The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) promotes equal opportunities through the “Funding Programme of Research Projects on Equal Opportunities” (the Funding Programme). Riding on the success of the three rounds of  the “Funding Programme” carried out in 2013/14, 2017/18 and 2020/21 respectively, the EOC is launching the Funding Programme in 2025/26, which provides support to eligible academics and organisations with inspiring ideas to undertake innovative research projects.

The Funding Programme 2025/26 is now open for application. It aims to fund research projects related to the four anti-discrimination ordinances, thereby eliminating discrimination acts as defined by the ordinances and promoting equal opportunities.

Priority will be given to project focusing on one or some 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, or 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

The application deadline is 25 February 2025 (Tuesday), 5:00pm.

Interested parties could obtain details of the Funding Programme, including:

(1) Application Guide;

(2) Application Form; and

(3) Enrolment Form of the briefing session.

A briefing session will be held on 17 December 2024 to introduce the Funding Programme 2025/26. Interested parties may enrol the briefing session by completing and returning the Enrolment Form by 13 December 2024.

For enquiries about the Funding Programme 2025/26, please call 2106 2255 or send email to prtdevent@eoc.org.hk.