City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is reported to lead Hong Kong universities in funding awarded under the Research Grants Council (RGC)’s two flagship research schemes. According to the available reports, CityUHK secures three projects in total, including a five-year “Areas of Excellence” project. The coverage from both Business Line and The Hindu focuses on CityUHK’s top position among local universities in the RGC funding allocation under these two flagship programmes. The “Areas of Excellence” scheme is described in the reports as running for five years, and CityUHK is said to have obtained one such project as part of its overall award. While the sources agree on CityUHK’s number of projects and the inclusion of a five-year Areas of Excellence initiative, they do not provide further detailed breakdown of the other projects or any comparative figures for other universities in the material provided. The information presented centers on CityUHK’s performance in RGC’s flagship research funding rounds and the scale of its awarded portfolio.