Collaborative Research Fund 2015/16 Funding Results

Equipment Proposals

Proposal No. Coordinating Institution/Collaborating Institution(s) Proposal Title Amount Awarded
(HK$)
(exclusive of on-costs)
C5004-15E
 PolyU/CityU, CUHK, HKUST, HKU Thermal Desorption Aerosol Gas Chromatograph and Time of Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer for research on airborne particles and their impact on health and the environment
4,258,296
C5012-15E
 PolyU/HKU A High Content Imaging System for Phenotypic Analysis and Drug Screening
5,677,728
C6007-15E
 HKUST/CityU, CUHK, HKU A Mask-Making System for Nanoelectronic Device and Circuit Fabrication
5,677,728


Group Research Proposals

Proposal No. Coordinating Institution/Collaborating Institution(s) Proposal Title Amount Awarded
(HK$)
(exclusive of on-costs)
C1007-15G
 CityU/HKBU, CUHK, PolyU, HKU Efficient Algorithms and Hardware Accelerators for Tensor Decomposition and Their Applications to Multidimensional Data Analysis
6,166,013
C1012-15G
 CityU/CUHK, HKUST Benthic and epiphytic toxic algae (BETA): An emerging threat to coral ecosystems in Hong Kong waters
5,573,636
C1013-15G
 CityU/HKUST, HKU Biomimetic 3D Microsystem to Study Tumour Survival and Drug Responses
7,999,952
C1014-15G
 CityU/HKU Neuronal Mechanism of Cholecystokinin-Facilitated Cross-modal Learning and Memory
5,386,347
C2012-15G
 HKBU/CUHK Alzheimer's Disease: From Detection, Diagnostics to Therapeutics
8,437,558
C2014-15G
 HKBU/CityU, HKUST, HKU Toward Integrated Machinery: Cooperative Molecular Rotors
6,664,400
C5010-15G
 HKU/CUHK, HKUST Learning to Labor: Social Media and Migrant Labor Protection in Mainland China
4,677,600
C5015-15G
 PolyU/CityU, HKBU Printable flexible organic transistors for biological applications: from materials to devices
6,000,000
C6009-15G HKUST/HKU From Molecular Dynamics to Systems Biology: A Multi-scale Approach Tightly Integrating Simulation and Experiment to Quantitatively Analyze the Transcription Accuracy of RNA Polymerase II
6,809,466
C6012-15G
 HKUST/HKU Coping with landslide risks in Hong Kong under extreme storms: Storm scenarios, cascading landslide hazards and multi-hazard risk assessment
6,236,682
C7011-15R HKU/CUHK Molecular mechanism of PACT-dependent innate antiviral response
7,555,731
C7029-15G HKU/HKUST Regulation and Function of Novel Histone Modifications
5,649,631
C7031-15G HKU/HKUST Targeted Genomics and Functional Studies of Novel Cancer Predisposing Genes for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
7,570,304
C7036-15G HKU/CityU, CUHK,HKUST Problems, Solutions, and Optimization for Modern Clouds
5,102,143
C7038-15G HKU/PolyU Total synthesis and medicinal chemistry of cyclic peptide-based antibacterial compounds: an integrative programme for novel antibiotic development
4,556,720