Funder: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Preliminary proposal deadline)
Funding Amounts: $10 million–$40 million in net RGC funding per project, for up to five years
Summary: Supports collaborative research on Hong Kong’s ageing society, spanning health, technology, and the silver economy.
Key Information: Applicants must meet RGC General Research Fund eligibility, with one Project Coordinator application per person and five applications per university.
Description
The Strategic Topics Grant (STG), administered by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), supports collaborative research addressing important issues for Hong Kong. It takes a top-down approach to research topics, informed by government policy priorities and relevance to Hong Kong’s development. The research domain is “Demographic Change – Ageing Society”, covering health and longevity, smart technology, and the silver society, economy and finance.
The programme welcomes useful and impactful research across STEM and non-STEM disciplines, including humanities, healthcare, Chinese medicine, technological adaptation and advanced material development. Teams are encouraged to pursue interdisciplinary collaboration and consider how their work could enable downstream research with wider societal benefits. Proposals should connect long-term research goals with Hong Kong’s challenges and opportunities, explaining how and when benefits for the community could be realised.
