Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2018/19 - Funding Results
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (FDS)
No. | Project Reference No. | Project Title | Principal Investigator | Institution | Funding Period (Months) | Amount Awarded by RGC (Inclusive of On-costs) (HK$) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | UGC/FDS11/B03/18 | Book-Tax Tradeoff Theory and Corporate Acquisition Payment Methods: Evidence from China |
Prof CHAN Koon-hung
|
Caritas
|
36
|
878,700
|
2 | UGC/FDS25/H01/18 | Imagination of Cityscape: A Study on Post-1997 Hong Kong Young Writers |
Dr CHAU Man-lut
|
THEi
|
24
|
384,200
|
3 | UGC/FDS25/M02/18 | Exploring the use of native leguminous plants in mitigating soil quality of man-made slopes | Dr CHAU Ngai-lung |
THEi
|
30
|
744,150
|
4 | UGC/FDS14/B06/18 | Doubts on Natural Rate of Unemployment: Evidence from Asian and OECD Countries |
Dr CHENG Ka-ming
|
HSMC
|
24
|
404,325
|
5 | UGC/FDS15/H06/18 | Vocational Identity, Career Development and Graduate Adjustment: A longitudinal study of sub-degree students in Hong Kong |
Dr CHEUNG Raysen Wai-leung
|
Shue Yan
|
24
|
700,220
|
6 | UGC/FDS16/B13/18 | Investigating Impacts of Problem Ownership and Ascription of Responsibility on Sustainable Consumption Behaviour |
Mr CHU Kevin Wing-ki
|
OUHK
|
24
|
429,048
|
7 | UGC/FDS14/P01/18 (Withdrawn) |
Longitudinal Item Response Techniques with Applications to Education and Psychosocial Interventions | Dr CHU Man-ying |
HSMC
|
24
|
807,400
|
8 | UGC/FDS13/H07/18 | Political Identification and the Idea of Loyalty: A Study of the Master Poet Chen Gongyin of Lingnan during the Ming-Qing Dynastic Transition | Dr DUNG Chau-hung |
Chu Hai
|
24
|
464,125
|
9 | UGC/FDS13/E04/18 | Intelligent assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) based on gaze-posture-movement tracking fusion: principle, algorithm and system | Dr FU Hong |
Chu Hai
|
36
|
937,350
|
10 | UGC/FDS14/H13/18 | Destined for Conflict? An Implicit Theory Approach to Relational Motive and Dispute Resolution Practices | Dr FU Ho-ying |
HSMC
|
36
|
626,850
|
11 | UGC/FDS16/H13/18 | Creativity in popular music: A study of music-making practices in the busking scene and the YouTube scene | Dr HO Wing-ki |
OUHK
|
20
|
524,960
|
12 | UGC/FDS17/M04/18 | An investigation of semantic and associative encoding in schizophrenia using event-related potential | Dr KUO Michael Chih-chien |
TWC
|
24
|
748,381
|
13 | UGC/FDS16/H05/18 | Traditionalism, Regime Support and Democratic Legitimacy in Hong Kong | Dr LAM Wai-man |
OUHK
|
24
|
968,400
|
14 | UGC/FDS16/M01/18 | Molecular Responses of Fish Gills Experimentally Exposed to Ichthyotoxic Dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi | Dr LEE Wang-fat |
OUHK
|
24
|
699,523
|
15 | UGC/FDS16/B01/18 | Are city tourism destinations prepared for the touristification of their intangible cultural heritage? | Dr LEE Yee-sum |
OUHK
|
24
|
540,600
|
16 | UGC/FDS11/H01/18 | Origins of the grammar of Chinese Pidgin English | Dr LI Michelle Kin-ling |
Caritas
|
24
|
464,700
|
17 | UGC/FDS15/E01/18 | Ocular behaviour, construction hazard awareness and an AI chatbot | Dr LI Rita Yi-man |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
470,208
|
18 | UGC/FDS14/B03/18 | Too Busy to Help? Recent Evidence on Multiple Directorships and Firm Performance in Hong Kong | Dr LIU Junxia |
HSMC
|
24
|
625,700
|
19 | UGC/FDS13/E02/18 | Meteorological Visibility Estimation by using Particle Swarm Optimization and Neural Network | Prof LO Wai-lun |
Chu Hai
|
24
|
580,275
|
