Public Policy Research Funding Scheme

Project No.:

Public Policy Research Funding Scheme

Mid-term ProgressReport

(for projects of duration longer than one year)

Report for the period: / to

(DD/MM/YYYY) (DD/MM/YYYY)

Part A:The Project and Investigator(s)

Project Title:

(English)
(Chinese)

Particulars of PI and Co-Is

Name / Post / Institution#/
Think Tank
PrincipalInvestigator
(PI)
Co-investigator(s)
(Co-I(s))
Co-investigator(s)
(Co-I(s))

# For PI and Co-I(s) in tertiary institutions, please also specify unit/department.

Project Duration

Original
Date/Duration / Revised
Date/Duration
(if applicable) / PICO Approval Date
for revision
(must be quoted)
Project Start Date
Project Completion Date
Duration (in month)
Deadline for Submission of Completion Report

Project Expenditure

4.1Sources of Funding

Source / Amount (HK$)
PPRbudget
Others (please specify)

4.2Budget and Expenditure

Direct cost / Budget
approved
by PICO
(HK$) / Expenditure
incurred up
to the last
reporting
period
(HK$)
(a) / Expenditure
incurred
in current
reporting
period
(HK$)
(b) / Expenditure
to date
(HK$)
(a + b)
Research supportstaff
Public dissemination
Conference expenses
Relief teacher
Others (please specify)
Total
4.3 / Balance: HK$
( /
% of PPRbudget)

Part B:Report of Project Progress

5.Project Objectives

5.1Objectives as per original application

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

5.2Revised objectives (if applicable)

Date of approval from PICO:
Reasons for the change:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

6.Policy Implications Upon Award ofFunding

7.Research Activities

(Please state the scope of investigation undertaken; results achieved; problems encountered; deviations from the original plan and the reasons for doing so etc.)

7.1Research activities in relation to the project objectives that were carried out (up to the last Initial Progress Report)

7.2Areas addressed and results expected during this reporting period (as stated at 7.3 of the last Initial Progress Report)

7.3Research activities in relation to the project objectives that were carried out during this reporting period

7.4Summary of objectives addressed to date

Objectives
(as per 5.1 or 5.2 above) / Percentage Achieved
(please estimate)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.5Areas to be addressed and results expected in the next reporting period

Part C:Research Output

8.Publication(s) Arising Directly from this ResearchProject

(A copy of the publication and/or the letter of acceptance must be attached. All listed publications must acknowledge the funding support of PICO.)

Date of
Publication (DD/MM/YYYY) / Title / Name of
Publication / Type of
Publication / Submitted
to PICO
(indicate
the date)

Recognized Conference(s)/Seminar(s)/Public Forum(s) in which Paper(s) Related to this Research Project was/were Delivered

(A copy of the presentation materials must be attached. All the presentation materials must include an acknowledgement of the funding support of PICO.)

Date (MM/YYYY)and Place / Title / Name of
Event / Submitted
to PICO
(indicate
the date)

Public Dissemination

(A copy of the publicity of public dissemination must be attached. All the publicity of public dissemination must include an acknowledgement of the funding support of PICO.)

Date (DD/MM/YYYY) / Name of
Activity / Type of
Activity / Information
Disseminated,
Format and
Methods of
Dissemination / Users/
Audience / Expected
Outcomes
of Public
Dissemination

Other Impact (e.g. award of patents or prizes, collaboration with other research institutions, technology transfer, etc.)

Principal Investigator

Signature:
Name:
Date:

(PPR_2018.04)