explanation on the differences between the proposal(s) concerned and this
application
(g) Is / Are there any component(s) of program activities included in the proposal has /
have already funded by other competitive funding schemes (ecluding IDS) of the
UGC / RGC / other funding agency(ies) (e.g. Innovation and Technology
Commission, Hong Kong Jockey Club, etc.)?
Yes
No
If yes, please give the following details:
(Maximum of one A4-sized page in standard RGC format)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
The funding agency(ies) and the funding programme(s)
Reference No(s).
Project title(s)
A brief account of the proposal(s) including month and year of application and
an explanation on the differences between the proposal(s) concerned and this
application.
(h) Is there any on-going IDS project held by the institution?
If YES, please complete Part I & II of Annex B, Annex C.
If NO, please complete Part I of Annex B.
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4.
Funds secured or to be secured
(a) Other research funds to be or are being sought for this equipment proposed:
[If funds under this item are secured, the amount to be awarded may be reduced.]
Source
Amount (HK$)
(b) Other funds already secured for these activities proposed:
[If funds under this item are secured, the amount to be awarded may be reduced.]
Source
Amount (HK$)
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ANCILLARY INFORMATION
5.
Research Ethics / Safety Approval and Access to Government / Official / Private
Data and Records
[Please refer to Part II item 5 of the Guidance Notes (IDS2) for the responsibilities and
implications]
(a) Research Ethics / Safety Approval
(i)
I confirm that the research proposal
involves human subjects.
OR
does not involve human subjects.
(ii)
Please tick ‘’ in the appropriate boxes to confirm if approval for the
respective ethics and / or safety issues is required and has been / is being
obtained from the institution. Applicant is encouraged to seek necessary
approval before application deadline as far as possible.
Approval not
required
Approval
obtained
Approval
being sought
Human research ethics
Animal research ethics
Biological safety
Ionizing radiation safety
Non-ionizing radiation safety
Chemical Safety
(iii) If approval is required by other authorities, please indicate below the names
of the authorities and the prospects of obtaining such approval. If not
applicable, please put down ‘N.A.’.
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Names of authority(ies):
(b) Access to Government / Official / Private Data and Records
(i)
Is access to Government or official or private data and records critical to the
research proposal?
Yes
No
If approval is required, please indicate below the names of the agency(ies) of
obtaining such approval.
(ii)
Please tick ‘’ in the appropriate boxes to confirm if approval for access to the
related data / records has been / is being obtained from the relevant agency(ies).
If approval has been obtained, please provide evidence.
Names of agency(ies)
Approval not
required
Approval
obtained
Approval
being sought
[Note: Applicant is encouraged to seek necessary approval as far as possible.]
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6.
Release of completion report, data archive possibilities and public access of
publications resulting from research funded by the RGC
(a) Is the proposed project likely to generate data set(s) of retention value?
Yes
No
If yes, please describe the nature, quantity and potential use of the data set(s) in
future.
(b) Are you willing to make the data set(s) available to others for reference twelve
months after the publication of research results or the completion of this proposed
project?
Yes
No
I understand that the RGC will release the completion report to the public and only
considers data archiving requests after the completion of the RGC-funded project. The
RGC has full discretion in funding the archiving requests. Data sets archived with RGC
funds will require users to acknowledge the originator and the RGC. The originator will
also be provided with copies of all publications derived from the use of the data.
Applicant
Signature :
Name :
(in BLOCK letters)
Designation :
Institution :
Date :
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PART III
DECLARATION OF INSTITUTION
(Please tick ‘’ as appropriate in the boxes)
1.
Eligibility Requirement for IDS
I confirm that:
(a)
the institution has evaluated and supported the application before
submission to the RGC;
(b)
the institution will abide by the in-house guidelines of the institution, as
well as the relevant guidelines as set out by the ICAC regarding
procurement of facilities / equipment / services and for recruitment of
supporting staff;
(c)
the institution will inform the RGC as soon as there is a change in the
Team Leader and will recommend to the RGC for approval of a suitable
new Team Leader to coordinate the funded project once it is funded and
commenced;
(d)
the institution understands that the IDS grant, if given, will be withdrawn
if the project does not start within one year of the announcement of
funding result; and
(e)
if the project is approved, the institution may top-up partially funded
projects from other funding sources to ensure that these projects are being
realistically worked towards their goals. Apart from contributions
towards specialized equipment, the institution will provide necessary
infrastructural and overhead supports, such as normal academic
equipment, consumables, postage, fax, stationery, reference books,
overseas telephone charges, etc. to the approved projects where
appropriate.
