The Research Grants Council (RGC), which was established in 1991, operates under the aegis of the University Grants Committee (UGC) and functions as an advisory body on research matters within the organizational structure of the Committee. It is a non-statutory advisory body responsible for advising the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, through the University Grants Committee (UGC), on the needs of Hong Kong's higher education institutions in the field of academic research and for the distribution of funding for academic research projects undertaken by academic staff of those UGC-funded institutions. The RGC and its sub-committees/panels are supported by the staff of the UGC Secretariat.

研究資助局（研資局）於1991年成立，是教資會轄下的機構。在教資會的組織架構內，研資局屬於一個非法定諮詢組織，透過教資會，向中華人民共和國香港特別行政區政府建議香港高等教育機構在學術研究上的需要，以及向獲教資會資助的院校分配撥款，為院校內的學術界人士提供經費，以進行學術研究。研資局及其小組委員會／學科小組均由教資會秘書處的職員提供支援服務。