As the saying goes, “effort is the fuel that ignites the sparks of success.” The Research Grants Council announced in September the results for the latest round of the Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector, showing the sparks of years of hard work by our teaching and research staff.
The University led the pack this year, receiving a total of about HK$29.1 million, the highest among all local self-financing institutions. Particularly impressive are the results in the Faculty Development Scheme funding category, with both the number of funded projects and funding amount taking first place across all institutions. Among them, a project led by the School of Science and Technology on enhancing the performance of construction materials secured more than HK$2.03 million, which is the largest grant in the category this year. Furthermore, the University re-ceived about HK$6.5 million under the Institutional Development Scheme Research Infrastructure Grant category for setting up its first Exergaming Research Centre for Healthy Aging to promote gerontechnology.
President Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing congratulated the grantees and emphasised that the University will continue to allocate resources in encouraging faculty members to carry out forward-looking and impactful research for the benefit of the community.
About HK$29.1 million for 27 projects
Accounts for over 35% of the total funding from the schemes, the highest among all institutions
Received over HK$6.5 million for setting up Exergaming Research Centre for Healthy Aging, the largest grant under this category
Our seventh time to receive IDS-RIG funding, the best result among all institutions
About HK$29.1 million for 27 projects
Accounts for over 35% of the total funding from the schemes, the highest among all institutions
Received over HK$6.5 million for setting up Exergaming Research Centre for Healthy Aging, the largest grant under this category
Our seventh time to receive IDS-RIG funding, the best result among all institutions
Ranked first in total amount of funding (about HK$22.1 million) for the fifth year in a row
Nine proposals receiving more than HK$1 million, the highest among all institutions
Ranked first in the total number of funded proposals (25), 78% higher than last year
One proposal securing more than HK$2.03 million, the largest grant under this category
Ranked first in total amount of funding (about HK$22.1 million) for the fifth year in a row
Nine proposals receiving more than HK$1 mil-lion, the highest among all institutions
Ranked first in the total number of funded proposals (25), 78% higher than last year
One proposal securing more than HK$2.03 million, the largest grant under this category
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Behaviour and design of high performance steel bolted connections at ambient and high temperatures
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Long-term adaptation strategy for climate-resilient coastal bridges subjected to extreme risk under typhoons
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Developing an automatic shading control approach for improving visual comfort in urban areas
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Automatic and accurate evaluation of placental abnormalities via multi-modal, multi-task and federated semi-supervised learning
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Gunn diode-based terahertz emitter using topological insulators
Behaviour and design of high performance steel bolted connections at ambient and high temperatures
Long-term adaptation strategy for climate-resilient coastal bridges subjected to extreme risk under typhoons
Developing an automatic shading control approach for improving visual comfort in urban areas
Automatic and accurate evaluation of placental abnormalities via multi-modal, multi-task and federated semi-supervised learning
Gunn diode-based terahertz emitter using topological insulators
