Table 1 Resarch Grants Council (RGC) awards to the Faculty of Social Sciences (FOSS) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) from the academic years 2015/2016–2020/2021.
From: Is there gender bias in research grant success in social sciences?: Hong Kong as a case study
Year | Number of submissions | Submission rate (%) | Number of grants awarded | Success rate (%) | Total amount (‘000, HKD) | Average amount per award (‘000, HKD) | Eligible staff | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Total | Total | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
ECS | |||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 670 | 271 | 400 | 335 | 271 | 400 | |||
2016/17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 8.7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 41.7 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 2020 | 686 | 1335 | 404 | 343 | 445 | |||
2017/18 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 47.1 | 27.3 | 83.3 | 4813 | 1743 | 3070 | 602 | 581 | 614 | |||
2018/19 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 12.6 | 15.3 | 9.1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 30.8 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 1604 | 1078 | 526 | 401 | 359 | 526 | |||
2019/20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 41.7 | 28.6 | 60.0 | 3022 | 667 | 2355 | 604 | 333 | 785 | |||
2020/21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 14.6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 28.6 | 37.5 | 16.7 | 2595 | 2126 | 469 | 649 | 709 | 469 | |||
Total | 76 | 48 | 28 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 10.6 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 36.8 | 29.2 | 50.0 | 14,724 | 6570 | 8154 | 526 | 469 | 582 | |||
GRF | |||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 50.5 | 43.6 | 59.1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 24.0 | 16.7 | 30.8 | 7536 | 1779 | 5756 | 628 | 445 | 720 | |||
2016/17 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 38.1 | 35.6 | 41.3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35.0 | 33.3 | 36.8 | 7419 | 3913 | 3506 | 530 | 559 | 501 | |||
2017/18 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 34.9 | 33.3 | 37.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 23.5 | 6992 | 3931 | 3060 | 699 | 655 | 765 | |||
2018/19 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 46.6 | 47.5 | 45.5 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 29.2 | 25.0 | 35.0 | 8836 | 4599 | 4237 | 631 | 657 | 605 | |||
2019/20 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 53.8 | 56.5 | 50.0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 24.6 | 28.6 | 18.2 | 9357 | 6592 | 2765 | 668 | 659 | 691 | |||
2020/21 | 54 | 29 | 25 | 52.4 | 46.8 | 61.0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 37.0 | 41.4 | 32.0 | 16,294 | 9325 | 6969 | 815 | 777 | 871 | |||
Total | 286 | 157 | 129 | 46.0 | 44.0 | 48.7 | 84 | 46 | 38 | 29.4 | 29.3 | 29.5 | 56,433 | 30,140 | 26,293 | 672 | 655 | 692 | |||
Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16 | 58 | 29 | 29 | 58.6 | 52.7 | 65.9 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 24.1 | 17.2 | 31.0 | 8206 | 2050 | 6156 | 586 | 410 | 684 | 99 | 55 | 44 |
2016/17 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 49.5 | 49.2 | 50.0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 36.5 | 31.0 | 43.5 | 9439 | 4599 | 4840 | 497 | 511 | 484 | 105 | 59 | 46 |
2017/18 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 50.9 | 51.7 | 50.0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 33.3 | 29.0 | 39.1 | 11,805 | 5675 | 6130 | 656 | 631 | 681 | 106 | 60 | 46 |
2018/19 | 61 | 37 | 24 | 59.2 | 62.7 | 54.5 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 29.5 | 27.0 | 33.3 | 10,440 | 5677 | 4763 | 580 | 568 | 595 | 103 | 59 | 44 |
2019/20 | 69 | 42 | 27 | 65.1 | 67.7 | 61.4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 27.5 | 28.6 | 25.9 | 12,378 | 7259 | 5120 | 651 | 605 | 731 | 106 | 62 | 44 |
2020/21 | 68 | 37 | 31 | 66.0 | 59.7 | 75.6 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 35.3 | 40.5 | 29.0 | 18,889 | 11,451 | 7438 | 787 | 763 | 826 | 103 | 62 | 41 |
Total | 362 | 205 | 157 | 58.2 | 57.4 | 59.2 | 112 | 60 | 52 | 30.9 | 29.3 | 33.1 | 71,157 | 36,711 | 34,447 | 635 | 612 | 662 | 622 | 357 | 265 |
