General Guidelines
Scope – The following two broad categories of research projects are covered:
| RGC Research Grants | Block Grants |
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- Acquisition of goods and services for Block Grant / RGC research projects must comply with the rules and regulations as set out below:
- For appointment of research personnel, University Recruitment Procedures must be complied with. Please liaise with Human Resources Office for such appointment.
- For acquisition of goods and services, the rules and regulations as set out below must be complied with:
- Spending is limited to the grant allocation and should conform to the approved itemized budget. Any virement between budget items requires prior approval from the following responsible units:
Direct Grant: Faculty Panel
Others: Research Office - For on-going projects, unspent grant balances can be carried forward to the following financial year.
- For completed projects, unspent balances need to be returned to the RGC/University promptly. Principal investigators should notify the Finance Office upon project completion through the respective Faculty Panel/Research Office.
- It is the Principal Investigator’s responsibility to safeguard all equipment purchased under the research grant, especially for equipment located outside the University campus. The RGC / University may require equipment of completed projects be redeployed for use by other projects or institutions.
