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RGC
Reference
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The Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
Early Career Scheme
Annual Progress Report
Report for the period ending
Part A: The Project and Investigator(s)
1. Project Title
2. Investigator(s) and Academic Department/Units Involved
Research Team / Name/Post / Unit/Department/InstitutionPrincipal Investigator
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
4. Project Expenditure
4.1 Sources of funding
Source / Amount (HK$)RGC - (a) Project Fund
- (b) Grant for Educational Activities
Institution
Others (please specify)
Total budget
4.2 Budget & Expenditure
Direct cost / Revised Budget after approval / Expenditure incurred up to the last reporting period(a) / Expenditure incurred in current reporting period
(b) / Expenditure to date
(a + b)
Research Staff*
Relief Teacher
Equipment*
High-performance Computing Services
General Expenses*
Software licence/ dataset
Conference(s) *
Grant for Educational Activities
Total
* the RGC funding is a one-line vote except for approved items of ‘Relief Teacher’, ‘High-performance Computing Services’, ‘Software licence/ dataset’ and ‘Grant for Educational Activities’
4.3 Balance: $______(_ _% of Total budget)
Part B: Report on Project Progress
5. Project Objectives
5.1 Objectives as per original application
1.
2.
3. ....
5.2 Revised objectives
Date of approval from the RGC:
Reasons for the change:
1.
2.
3. ....
6. 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.)
6.1 Research activities in relation to the project objectives that were carried out up to the last Progress Report
6.2 Areas addressed and results expected during this reporting period ( as stated at 6.5 of the last Progress Report)
6.3 Research activities in relation to the project objectives that were carried out during this reporting period
6.4 Summary of objectives addressed to date
Objectives(as per 5.1/5.2 above) / Addressed
(please tick) / Percentage achieved
(please estimate)
1.
2.
3.
4.
6.5 Areas to be addressed and results expected in the next reporting period
Part C: Research Output
7. Peer-reviewed journal publication(s) arising directly from this research project (Please attach a copy of the 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.)
The Latest Status of Publications / Author(s) (denote the corresponding author with an asterisk*) / Title and Journal/Book (with the volume, pages and other necessary publishing details specified) / Submitted to RGC (indicate the year ending of the relevant progress report) / Attached to this report (Yes or No) / Acknowledged the support of RGC (Yes or No)Year of publication / Year of Acceptance (For paper accepted but not yet published) / Under Review / Under Preparation (optional)
8. Recognized international conference(s) in which paper(s) related to this research project was/were delivered (Please attach a copy of each conference abstract)
Month/Year/Place / Title / Conference Name / Submitted to RGC (indicate the year ending of the relevant progress report) / Attached to this report (Yes or No) / Acknowledged the support of RGC
(Yes or No)
9. 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/ graduation10. Progress of the education plan
(Please state how and to what extent the education plan has been achieved such as the results of the undergraduate students’ participation in the research projects)
11. Other impact (e.g. award of patents or prizes, collaboration with other research institutions, technology transfer, etc.)
Principal Investigator
Signature:
Name:
Date:
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