Funding Policy

Mission

The Health and Health Services Research Fund (HHSRF) aims to maximise population health and improve the quality of life, in addition to enhancing the standard and cost-effectiveness of the health system through the generation of new knowledge in areas of human health and health services.

Objectives

The objectives of the HHSRF are to:

• Ascertain the health care requirements of the community.
  
• Strengthen the scientific rigour of evaluating health interventions and their cost-effectiveness.
  
• Disseminate research findings to the wider community.
  
• Build research capacity in the field of health and health services.

Scope

The HHSRF will consider funding applications for public health, health services research or traditional Chinese medicine from local researchers working in the public, private and academic sectors.

Thematic Priorities

HHSRF will establish a focused research agenda in which thematic priorities are formulated to guide the decision on fund allocations.