Three Projects Selected for Cultural Affairs Bureau Academic Research Grants

Three projects have been selected for the Cultural Affairs Bureau Academic Research Grants supported by the Macao Special Administrative Region aimed at fostering academic research on Macao-related fields. This semester, the following projects were chosen out of the applications received between June 1, 2008 and November 30, 2008: Zhou Weiqiang will focus on “The Adoption of Breech Loaders in China: A Case Study of the Spreading of European Cannons in China during the 16th to 18th Centuries.” Zhou received a Ph.D in History from Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and is now a Member of IUHPS/DHS (International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science Division of History of Science), and the Academia Sinica’s Committee for the History of Science (Taipei). Dai Dingcheng will conduct research on “Catholic Music in 20th Century Macao – Composers and Works of a Unique Historical Background”. Dai received a Ph.D in Music Theory and Composition from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and is now a professor at Macao Polytechnic Institute’s School of Arts. Fook Yee Man Noel will investigate “Marketing Tactics and Service Creativity in Consumer Relationship: The Case of Museums in Macao”. Fook obtained a Ph.D in Marketing from Nottingham Trent University, Britain and is now an associate professor at the School of Business Administration, Hong Kong Baptist University. The Cultural Affairs Bureau Academic Research Grants are aimed at supporting academic research projects in the Humanities that make a significant original contribution to the understanding of Macao, and of Macao's relationship with China and other countries. The regulations provide a flexible scheme for application and for the payment of grants. Applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year. The Evaluation Panel meets twice annually and applicants are informed of the Panel's decision in March or August, depending when the application is received. Each grantee must submit, within the research period, a monograph of 120,000 words minimum and the Cultural Affairs Bureau reserves the exclusive right to publish all or part of the grantee's original monograph, for example, in the Bureau’s publication Review of Culture. For more information on the Cultural Affairs Bureau Academic Research Grants, please visit the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s website: www.icm.gov.mo.