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Collaborative Research Fund

The Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) supports multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary projects to encourage cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional collaboration among UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong. It comprises three grant types: Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG), Collaborative Research Equipment Grant (CREG), and Young Collaborative Research Grant (YCRG). CRPG funds collaborative research projects, CREG funds major equipment or facilities, and YCRG supports early-stage academic staff in leading collaborative research.

Data last verified 2026-09-06 · sources & verification

Eligibility

Structured dimensions read from the official page. What do these mean? ↗

Career stage

Early Career, Mid Career, Senior

Applicant type

University

Institution type

University

Host country

HK

Organization type

University

Employment status

Academic Staff Members Of Ugc-Funded Universities With Full-Time Appointments, Spending At Least 80% Of Time In Degree Or Higher Degree Work, Wholly Funded By The University

Consortium

Required

Evidence: every dimension above is read from this scheme's official page — official page ↗.

Full eligibility text

Eligible applicants are academic staff members of UGC-funded universities with full-time appointments, primarily engaged in degree or higher degree work, and wholly funded by the university. For YCRG, the PC must be within three years of an Associate Professor appointment or within 12 years of post-doctoral experience. Visiting scholars are not eligible for YCRG.

Deadline

Not stated

Application form effort

0 form file(s) downloaded; unknown — form text found but limits not explicit

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Data sources & verification (for research-office review)

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Curated itemValue in this recordSource
Funding agency RGC www.ugc.edu.hk ↗
Country / funding source HK · RGC same page as above — www.ugc.edu.hk ↗
Deadline Not stated same page as above — www.ugc.edu.hk ↗
Funding amount Not stated on the official page same page as above — www.ugc.edu.hk ↗
Eligibility 7 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above same page as above — www.ugc.edu.hk ↗

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Not captured / obstacles

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