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2.
Support to the project
I fully understand that the primary duty, having received RGC grant, is to complete the
project according to plan and I hereby confirm that:
*
**
(a)
the research project under this IDS application is in line with the role of
the institution ;
(b)
the institution will submit annual progress reports and completion /
concluding* report to RGC according to designated time;
(c)
the institution understands that the RGC grant, if given, will be
withdrawn if the programme does not implement according to schedule
without justification and to the satisfaction of the RGC;
(d)
the institution should return all unspent grant including annual interest to
RGC within six months after the confirmation of refund from RGC; and
(e)
the relevant research ethics / safety approval, if applicable, as stated in
Part II item 5 is genuine and up-to-date.**
If the project is not completed in accordance with the approved completion time, institutions are required to
submit a concluding report to the RGC within 6 months of termination of a project. Details please refer to
SF-DAMA.
No response is required for Item 3 below if ethics / safety approval is not necessary.
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3.
Declaration of Research Ethics / Safety Approval and Access to Government /
Official / Private Data and Records
(a) Research Ethics / Safety Approval
I have examined the research proposal and confirm that:
(i)
the research proposal does not involve human subjects.
OR
the research proposal involves human subjects
and human research ethics
approval has been obtained.
approval is being sought.
exemption has been obtained.
exemption is being sought.
(ii)
the approval of the appropriate authority(ies) is / are not required or has been /
will be obtained in respect of the following:
Approval not
required
Animal research ethics
Biological safety
Ionizing radiation safety
Non-ionizing radiation safety
Chemical Safety
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Approval
obtained
Approval
being sought
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For 2(e) above where approval is required, the institution will ensure that such approval will
be obtained and provided to the RGC by 30 June 2016, otherwise the institution understands
that the RGC will regard this IDS application as a withdrawn case and will stop further
processing it.
Signature :
Title / Name :
(in BLOCK letters)
Institution :
Date :
UGC Secretariat
October 2015
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Annex A
Research Grants Council
Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector
Institutional Development Scheme (IDS) 2016/17
Implementation Time-table
Project Reference:
Institution:
Project Title:
Year
Start Date
(Month / Year)
Milestones
1
1. Please complete
2.
…
2
1. Please complete
2.
…
3
1. Please complete
% of Project expected
to be completed
2.
…
100%
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Annex B
Research Grants Council
Competitive Research Funding Schemes
for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector
Institutional Development Scheme (IDS) 2016/17
One-page Summary1
Part I
Proposal Ref.:
Requested Amount:
Proposal Title:
Institution:
Key Objectives and Major
Deliverables (in bullet form):
Key Objectives:
Major Deliverables:
Part II
On-going Project Ref.:
Amount Funded:
Project Title:
Key Objectives and Major
Deliverables (in bullet form):
Key Objectives:
Major Deliverables:
(For institution with an
on-going IDS project)
Please explain why a new
IDS project is necessary in
addition to the on-going
project2. (in bullet form)
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2
Please use RGC Format. (Font: Times New Roman; Font Size: 12 point; Margin: 1-inch all around; Spacing:
Single-line spacing)
If two projects are related, please elucidate why the proposed project is needed and how their deliverables
complement with each other.
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Annex C
Research Grants Council
Competitive Research Funding Schemes
for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector
Institutional Development Scheme (IDS) 2016/17
Utilization of Asset funded by IDS
Please copy and paste the table below to add more entries
Item
(e.g. research facilities,
communal
equipment,
software licence, dataset)
Project Title
Reference number
Project status*
Brand /Model
(if applicable)
Current status
Level of utilization
Upgrade plan
Other remarks
* Please delete as appropriate
On-going / Completed