Organisations and individuals are invited to apply for Beat Drugs Fund grants in November and December.

This round will subsidise worthwhile anti-drug projects from April. For the 2006-07 funding exercise, projects proposed pursuant to 12 selected themes will be given priority consideration.

Grants for each project will normally not exceed $3 million and the funding period will normally not exceed two years. Exceptionally innovative projects can be granted a maximum of $5 million and the duration can be three years.

So far, 289 projects have been supported by the fund involving almost $134 million.

For applications and guides click here. Enquiries can be made by phone on 2867 2737 or 2867 2286, or by email to sbeon4@sb.gov.hk.