To facilitate the formulation of language education policies, SCOLAR has been supporting both top-down and bottom-up research and development (R&D) projects to initiate longitudinal research and comparative studies in local and international settings on various language or language education-related areas, such as language use, language learning/teaching approaches, resources development, etc., as well as to examine the latest demographic, societal and economic developments and educational needs of Hong Kong people.
Top-down R&D projects include (i) Scheme on Early Language and Literacy Development in Chinese and English Language of Young Children；(ii) Language Landscape Studies；(iii) Project for Developing Chinese Learning and Teaching Materials for Non-Chinese Speakers in Hong Kong and (iv) Incentive Scheme on the Development of Chinese Language Graded Readers for Non-Chinese Speaking Children.
Since 2014, SCOLAR has been funding various bottom-up R&D projects on priority themes set by SCOLAR. Academics and researchers are encouraged to submit proposals for grants on research and development projects. Open calls for applications of R&D Projects 2021-22, R&D Projects 2018-19 and R&D Projects 2015-16 were completed. We are now processing the applications of R&D Projects 2024-25.