NSFC/RGC 8 (Revised 10/15)
RGC Ref.:
NSFC Ref. :
(please insert ref. above)
The Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Joint Completion Report
(Please attach a copy of the completion report submitted to the NSFC
by the Mainland researcher)
Part A:
The Project and Investigator(s)
1. Project Title
2. Investigator(s) and Academic Department/Units Involved
Hong Kong Team
Mainland Team
Name of Principal
Investigator (with title)
Post
Unit / Department /
Institution
Contact Information
Co-investigator(s)
(with title and
institution)
3. Project Duration
Original
Revised
Date of RGC/
Institution Approval
( must be quoted)
Project Start date
Project Completion date
Duration
(in month)
Deadline for Submission of
Completion Report
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4. Project Expenditure
4.1
Sources of funding (to be completed by Hong Kong PI only)
Sources of funding
Amount (HK$)
Sources of funding
Amount (RMB)
RGC*
NSFC
Institution
Others (please specify)
Total budget
* The RGC funding is a one-line vote. However, this applies to budget items as set out in the
approved budget only.
4.2
Budget & Expenditure of the Hong Kong Team
Direct Cost
Revised budget
after approval
Actual Expenditure
Supporting staff
Equipment
Outsourcing of Research Work
Outside Hong Kong
General expenses
Conference(s)
High-performance Computing
Services*
Research-related Software License
/ Dataset*
Total
* the RGC funding is a one-line vote except for approved items of “High-performance
Computing Services” and “Software license / dataset”.
4.3
Balance: HK$
(
% of RGC budget; refund arranged / to be arranged)
Part B:
The Completion Report
5. Project Objectives
5.1 Objectives as per original application
1.
2.
3. ....
5.2
Revised Objectives
Date of approval from the RGC:
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Reasons for the change:
1.
2.
3. ....
5.3
Realisation of the objectives
(maximum 1 page; please state how and to what extent the project objectives have been
achieved; give reasons for under-achievements and outline attempts to overcome
problems, if any)
5.4
Summary of objectives addressed to date
Objectives
Addressed
Percentage achieved
(as per 5.1/5.2 above)
(please tick)
(please estimate)
1.
2.
3.
4.
6. Research Outcome
Major findings and research outcome
(maximum 1 page; please make reference to Part C where necessary)
Potential for further development of the research and the proposed course of action
(maximum half a page)
7. The Layman’s Summary
(describe in layman’s language the nature, significance and value of the research project, in
no more than 200 words)
Part C:
Research Output
8. Peer-reviewed journal publication(s) arising directly from this research project
(Please attach a copy of each publication and/or the letter of acceptance if not yet submitted
in the previous progress report(s). All listed publications must acknowledge RGC’s
funding support by quoting the specific grant reference.)
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The Latest Status of Publications
Year of
Year of
Under
Under
publication Acceptance Review Preparation
(For paper
accepted but
(optional)
not yet
published)
Author(s)
(bold the
authors
belonging to
the project
teams and
denote the
corresponding
author with an
asterisk*)
Title and
Journal/
Book
(with the
volume,
pages and
other
necessary
publishing
details
specified)
Submitted to Attached Acknowledge Accessible
RGC
to this
d the support from the
(indicate the report (Yes of this Joint institutional
year ending or No)
Research
repository
of the
Scheme
(Yes or No)
relevant
(Yes or No)
progress
report)
9. Recognized international conference(s) in which paper(s) related to this research
project was/were delivered (Please attach a copy of each delivered paper. All listed
papers must acknowledge RGC’s funding support by quoting the specific grant reference.)
Month/Year/ Title
Place
Conference Name
Submitted Attached Acknowledged
to RGC
to this
the support of
(indicate the report
this Joint
year ending (Yes or No) Research
of the
Scheme
relevant
progress
report)
Accessible
from the
institutional
repository
(Yes or No)
(Yes or No)
10. Student(s) trained (Please attach a copy of the title page of the thesis.)
Name
Degree registered for
Date of registration
Date of thesis
submission/
graduation
11. Other impact (e.g. award of patents or prizes, collaboration with other research
institutions, technology transfer, etc.)
12. Public access of completion report
(Please specify the information, if any, that cannot be provided for public access and
give the reasons.)
Information that cannot be
provided for public access
Reasons
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Hong Kong Principal Investigator
Mainland Principal Investigator
Signature:
Signature:
Name:
Name:
Date:
Date:
Note:
Principal Investigators of projects approved in 2010/2011 onwards are
required to release the completion reports to the public through the RGC
website. Completion reports containing information such as abstracts in
non-technical terms, objectives, research output including the list of
conference papers / publications / journals and research findings and contact
information of PIs should be open to public access.
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