Project Grant Adjudication Report 2010/07-12

Project Grant Adjudication Report
(For applications received between 1 July 2010 and 31 December 2010)

HKADC received 275 project grant applications from 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2010, the grant amount sought is $33,001,105 while the budget available is approximately $7,500,000. HKADC invited professionals in the arts field to be examiners to adjudicate and select applications worth supporting through rigid adjudication procedures. Below are the project grant adjudication reports of various artforms.

Music
42 music applications were received from July to December 2010, and out of them, 39 applications were processed. 21 examiners were invited in the adjudication of the applications. The competition is keen due to the larger number of applications received this round, and many of which were of good artistic standard.In the end, a total of 11 applications (including 5 performance, 3 arts education and promotion, 2 HK and PRD cultural exchange and 1 general cultural exchange applications) were supported by the HKADC with a total grant of $907,100. The success rate is 28%.

Dance
14 dance applications were received and processed. 12 examiners were invited in the adjudication of the applications.In the end, a total of 8 applications (including 3 performance, 1 publication, 1 cultural exchange, 2 HK and PRD cultural exchange and 1 arts and culture youth volunteer scheme applications) were supported by the HKADC with a total grant of $885,600. The success rate is 57%.

Drama
45 drama applications were received and out of them, 42 applications were processed. 20 examiners were invited in the adjudication of the applications.Among the applications, 6 emerging artists scheme applications were received and all of them were approved with the success rate of 100%.A total of 16 applications (including 3 performance, 3 publication, 1 HK and PRD cultural exchange, 2 arts and cultural youth volunteer scheme and 6 emerging artists scheme applications) were supported by the HKADC with a total grant of 1,084,300. The success rate is 38%.

Xiqu
16 xiqu applications were received and processed. 11 examiners were invited in the adjudication of the applications.In the end, a total of 4 applications (including 3 arts education and promotion and 1 publication applications) were supported by the HKADC with a total grant of $365,000. The success rate is 25%.

Literary Arts
48 literary arts applications between July and December 2010 were received, and out of them, 43 applications were processed. 47 examiners were invited in the adjudication of the applications. In this round of applications, 39 applications belong to publication, the rest of applications were either academic research or writing projects.In the end, a total of 13 applications were supported by the HKADC, including 11 publication and 2 academic research applications. The works of experienced writers, scholars and budding writers were involved in these approved publication projects. The total grant amount is $476,000 with the success rate 30%.

Visual Arts
65 visual arts applications were received and out of them, 55 applications were processed. 30 examiners were invited in the adjudication of the applications.In the end, a total of 26 applications were supported by the HKADC with a total grant of $1,553,100. These supported applications include 6 emerging artists scheme and 3 HK and PRD cultural exchange applications. The success rate is 40%.

Film and Media Arts
A total of 30 film and media arts applications, including 26 film and 4 media arts applications, were received in this round of applications. Out of them, 27 applications consisting of 23 film and 4 media arts applications were processed. 15 examiners were invited in the adjudication of the applications.A total of 6 applications (including 2 film productions, 2 film promotion activities and 2 media arts promotion activities) were supported by the HKADC with a total grant of $1,744,000. The success rate is 22%.

Cross/Multi-disciplinary Arts
13 applications belonging to cross/multi-disciplinary arts were received. Out of them, 13 applications were processed. There were 21 examiners invited in the adjudication of the applications.In the end, a total of 6 applications (including 1 arts education and promotion, 1 performance, 2 emerging artists scheme and 2 arts and culture youth volunteer scheme applications) were supported by the HKADC with a total grant of $498,900. The success rate is 46%.

! Useful hints on making an application

Research and Publication Projects
From time to time, HKADC receives enquiries from applicants on whether their projects should be treated as research project or publication project. In fact, the requirements of these two types of grant are different, especially with regard to the requirement on submission of manuscripts of publications.

Research projects
The objective of the HKADC research grant is to support research with outstanding value through an objective record and critical investigation/ evaluation on the topic discussed, contributing knowledge for the public, arts practitioners and policy makers on the topic so that in the long run, to enhance arts development in Hong Kong.Research projects to be considered by HKADC include: (1) academic research in relevant areas that enhance further arts development; or (2) collecting, reorganising and archiving information and documentary which are valuable, representative or require immediate conservation.

In order to help the examiners understand your research project, a research proposal generally should include the following key sections:
a) Research brief
b) research objectives
c) scope of the research
d) methodology of the research
e) assessment mechanism

Generally speaking, research projects that fulfill the above requirements can include a proposed publication of the research results in the project proposal. Manuscript of the aforesaid publication is not necessary when submitting the application. However, applicants should note the research project guidelines of the relevant artform. The requirements for assessing a research project usually is more stringent than a publication project as HKADC only supports those meticulous and high standard research projects.

Publication projects
If the project does not fall into the above criteria for a research project and is only a general publication application applying mainly publication and printing costs, the applicant has to draw reference to the grants guidelines for publications. In general, applicants applying for grants on publication have to submit at least 50% of the manuscript for examiners’ reference.