Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2025/26 Funding Results
CRF 2025/26 Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG) Proposals
CRF 2025/26 Young Collaborative Research Grant (YCRG) Proposals
| Proposal Ref. | Proposal Title |
Coordinating University / Collaborating University(ies) |
Duration (Months) |
Recommended Amount (HK$) (exclusive of on-costs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
C1068-25YF^ |
Electrosynthesis of high-value organonitrogen compounds via C-N coupling: from catalyst design to cell engineering |
CityU / CUHK, HKUST |
36 | 4,800,000 |
|
C1073-25GF |
Waste-derived iron salts enable integrated and sustainable urban wastewater management |
CityU / PolyU, HKUST, HKU |
36 | 5,900,000 |
|
C1077-25GF |
Understanding & Fighting Scams: Psychological and Social Perspectives & Effective Interventions |
CityU / PolyU, HKUST |
36 | 5,900,000 |
|
C1134-25GF |
Control of food intake and metabolism by a sensory cortex-periphery axis |
CityU / HKU |
36 | 7,960,000 |
|
C4025-25GF |
Hong Kong's Window on the Universe - First Light |
CUHK / HKU |
36 | 7,960,000 |
|
C4085-25GF |
Immunogenic epitopes from the non-coding genome as tumor-specific antigens for drug development against childhood acute myeloid leukemia |
CUHK / HKU |
36 | 7,900,000 |
|
C4097-25WF |
A 5-Year Prospective Study of Multimodal Deep Phenotyping with Digital Measurements, Multi-Omics, and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Prodromal and Early Stages of Alpha-Synucleinopathy Neurodegeneration |
CUHK / HKUST, HKU |
36 | 4,900,000 |
| C5020-25GF | Sustainable AI Datacenter with Immersion Cooling and Generalized Carbon Estimation | HKUST / PolyU | 36 | 5,600,000 |
| C5085-25GF | AIoT-powered Multi-modality Underwater SOS System | PolyU / CityU, HKUST | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C5097-25GF | Privacy Infrastructure Design for Web3 | PolyU / CUHK, HKUST | 36 | 5,700,000 |
| C5117-25GF | Endothelins in mechanoaging and osteoarthritis: biomarker discovery and drug development | PolyU / CUHK, HKU | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C6004-25GF | Building Trustworthy Large Language Model (LLM)-Integrated Applications: A Full-Stack Lifecycle Approach | HKUST / LU, CUHK | 36 | 6,900,000 |
| C6024-25GF | Unraveling Fluid-Solid Interactions and Soft Propeller Mechanics Through Quantitative Optical Imaging | HKUST / CUHK, PolyU | 36 | 6,400,000 |
| C6041-25GF | Designing Functionalised Bio-carbons to Propel a Biorenewable Hydrogen Economy | HKUST / CityU | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C6053-25GF | Molecular Mechanisms of Replisome Coupling | HKUST / HKU | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C6078-25GF | Coordinated Autonomy and Smart Infrastructure for Low Altitude Economy System | HKUST / PolyU | 36 | 5,600,000 |
| C6086-25GF | Federated LPWANs for Scalable IoT | HKUST / CityU, PolyU | 36 | 6,900,000 |
| C7026-25GF | Neural mechanisms of consolidated memory editing in humans and mice | HKU / CUHK | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C7042-25GF | A Deep Dive into Immune Dynamics and Drug Resistance to Advance Therapeutic Innovations for FGFR2-altered intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma | HKU | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C7065-25YF^ | Investigation the Mechanism of Coronavirus RNA Replication and Translocation within Replication Organelle | HKU / PolyU | 36 | 4,900,000 |
| C7088-25GF | Human centromere structure and its maintenance mechanism | HKU / HKUST | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C7112-25GF | Exploring an adaptive transboundary flood risk governance framework in the Greater Bay Area: An enhanced social-ecological-technological systems approach | HKU / CUHK | 36 | 5,900,000 |
| C7140-25GF | The Science of Sustainable Structural Materials: microstructure evolution, simulation tools and experiments | HKU / CityU, HKUST | 36 | 7,960,000 |
^Projects submitted under the Young Collaborative Research Grant by young researchers.
