Nature

• To promotes equal opportunities through the scheme, which provides support to eligible academics and organizations with inspiring ideas to undertake innovative research projects.
• Aims to fund research projects related to the four anti-discrimination ordinances, thereby eliminating discrimination acts as defined by the ordinances and promoting equal opportunities.

Priority Areas

• Lack of accessibility for persons with disabilities, or lack of universal design for people with diverse needs (e.g. family with prams or young children, or elderly; mature caregivers, or ethnic minorities) in the provision of goods, services and/or environments in certain industries or on online platforms;
• Employment opportunities for ethnic minorities in certain industries;
• Policies / policy-making processes, or gaps in addressing the difficulties and needs of caregivers in taking care of specific type(s) of care recipients;
• Breastfeeding-friendly workplaces;
• Gender stereotypes in occupations and industries currently dominated by a gender;
• Sexual harassment in industries which have not been covered in research previously conducted by the EOC; and
• Intersectionality of discrimination issues based on different attributes covered by the four anti-discrimination ordinances.

Funding Ceiling per Project 

HK$ 50,000 per each project
(An additional and optional funding of HK$10,000 at maximum will be funded for follow-up non-research activities for relevant stakeholders.)

Project Duration

Within 12 months
(Merits will be given to research projects which proposed a schedule completing the tasks in a shorter period.)

Remarks

• Application Guide
• Each applicant is NOT encouraged to submit more than one application for the Funding Programme 2025/26

Date:

17 December 2024 (Tuesday)

Time:

Mode of Delivery:

Both physical mode and online mode via Zoom

Venue:

EOC Office, 16/F., 41 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong

Registration:

Complete the registration form and return it to EOC by email at prtdevent@eoc.org.hk