The following persons are eligible to apply for funds under the PPRFS and SPPRFS –
| (a) | academics, teaching / research staff who are teaching or eligible to teach a course in undergraduate programmes or above in local degree-awarding institutions; |
| (b) | visiting scholars / adjunct professors / honorary professors / emeritus professors who are teaching or eligible to teach a course in undergraduate programmes or above in local degree-awarding institutions; and |
| (c) | public policy researchers in local non-profit making public policy research think tanks. Local non-profit making think tanks must be registered in Hong Kong with proven and recognised track records of public policy research. The Principal Investigator in this category must possess relevant public policy research experience. |