Collaborative Research Fund 2019/20 Funding Results

Equipment Proposals

Proposal No. Proposal Title Coordinating
University /Collaborating
University(ies) 		Duration
(Months) 		Amount Awarded
(HK$)
(exclusive of on-costs)
C1020-19EF High-Resolution Antenna Measurement System with Robotic Arms for Millimeter-wave Frequencies CityU/HKU
36
2,051,966
C4033-19EF The First Integrated State-of-the-Art Sample Preparation System for Cryo-Electron Microscopy/Tomography Analysis to Promote Advanced Cellular and Structural Biology Research in Hong Kong CUHK/HKBU, PolyU, HKUST
36
7,439,308
C5033-19EF An Ultra-speed Mass Spectrometer for High-throughput Omics Studies PolyU/CUHK, HKUST, HKU
36
2,910,060
C6001-19EF High-resolution adaptive optics microscope system for live and deep imaging of biological tissues HKUST/CityU, CUHK, HKU
36
2,000,000
C6021-19EF X-GPU: An Extreme GPU Cluster for Interdisciplinary Research on Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Genomics Studies HKUST/CityU, CUHK, HKU
36
3,719,654
C7045-19EF Atomic-resolution Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope for Characterisation of Advanced Materials and DevicesAtomic-resolution Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope for Characterisation of Advanced Materials and Devices HKU/CityU, PolyU, HKUST
36
7,461,693

Group Research Proposals

Proposal No. Proposal Title Coordinating
University /Collaborating
University(ies) 		Duration
(Months) 		Amount Awarded
(HK$)
(exclusive of on-costs)
C1005-19GF Computational Design of Material Interfaces: application to the mechanical behaviour of aerospace materials CityU/HKUST, HKU
36
4,558,265
C2009-19GF Non-canonical NAD-capped RNAs in Arabidopsis: mechanisms of capping and decapping and molecular and physiological functions HKBU/CityU, CUHK
36
6,087,995
C4007-19GF Widefield nanodiamond quantum sensing based on light-sheet microscopy CUHK/HKUST
36
6,056,573
C4039-19GF Exploiting epitranscriptome dysregulation in colorectal carcinogenesis and metastasis: mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches CUHK/HKUST, HKU
36
6,158,384
C4055-19GF Using Advanced Neuroimaging to Predict Language and Cognitive Outcomes in Pre-Term Infants CUHK/HKU
36
5,559,743
C5008-19GF Study of Inhibitors Targeting Bacterial RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme Formation as Novel Antimicrobial Agents PolyU/CUHK
36
4,974,462
C5011-19GF Multi-scale spatiotemporal single-cell in-situ analysis: Mechanism and biomedical applications PolyU/HKBU, CUHK
12
2,349,052
C6018-19GF Molecular regulation of quiescence and early activation in muscle stem cells HKUST/CUHK
36
6,969,211
C6023-19GF Developing non-fullerene organic solar cells with small photovoltage loss HKUST/CityU, HKBU
36
6,025,732
C6025-19GF Study of topological and unconventional superconductors HKUST
36
5,946,472
C6026-19GF Novel Antibiotics from Genome Mining and Diversity-oriented Synthesis HKUST/CityU
36
5,250,027
C6027-19GF The Role of IL-33 in Synaptic Dysfunctions and Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease HKUST/CUHK
36
5,586,951
C7009-19GF International Big Data Network for Attention Deficit and/Hyperactivity Disorder: Development and Application of Data Platform HKU/CUHK
12
2,203,537
C7013-19GF What lies beneath: Human and environmental health risk factors in our ocean - an experimental application of MarineGEO-Hong Kong HKU/CityU, CUHK
36
5,316,484
C7015-19GF Measurement of the Neutrino Mass through the Effects of Relic Neutrinos on Cosmological Structure HKU/CUHK, HKUST
12
2,728,769
C7028-19GF Integrative chemical biology approaches to decipher histone marks on H3K79 HKU
36
6,523,841
C7044-19GF Functional and systems analyses of regulatory networks controlling cell fate and lineage development of intervertebral disc cells HKU/CUHK
36
8,098,444
C7069-19GF Psychological resilience and mental wellness: Effects of internal neurobiological affective and external social support systems HKU/CUHK, PolyU, EdUHK
36
5,023,374