Achievements in Funding Schemes of the Research Grants Council (2018 – 2019 Exercise)

The Research Grants Council (RGC) has just announced the funding results for 2018 – 2019 Exercise. Congratulations to colleagues who have been successful in this year’s exercise!

Project Coordinator:

Dr. David A. Palmer

Project Title:

The Infrastructures of Faith: Religious Mobility on the Belt and Road

Funding Scheme:

Collaborative Research Fund 

Awarded Amount:

HK$6,252,078

Duration:

36 months

Principal Investigators:

Professor Angela Ki Che Leung and Dr. Izumi Nakayama

Project Title:

The Birth of East Asian Modern Entrepreneurship: the Case of Soy Sauce Making, ca. 1880 – 1960

Funding Scheme:

General Research Fund

Awarded Amount:

HK$553,284

Duration:

24 months

Principal Investigator:

Dr. David A. Palmer

Project Title:

Daoism, Ethnic Identity and State Socialism: the Lanten Yao on the China-Vietnam-Laos Borderland

Funding Scheme:

General Research Fund

Awarded Amount:

HK$849,572

Duration:

36 months

Principal Investigator:

Dr. David A. Palmer

Project Title:

Daoist Ritual, Local Society and the State: Ethnography, Text and Theory

Funding Scheme:

Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme

Awarded Amount:

HK$547,270

Duration:

12 months