Collaborative Research Fund 2016/17 Funding Results

Equipment Proposals

Proposal No. Proposal Title Coordinating
University
/Collaborating
University(ies)
Duration
(Months)
Amount Awarded
(HK$)
(exclusive of on-costs)
C4012-16E The First Integrated cryo-EM and cryo-ET Shared Facility for Life Sciences Research in Hong Kong CUHK/PolyU, HKUST, HKU
36
9,500,000
C6007-16E A Deep Reactive Ion Etching System for Nanosystem Fabrication HKUST/CityU, CUHK, PolyU, HKU
36
4,702,500
C6013-16E A Platform for Measuring the Physical Properties of Quantum Materials HKUST/CityU, HKU
36
5,576,062
C7019-16E Establishment of Third Generation Sequencing Core Facility HKU/CityU, HKBU, CUHK, PolyU, HKUST
36
3,222,257

Group Research Proposals

Proposal No. Proposal Title Coordinating
University
/Collaborating
University(ies)
Duration
(Months)
Amount Awarded
(HK$)
(exclusive of on-costs)
C1008-16G Security and Privacy-enhancing Technologies for Cloud Storage of Big Data CityU/HKBU, PolyU, HKU
36
5,983,404
C4024-16W A multi-disciplinary study on the beneficial effects of PPARD in physical exercise against diabetic vascular complications: cellular crosstalk and energy metabolism CUHK/HKBU, HKU
36
6,817,834
C4054-16G Elucidating Genomic Signatures Associated with Age-related Decline in Oocyte Quality: From Molecular Mechanisms to Applications CUHK/HKUST
36
6,165,827
C5026-16G
Development of novel inhibitors targeting the resistance mechanisms of clinical superbugs PolyU/HKBU, HKU
36
6,615,800
C6011-16G Community and Population Aging in Hong Kong: An Extension of the Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD) HKUST/CityU, LU, PolyU
36
4,939,971
C6022-16G Study of Cooling Effect by Surface Treatment and its Application to Smart Green Buildings HKUST/CityU
36
6,184,454
C6026-16W Study of Topological Phases in Condensed Matter and Cold Atom Systems HKUST/CUHK, HKU
36
6,053,400
C7011-16G Making Modernity in East Asia: Technologies of Everyday Life, 19th-21st Centuries HKU/HKUST
36
6,626,216
C7018-16G Mechanisms of renal inflammation: role of Toll-like receptor 4 HKU/CUHK
36
7,518,927
C7025-16G Environmental studies of the spread of respiratory viruses in a large dense urban social network HKU/HKUST
36
7,598,353
C7027-16G Regulation and pathogenic role of latent infection of Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma HKU/CUHK
36
6,315,125
C7028-16G Advancing China's Urbanization inside out: Urban Redevelopments in Chinese cities amidst accelerated urban transition HKU/EdUHK
36
2,709,115
C7047-16G Multi-scale single-cell optical imaging: architecture and biomedical applications HKU/CUHK
36
7,328,300
C7048-16G Optogenetic Functional MRI Dissection of Long-Range Brain Networks HKU/CityU, CUHK
36
6,142,454