20 | UGC/FDS11/M08/18 | Care providers' experiences of managing challenging behaviours of persons with intellectual disabilities in residential care: A qualitative vignette study | Dr LOW Lisa Pau-le |
Caritas
|
24
|
810,001
|
21 | UGC/FDS12/H02/18 | Toward understanding English academic writing experiences of students in self-financing institutions in Hong Kong | Dr LU Hangyan |
Centennial
|
24
|
719,655
|
22 | UGC/FDS14/E05/18 | The Impacts of Heterogeneous Maintenance Actions on Aircraft Routing Problems in regard to Airline Operations Reliability and Profitability | Dr MA Hoi-lam |
HSMC
|
36
|
745,300
|
23 | UGC/FDS11/H04/18 | Social worker turnover and organizational career management in social work organizations of Mainland China | Dr MO Yuen-han |
Caritas
|
24
|
745,875
|
24 | UGC/FDS16/M08/18 | Radial Basis Functions Method for Medical Imaging Problems | Dr NG Kei-shing |
OUHK
|
24
|
1,165,000
|
25 | UGC/FDS14/H06/18 | Trajectories, Strategies, Practices of Second-generation Hong Kong Transnational Families | Dr NGAN Lucille Lok-sun |
HSMC
|
24
|
1,012,330
|
26 | UGC/FDS14/B08/18 | Do Insiders Exploit the Market Expectation Errors in Value/Growth Stocks? | Dr SHEN Jianfu |
HSMC
|
24
|
709,880
|
27 | UGC/FDS25/H05/18 | Outdoor space design in public rental housing estates to promote ageing in place in Hong Kong | Dr SHI Shulin |
THEi
|
24
|
930,629
|
28 | UGC/FDS14/H16/18 | A Hybrid Approach to the Translation of Government Press Releases: Integration of Translation Memories and Neural Machine Translation | Dr SIU Sai-cheong |
HSMC
|
36
|
383,050
|
29 | UGC/FDS16/M07/18 | Investigating the Potential of Using Probiotic Bacteria in Making Traditional Chinese foods with Health-Promoting Effects and Reduced Carcinogenicity | Dr SZE Eric Tung-po |
OUHK
|
24
|
782,100
|
30 | UGC/FDS15/B01/18 | Discovering the financial and economic meanings behind housing block trades | Dr TANG Chi-ho |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
493,450
|
31 | UGC/FDS14/P02/18 | Model Selection with High Dimensional Incomplete Data | Prof TANG Man-lai |
HSMC
|
24
|
723,450
|
32 | UGC/FDS24/B02/18 | Smart Tourism and Destination Image: Moderating Effect of Theory of Mind (ToM) | Dr TAVITIYAMAN Pimtong |
PolyU SPEED
|
18
|
370,515
|
33 | UGC/FDS16/B07/18 | An Empirical Study on Relationship between IPO Prospectus Readability and IPO Underpricing | Mr TSUI Christophor Sai-kit |
OUHK
|
18
|
461,250
|
34 | UGC/FDS25/E01/18 | Investigation on effects of biodiesel blends on gas- and particulate-phase light duty diesel vehicle exhaust emissions | Dr WANG Bei |
THEi
|
24
|
780,174
|
35 | UGC/FDS14/E06/18 | Generalised Needs-based Product Configurator Design | Dr WANG Yue |
HSMC
|
24
|
783,250
|
36 | UGC/FDS14/E07/18 | Three-echelon Collaborative Slot Allocation Planning for Liner Shipping Revenue Management Under Uncertain Demand | Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung |
HSMC
|
24
|
869,788
|
37 | UGC/FDS16/H07/18 | The Development of Kindergarten Practitioners' Professional Identity under the Free Kindergarten Education Policy in Hong Kong | Dr WONG Ming-sin |
OUHK
|
24
|
784,745
|
38 | UGC/FDS24/B05/18 | Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility Practice on Social Media Crises in Travel Industry | Dr WUT Tai-ming |
PolyU SPEED
|
24
|
398,127
|
39 | UGC/FDS16/M02/18 | Seasonal Succession of Microalgae and Their Relationship with Environmental Factors in the Sources of Hong Kong Drinking Water | Dr XU Jingliang |
OUHK
|
24
|
882,150
|
40 | UGC/FDS13/E06/18 | Coupled material point method and discrete element method modeling for debris flows | Dr YANG Yi |
Chu Hai
|
36
|
710,800
|