Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2020/21 and One-off CRF Covid-19 and Novel Infectious Diseases Research Exercises (One-off CRF exercise) Funding Results
CRF 2020/21 Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG) Proposals
Proposal No. | Proposal Title | Coordinating University /Collaborating University(ies) |
Duration (Months) |
Amount Awarded (HK$) (exclusive of on-costs) |
---|---|---|---|---|
C1006-20WF | A universal solid/liquid-based framework for efficient water energy harvesting | CityU / CUHK, HKUST, HKU |
36
|
4,800,000
|
C4002-20WF | Vacuole Dynamics, Biogenesis and Functions in Plants | CUHK / PolyU, HKUST |
36
|
6,400,000
|
C4023-20GF | Deploying Geospatial Big Data and Real-time Mobile Sensing to Assess the Health Impacts of Individual Exposure to Green/blue Spaces, Light at Night, Air Pollution, and Noise (GLAN) | CUHK / PolyU |
36
|
5,600,000
|
C5018-20GF | Development of next-generation key technologies for smart buildings | PolyU / CityU |
36
|
5,840,000
|
C5031-20GF | Durable and high-performance zinc-air flow batteries for energy storage | PolyU / HKUST, HKU |
36
|
4,200,000
|
C6006-20GF | Engineering a safer urban forest under extreme storms | HKUST / CityU, HKU |
36
|
6,263,998
|
C6009-20GF | New phases of quantum matter in engineered atomic systems | HKUST / CUHK, HKU |
36
|
5,440,050
|
C6011-20GF | Development of High-Performance and Long-Life Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells | HKUST |
36
|
6,400,000
|
C6012-20GF | Harnessing the "Fog" of Ambient RF Waves | HKUST / CityU |
36
|
5,600,000
|
C6014-20WF | New Aggregation-Induced Emission Systems: Solving the Existing Problems in Bioimaging and Developing New Biological Applications | HKUST / CityU, CUHK, HKU |
36
|
6,400,000
|
C6016-20GF | The study of the crossover between polycrystalline and amorphous solids by colloidal and metallic systems | HKUST / CUHK |
36
|
4,836,790
|
C6017-20GF | Dark Matter and the Universe | HKUST / HKU |
36
|
5,488,980
|
C7003-20GF | Integrative Chemical Biology Approaches to Investigate the Biological Process of Bacterial Pseudaminic Acid | HKU / CityU |
36
|
4,550,000
|
C7005-20GF | Development of DNA-encoded glycan constructs as multivalent influenza hemagglutinin inhibitors towards novel anti-influenza therapy | HKU |
36
|
4,900,000
|
C7009-20GF | Structure and molecular mechanisms of the eukaryotic replisome | HKU / HKUST |
36
|
5,759,951
|
C7018-20GF | Controlling the moisture – towards stable and efficient flexible perovskite solar cells | HKU / PolyU |
36
|
3,353,000
|
C7026-20GF | Investigating protein homeostasis during neuronal development and aging through cell-specific proteomics and interactomics | HKU |
36
|
3,826,270
|
C7033-20GF | Deciphering the Physiological Functions and Regulation of the Endogenous CRISPR-Cas System for Biotechnological and Therapeutic Exploitations: Type I-F as a Paradigm | HKU / CityU |
36
|
4,495,103
|
C7035-20GF | Low-dimensional perovskite materials for efficient and stable light emitting diodes: Materials, devices and fundamental understanding | HKU / CityU, CUHK, HKUST |
36
|
4,899,300
|
C7038-20GF | Towards a comprehensive understanding of the performance of offshore wind turbine systems in complex environments | HKU / PolyU |
36
|
3,202,864
|
C7047-20GF | Optimizing Total Factor Sustainability of Tall Residential Buildings through Innovative Modular Integrated Construction | HKU / PolyU, HKUST |
36
|
5,250,000
|
CRF 2020/21 Collaborative Research Equipment Grant (CREG) Proposals
Proposal No. | Proposal Title | Coordinating University /Collaborating University(ies) |
Duration (Months) |
Amount Awarded (HK$) (exclusive of on-costs) |
---|---|---|---|---|
C4012-20EF | Hong Kong’s Window on the Universe: Building a Pioneering Submillimetre Astronomical Camera | CUHK / HKU |
36
|
3,100,000
|
C4015-20EF | Earth BioGenome Project: Hong Kong | CUHK / CityU, HKBU, LU, EdUHK, PolyU, HKUST, HKU |
36
|
3,250,000
|
C4028-20EF | An integrated measurement system for quantum information and quantum materials research under extreme conditions | CUHK / CityU, CUHK, HKUST, HKU |
36
|
4,465,000
|
C5045-20EF | A super-resolution fluorescence microscopy platform for live-cell and animal-tissue imaging | PolyU / CityU, HKBU, CUHK |
36
|
3,577,125
|
C6002-20EF | A High-accuracy Wafer Polisher and Bonders for Heterogeneous Integration | HKUST / CUHK, PolyU, HKU |
36
|
6,250,000
|
C6008-20EF | A multifunctional correlative imaging and spectroscopy system for cross-disciplinary research at HKUST | HKUST / HKU |
