Applications for the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases and the Health & Health Services Research Fund have opened. The deadline for submissions is March 1.
The $450 million fund for infectious diseases considers applications for research into the control of infectious disease in aetiology, epidemiology and public health, basic research, and clinical and health services research. Collaborative research with the Mainland and overseas institutions is encouraged. This year the fund will focus on avian influenza.
The $26 million health services fund aims to boost public health, improve the quality of life, and enhance the standard and cost-effectiveness of the health system. It has three broad themes centred on public health, health services and Chinese medicine.
Funding priorities
Higher funding priorities will be accorded to the following areas for the infectious diseases fund:
* respiratory infectious diseases - Avian influenza and Tuberculosis; and,
* vector-borne diseases.
For the health services fund priority will be given to:
* smoking, mental health and a healthy community;
* cancer, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and respiratory disease; and,
* interaction between Chinese and Western medicine.
Full details are available on the Research Fund Secretariat's website. Guidance notes and application forms are obtainable from the secretariat's website. Enquiries can be made by emailing rfs@hwfb.gov.hk.
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