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Announcement: Health Care and Promotion Fund Call for Application

29 April 2016 (Fri)

The Health Care and Promotion Fund (HCPF) now invites funding applications for Health Promotion Projects and Seed Funding Scheme. The HCPF provides funding support to projects that help people adopt healthier lifestyles by enhancing awareness, changing adverse health behaviours or creating a conducive environment that supports good health practices. Application is open to non-profit-making organisations from all sectors, not limited to health care organisations.

Innovative proposals addressing specific areas of health promotion listed in the thematic priorities are invited. The suggested health promotion work should be based on scientific evidence and evaluated in a systematic way. Collaborations between universities and community organisations are highly encouraged to generate new evidence-based practice which can be applied in our local community. Principal applicants must represent a non-profit making organisation, a registered community group or a group formed under a registered non-profit making body.

Priority consideration will be given to applications targeting at underprivileged groups vulnerable to ill-health and health promotion programmes carried out in primary care settings in the following thematic areas:

  • tobacco control,
  • lifestyle, nutrition and physical activity,
  • mental well-being,
  • injury prevention,
  • reducing alcohol-related problems,
  • promoting family doctor model of care,
  • empowering the community in the management of chronic diseases and strengthening preventive care in children and older adults,
  • cancer prevention,
  • breastfeeding,
  • healthy use of Internet and electronic screen products, and
  • organ donation.


Health Promotion Projects

Health Promotion Projects should contain a set of coordinated activities leading to promotion of good health and prevention of illness in the community. Funding for an approved project will normally not exceed $300,000. Upon completion of an approved project, an applicant who wishes to propagate an effective programme to reach a wider target group may apply for extension of funding. The total sum awarded to the original project and any subsequent extension will generally not exceed $500,000.


Seed Funding Scheme

The Seed Funding Scheme aims to facilitate the mobilisation of local resources to promote health in the community and encourage partnership between public, private and non-governmental organisations. It offers non-recurrent funding opportunities to support development of innovative, effective and sustainable programmes in the community, in particular those that include evaluation using scientific methods and that are able to generate evidence of their effectiveness. Funding for an approved project will generally not exceed $500,000.

Applications are reviewed by independent experts, namely the Promotion Sub-committee. Assessment criteria include impact and sustainability of the programme, potential in building community capacity in health promotion, relevance to thematic priorities, feasibility of the proposal, justification of requested budget, evaluation plan of effectiveness and track record of the administering institution and applicants.

Guidance Notes and Application Form can be obtained from the Secretariat website at http://rfs.fhb.gov.hk . Completed application forms should be sent to the Research Fund Secretariat on or before 29 July 2016 (18:00 Hong Kong time) .

Enquiry :
Research Fund Secretariat
Food and Health Bureau
9/F, Rumsey Street Multi-storey Carpark Building
2 Rumsey Street, Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
Fax : 2102 2444
Email : rfs@fhb.gov.hk