Collaborative Research Fund 2018/19 Funding Results

Equipment Proposals

Proposal No. Proposal Title< Coordinating
University
/Collaborating
University(ies)
Duration
(Months)
Amount Awarded
(HK$)
(exclusive of on-costs)
C1026-18EF Hong Kong's Participation at the China Spallation Neutron Source CityU/CUHK, HKUST, HKU
36
8,651,102
C4041-18EF A state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction facility for structural biology research in Hong Kong CUHK/CityU, HKBU, PolyU, HKUST, HKU
36
2,306,960
C4057-18EF A nanochannel-based next-generation mapping system for the study of complex genomic feature and variation for biotechnological and biomedical applications CUHK/HKU
36
2,173,431
C5029-18EF Acquisition of a sub-angstrom and ultralow-dose cryogenic transmission electron microscopy facility for beam-sensitive materials research PolyU/CityU, CUHK, HKUST, HKU
36
8,253,016
C7050-18EF SIRMS 2.0: Establishing Asia's premier stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry laboratory in Hong Kong HKU/CityU, HKBU, CUHK, PolyU
36
3,804,007

Group Research Proposals

Proposal No. Proposal Title Coordinating
University
/Collaborating
University(ies)
Duration
(Months)
Amount Awarded
(HK$)
(exclusive of on-costs)
C1031-18GF Multi-sourced Event Detection and Multi-Dimensional Analysis based on Event Cube PolyU/CityU, CUHK, HKUST
36
5,330,356
C4001-18GF Targeting Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: from mechanistic study to novel therapeutic development CUHK/HKBU, HKUST, HKU
36
6,269,185
C4045-18WF Deciphering Enhancer Regulation of Tumor Immune Evasion to Develop New Combination Immunotherapies CUHK/HKU
36
6,990,790
C4063-18GF A Robotic Wireless Capsule Endoscopic System for Automated Gastrointestinal Disease Diagnosis CUHK/CityU, HKUST
36
7,579,135
C5026-18GF Multi-stage Big Data Analytics for Complex Systems: Methodologies and Applications PolyU/CUHK, HKUST, HKU
36
3,661,193
C5037-18GF High Performance Photovoltaic Cells Integrating Perovskite and Polymers – Materials, Devices and Mechanism Studies PolyU/HKBU, HKU
36
2,912,829
C6013-18GF Non-Hermitian Systems in Optics and Acoustics HKUST/CityU, HKBU, PolyU, HKU
36
7,279,742
C6030-18GF A Human-Powered Machine Learning System HKUST/HKBU, PolyU
36
3,716,381
C7017-18GF Development of the glycosylated adiponectin collagenous domain as potential therapeutic agents for cancer and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases HKU
36
3,738,130
C7026-18GF Exploiting stemness as a cancer cell vulnerability using hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as a model system HKU/CUHK, PolyU
36
6,990,790
C7030-18GF Exploiting the true joint progenitor cell for articular cartilage repair HKU/CUHK
36
7,370,585
C7052-18GF Infrastructures of Faith: Religious Mobility on the Belt and Road HKU/CUHK, EdUHK
36
6,252,078
C7058-18GF Elucidating the Mechanism of De Novo Centromere Formation HKU/CUHK
36
5,021,500
C7064-18GF Next-Generation Air Pollution Physics and Chemistry Model for Urban Areas HKU/PolyU, HKUST
36
7,282,073
C7065-18GF Identification and characterization of genes and microenvironment factors driving the metastasis of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers HKU/CUHK, HKUST
36
4,416,717