External Research Grants

School of Arts and Social Sciences Research External Research Grants

Research Projects Securing External Grants

RGC Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)

YearProject TitlePrincipal InvestigatorGrant (HK$)
2020/21Transitions across productive engagement patterns in late adulthood: Antecedents and consequences

Dr Amy CHEUNG Ho Nam

$954,370
2020/21Tian Han, the Le Midi Movement, and the Cultural Salon in 1920s Shanghai: Bohemianism and Transcultural ModernityDr Christine LO Man Chi$445,150
2019/20The Motives of Intergenerational Transfers in ChinaDr Thomas CHAN Kwok Ho$511,850
2019/20Escaping Prestige: The Transmedia Aesthetics of Gao Xingjian's Post-Nobel WorksMr Michael CHEUK Ka Chi$638,350
2019/20Guiding Emotion: Constructing New Approach for Design StudiesDr HO Amic Garfield$596,663
2019/20Food and music: negotiating diasporic culture, identity and integration among South Asians in Hong KongDr Terence SHUM Chun Tat$690,698
2019/20Study of Ci Annotation in Republican China (1911-1949)Dr Gary TSANG Chi Chung$310,020
2018/19Creativity in Popular Music: A Study of Music-making Practices in the Busking Scene and the YouTube SceneDr Vicky HO Wing Ki$524,960
2018/19Traditionalism, Regime Support and Democratic Legitimacy in Hong KongDr LAM Wai Man$968,400
2017/18

Study of Daren (1970-1973) and Dacheng (1973-1995) and a Discourse on Post-War Hong Kong Culture

Dr HUNG Chi Kum$446,300
2017/18Shaping and Being Shaped by Multiple Cultural Fields: An Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Eileen Chang in China, Hong Kong, and TaiwanDr Rebecca LEUNG Mo Ling$496,900
2017/18A Study of Edo Annotated Editions of Du Fu's Eight-line Regulated VerseDr WONG Chi Hung$443,577
2017/18Fevers of National Learning in 20th Century China : Post-enlightenment PhenomenaDr YU Xuying$200,200

Other External Grants

YearProject TitlePrincipal InvestigatorFunding SchemeGrant (HK$)
2020/21Pathways to Desistance: A Qualitative Study of Young Ex-drug users in Hong KongDr Grace AU Wing Yan (Co-investigator) Beat Drugs Fund$809,309
2020/21Innovating and Inheriting Cantonese Opera Singing Styles and Schools: 1930s – 1970sDr Kelly CHAN Kar YueRGC Research Matching Grant Scheme$300,000
2020/21From Lingnan Folk to Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage: Theory and PracticeDr LAW Lok YinIntangible Cultural Heritage Funding Scheme$775,000
2020/21Towards a multicultural active ageing policy: a qualitative study of quality of life among South Asian older adults in Hong KongDr Terence SHUM Chun TatPublic Policy Research Funding Scheme$357,159
2020/21The Research and Development of a Virtual Training Set for Metro Operation and MaintenanceDr William LAI Chi FuRGC Research Matching Grant Scheme$1,934,765
2019/20Enriching the Hong Kong Inventory of Intangible Cultural HeritageDr LAW Lok YinIntangible Cultural Heritage Funding Scheme$503,800
2019/20Acquisition of translation technology skills through blended learningDr Venus CHAN Wing ManRGC Research Matching Grant Scheme$4,480,128