The EOC has launched the Funding Programme of Research Projects on Equal Opportunities 2025/26, which aims to support eligible academics and organisations in conducting innovative research projects for the promotion of equal opportunities and the elimination of discrimination acts as defined by the four anti-discrimination ordinances.

Priority will be given to projects focusing on one or more of the following themes:

• Lack of accessibility for persons with disabilities, or lack of universal design for people with diverse needs (e.g. family with prams or young children, the elderly, mature caregivers, or ethnic minorities) in the provision of goods, services and/or environments in certain industries or on online platforms;
• Employment opportunities for ethnic minorities in certain industries;
• Policies/policy-making processes, or gaps in addressing the difficulties and needs of caregivers in taking care of specific type(s) of care recipients;
• Breastfeeding-friendly workplaces;
• Gender stereotypes in occupations and industries currently dominated by a gender;
• Sexual harassment in industries which have not been covered in research previously conducted by the EOC; and
• Intersectionality of discrimination issues based on different attributes covered by the four anti-discrimination ordinances.

Applications are now open until 5pm on 25 February 2025. A briefing session to introduce the Funding Programme 2025/26 will be held on 17 December 2024. Interested parties can register for the briefing by completing and returning the enrolment form to the EOC by 13 December 2024.

For enquiries regarding the Funding Programme 2025/26, please contact 2106 2255 or email prtdevent@eoc.org.hk.

• Read the press release
• Learn more about the Funding Programme 2025/26
• Read the Application Guide
• Download the Application Form
• Download the enrolment form of the briefing session