CRF 2025/26 Collaborative Research Equipment Grant (CREG) Proposals
| Proposal Ref. | Proposal Title |
Coordinating University / Collaborating University(ies) |
Duration (Months) |
Recommended Amount (HK$) (exclusive of on-costs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C4018-25EF | A State-of-art Desktop X-ray Absorption and Emission Testing Platform for Advanced Materials Research in Hong Kong | CUHK / CityU, HKUST, HKU | 36 | 4,700,000 |
| C4032-25EF | 3D-Scope: A High-precision and Low-latency 3D Indoor Modeling and Localization System for Smart Building, Epidemic Analysis, and Embodied AI | CUHK / PolyU | 36 | 4,900,000 |
| C4056-25EF | The First State-of-the-Art Molecular Resolution Light Microscope for Live Cell Imaging into our Advanced Imaging Platforms to Timely Promote Interdisciplinary and Advanced Life Sciences Research in Hong Kong and Beyond | CUHK / CityU, HKBU, PolyU, HKUST, HKU | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C5081-25EF | Advanced Single-Particle Mass Spectrometer to Uncover Hidden Aerosol Complexity Impacting Health and Climate | PolyU / CityU, HKBU, CUHK, HKUST | 36 | 3,400,000 |
| C5082-25EF | A trimodal PET/SPECT/CT animal imaging system for molecular imaging and radiopharmaceutical research | PolyU / CityU, HKU | 36 | 3,700,000 |
| C6054-25EF | Development of an Automated UAV Vertiport for Low Altitude Economy Research at HKUST | HKUST / CityU, PolyU, HKU | 36 | 5,090,000 |
| C6076-25EF | A Biaxial Centrifuge Shaker for Enhancing Research on Seismic and Climate Resilience of Infrastructure | HKUST / PolyU, HKU | 36 | 7,960,000 |
| C7017-25EF | An angle-resolved ultrafast cathodoluminescent microscope for interdisciplinary studies of quantum optics and quantum materials | HKU / CityU, CUHK, HKUST | 36 | 4,700,000 |
| Proposal Ref. | Proposal Title |
Coordinating University / Collaborating University(ies) |
Duration (Months) |
Recommended Amount (HK$) (exclusive of on-costs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1085-25YF | Nearshore intensification and inland impact of the tropical cyclones in the Western North Pacific under global warming | CityU / CUHK, PolyU | 36 | 4,300,000 |
| C4003-25YF | Cross-Cultural Analytics: Using Big Data, Large Language Models, Knowledge Graphs and Rare Books to Chart the Influence of Chinese Culture in the West, 1550-1900 | CUHK | 36 | 4,490,000 |
| C4069-25YF | Accelerating Silicon/Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaics Readiness through Phase-Stable and Hot-Spot Resistant Perovskite Design (STAR-PV) | CUHK / CityU, HKUST | 36 | 4,900,000 |
| C4109-25YF | Collaborative Intelligence and Autonomy through Cost-effective Embodied AI in Robotic Surgery | CUHK / HKU | 36 | 4,400,000 |
| C5101-25YF | Smart Environment Engineering via Beyond Diagonal Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Future Wireless Networks | PolyU / CityU, CUHK | 36 | 4,900,000 |
| C5132-25YF | Digital Solutions to Manage the Risks of Electric Vehicle Batteries and A Deep Learning Based Index Insurance Contract Design | PolyU / HKUST, HKU | 36 | 4,100,000 |
| C6002-25YF | Extreme-mission Microelectronic Passive Transducers | HKUST / HKU | 36 | 4,900,000 |
| C6011-25YF | Control of Chirality and Spin in Halide Perovskites: from Fundamental Study to Quantum Sensing and Optoelectronics | HKUST / CUHK | 36 | 4,900,000 |
| C6088-25YF | DeepSparseCT: An Ultra-Sparse X-Ray-Driven Foundation Model for Intraoperative 3D CT Reconstruction | HKUST / CUHK | 36 | 4,500,000 |
| C7058-25YF | Molecular Mechanisms of Non-Homologous End Joining Regulating Nucleosome Remodeling in Human DNA Repair | HKU | 36 | 4,900,000 |
| C7143-25YF | Wafer-scale integrated III-V/lithium niobate lasers and photonic circuits | HKU / CityU | 36 | 4,400,000 |