36
|
3,761,500
|
C6022-20EF | The Indium-Rich Metal Jet: A Bright Dual Wavelength X-ray Source for S-XRD and SAXS | HKUST |
36
|
8,090,067
|
C7034-20EF | Mass cytometry, a multiplexed single-cell technology for chemical biology and precision medicine | HKU / HKBU, PolyU |
36
|
6,000,000
|
One-off CRF exercise Group Research Proposals
Proposal No. | Proposal Title | Coordinating University /Collaborating University(ies) |
Duration (Months) |
Amount Awarded (HK$) (exclusive of on-costs) |
---|---|---|---|---|
C1105-20GF | Reducing transmission of novel coronavirus and other infectious diseases using food waste-derived medical textiles via electrospinning for healthcare apparel and personal protective equipment | CityU / PolyU, HKUST, HKU |
36
|
5,487,015
|
C1115-20GF | Hong Kong Insolvency and Restructuring Law and Policy in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond | CityU / HKU |
36
|
3,114,629
|
C1134-20GF | A novel vaccination strategy: using a microrobot platform for DNA vaccine delivery and antigen presentation | CityU / CUHK, HKU |
36
|
6,185,362
|
C1143-20GF | Resilient PPE Supply Chains for Hong Kong Health Systems: Current and Post Covid-19 Pandemic | CityU / CUHK |
36
|
4,172,126
|
C2103-20GF | Investigating entry and infection of the primary cilia and central nervous system by SARS-CoV-2 | HKBU |
36
|
2,468,238
|
C4139-20GF | Assessment and implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions to avoid COVID-19 resurgences: Accounting for human mobility, contacts and behavioral change using both big and small data | CUHK |
18
|
3,512,631
|
C4158-20GF | (Mis)communication, Trust, and Information Environments : A Comparative Study of the COVID-19 “Infodemics” in Four Chinese Societies | CUHK / CityU, HKBU |
24
|
3,067,301
|
C5108-20GF | Effective Ventilation Strategies for Mitigating Infection Risks in Hospitals | PolyU / CityU, HKU |
36
|
4,429,517
|
C5110-20GF | Multi-level synergistic COVID-19 point-of-care diagnostics based on upconversion luminescence biosensing platform | PolyU / CityU, HKU |
36
|
8,408,102
|
C6103-20GF | Mitigation Strategies and Operations in Confronting Novel Infectious Disease | HKUST / CUHK |
24
|
3,902,764
|
C6107-20GF | Large-scale Population Screening of Pooled Viral Nucleic Acid Samples Using Concurrent Isothermal Amplification and Electrochemical Detection for Novel Infectious Diseases on a Disposable Chip | HKUST / CUHK |
36
|
5,727,246
|
C7105-20GF | Leveraging Mobility and Digital Trace Big Data to Model COVID-19 Risk and Socio-Economic Recovery | HKU |
24
|
4,533,112
|
C7123-20GF | Superspreading of COVID-19: epidemiology and control | HKU / PolyU |
36
|
8,978,751
|
C7129-20GF | Impact of mask-use and social distancing during COVID-19 and NID pandemic on face and facial expression recognition | HKU / CityU, EdUHK |
12^
|
1,150,822
|
C7139-20GF | Comparison of paediatric and adult responses to coronavirus infection – a molecular, cellular and tissue study | HKU |
36
|
5,586,748
|
C7142-20GF | Mechanism of inflammasome activation by SARS-CoV-2 | HKU / CUHK |
36
|
8,431,247
|
C7144-20GF | Role of pangolins in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in humans | HKU / EdUHK, HKUST |
30
|
5,786,306
|
C7145-20GF | Replication-defective SARS-CoV-2 mutant vaccines with abnormal codon usages | HKU / CUHK |
36
|
6,983,473
|
C7147-20GF | Development of glycopeptide-based anti SARS-CoV-2 vaccines | HKU / CityU |
36
|
5,956,743
|
C7149-20GF | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Hong Kong children and support to families during crisis | HKU / CUHK |
36
|
6,933,591
|
C7151-20GF | Suicide Prevention during COVID-19 | HKU / CityU |
30
|
2,992,917
|
C7154-20GF | A multinational big data Covid-19 Epidemiological Study on post-infection Outcomes (ACESO) | HKU / CityU, CUHK |
36
|
9,691,060
|
C7156-20GF | Mechanism of immune control against COVID-19 | HKU |
36
|
8,629,578
|
C7162-20GF | Hong Kong RECAP: A Systematic Response Strategy for Novel Infectious Disease Pandemic | HKU / CityU |
24
|
3,952,247
|
C7165-20GF | Airborne virus harvesting, detection and diagnostics inspired by origin of life | HKU |
36
|
7,582,057
|
C7174-20GF | Super Reality for Hands-on Online Education | HKU / CityU |
24
|
6,849,390
|
C8105-20GF | Protecting older people from loneliness during the coronavirus (Covid-19) and other novel infectious disease pandemic | EdUHK / CityU, HKU |
24
|
5,487,015
|
^ supported for one-year seed money and exploratory funding