Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2022/23 - 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/FDS25/E05/22 | Feasibility study on innovative hybrid wastewater treatment design for achieving carbon and energy neutrality by using forward osmosis-anaerobic membrane bioreactor (FO-AnMBR) with microalgae post-treatment | Dr CHAN Cho-yin |
THEi
|
36
|
1,439,096
|
| 2 | UGC/FDS14/H19/22 | Advertising Innovative Products Across Cultures: The Manifestation of Innovativeness Cues and Their Relative Impact | Dr CHAN Fong-yee |
HSUHK
|
30
|
896,985
|
| 3 | UGC/FDS11/B02/22 | Could a Tax Credit Rating System engender a Spillover Effect to reduce the Tax Avoidance of Peer Firms? | Prof CHAN Koon-hung |
Caritas
|
24
|
628,000
|
| 4 | UGC/FDS24/E16/22 | Investigating Land Development and Land Tenure in the Greater Bay Area through Selected Case Studies: A New Path to China’s Territorial Development and City-Regionalization? | Prof CHAN Roger Chun-kwong |
PolyU SPEED
|
36
|
1,039,930
|
| 5 | UGC/FDS16/M03/22 | Study on the bioremediation of chlorpyrifos by two Scenedesmus species under different phosphorus concentrations | Dr CHAN Sidney Man-ngai |
HKMU
|
24
|
1,183,400
|
| 6 | UGC/FDS11/M03/22 | Elucidating the novel role of hypothalamic GLP-1 receptor system in mechanism of nausea and emesis in Suncus murinus | Dr CHAN Sze-wa |
Caritas
|
36
|
1,361,479
|
| 7 | UGC/FDS16/B18/22 | Governance Reform in Stakeholder-oriented Context: A Behavioral Perspective | Dr CHEN Kelly Xing |
HKMU
|
24
|
460,445
|
| 8 | UGC/FDS16/H04/22 | Life course trajectories of drug treatment among middle-aged and older people who use heroin in Hong Kong | Dr CHENG Shing |
HKMU
|
18
|
567,543
|
| 9 | UGC/FDS17/H03/22 | Effect of Music Breathing, a programme based on mindful breathing and music therapy for promoting sense of coherence in young people: A randomized controlled trial | Dr CHENG Winnie Lai-sheung |
TWC
|
28
|
748,382
|
| 10 | UGC/FDS24/H11/22 | Teaching Undergraduate Social Sciences and Business Writing: Integrating the Reader’s Perspective and Data-driven Teaching and Learning Approach | Dr CHEUNG Eric Lok-ming |
PolyU SPEED
|
24
|
654,335
|
| 11 | UGC/FDS25/H03/22 | Design and development of comfortable 3D-printed midsole smart sole shoe to improve older people’s balancing ability | Ms CHEUNG Ling |
THEi
|
18
|
751,913
|
| 12 | UGC/FDS14/E02/22 | Early Detection of Cyberbullying Incidents in Chinese-English Code-Mixed Language with Targeted Emotional Colloquial Slang Phrases: A Transfer Learning Approach | Dr CHU Carlin Chun-fai |
HSUHK
|
30
|
916,650
|
| 13 | UGC/FDS16/E06/22 | Developing Efficient Behaviour-based Semi-supervised Drivers Status Prediction Algorithm from Small-scale Labelled Dataset | Dr CHUI Kwok-tai |
HKMU
|
24
|
974,150
|
| 14 | UGC/FDS16/E02/22 | A Study of Distributed Service-aware Wireless Cellular Networks (DS-WCNs): From User Demand Modeling to Performance Optimization | Dr FU Yaru |
HKMU
|
30
|
1,047,750
|
| 15 | UGC/FDS24/H03/22 | Street Audiences Feel the Same as Street Performers? A Psychological Approach | Dr HO Robbie Ming-hon |
PolyU SPEED
|
24
|
535,379
|
| 16 | UGC/FDS13/E01/22 | Automatic multiple level gum disease detection based on deep neural network: algorithm and system | Dr HSUNG Tai-chiu |
Chu Hai
|
36
|
1,181,781
|
| 17 | UGC/FDS15/H19/22 | Understanding the new solidarities and public roles of transnational Chinese Buddhist organizations by movement organization theory | Dr HUANG Weishan |
Shue Yan
|
36
|
960,925
|
| 18 | UGC/FDS16/H02/22 | Ekphrasis in Hong Kong Poetry in English: Late 1970s to Early 2020s | Dr HUEN Pak-hang |
HKMU
|
24
|
694,470
|
| 19 | UGC/FDS41/H01/22 | Examining the contributions of parental language input quality to young children’s executive function, oral language skills and listening comprehension development: A longitudinal study | Dr HUNG On-ying |
YCCECE
|
24
|
803,849
|
| 20 | UGC/FDS24/E11/22 | Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Low to Medium Calorific Value Landfill Gas Blended with Hydrogen | Dr KAHANGAMAGE Udaya Priyadarshana |
PolyU SPEED
|
36
|
829,825
|
| 21 | UGC/FDS24/E18/22 | Development of Artificial Intelligence based Predictive Tool for Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment: A Domain Adaptation Perspective | Dr KHAN Sheheryar |
PolyU SPEED
|
18
|
471,370
|
| 22 | UGC/FDS14/B12/22 | What Really Matters in Achieving Team and Individual Innovative Performance in Different Cultures: Innovation Leadership, Creative Collective and Self-Efficacy, and Initiative Climate | Dr KONG Hao |
HSUHK
|
30
|
566,848
|
| 23 | UGC/FDS17/M06/22 | Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognition in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A randomized controlled trial | Dr KUO Michael Chih-chien |
TWC
|
24
|
1,359,465
|
| 24 | UGC/FDS17/H04/22 | The effectiveness of an e-health brisk walking intervention in increasing moderate to vigorous physical activity in physically inactive older people with cognitive frailty: A randomised controlled trial | Prof KWAN Yiu-cho |
TWC
|
30
|
1,024,497
|
| 25 | UGC/FDS24/B06/22 | Value Statements are More Than a Buzzword: Impact of Green Value Statement and Employee Green Values on Financial Performance and Employee Green Behaviors via Green Human Resource Management | Dr KWOK Man-lung |
PolyU SPEED
|
18
|
571,650
|
| 26 | UGC/FDS15/H06/22 | The effect of abnormal structural and functional resting-state connectivity in prefrontal cortex and increased exposure to traffic-related air pollutants on schizotypy | Dr LAM Yin-hung |
Shue Yan
|
30
|
1,353,283
|
| 27 | UGC/FDS24/B07/22 | Rebuilding Port and Resilient Maritime Supply Chain Networks in Asia | Dr LAU Yui-yip |
PolyU SPEED
|
18
|
415,701
|
| 28 | UGC/FDS16/E10/22 | Development of Smart Analytic System with IoT Technology for Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff in Suburban Agricultural Area | Dr LEE Chi-chung |
HKMU
|
36
|
1,183,975
|
| 29 | UGC/FDS16/M01/22 | Modulation of Ichthyotoxicity of Karenia mikimotoi by Two Associated Alteromonas oceani Isolates (R2 and Y8) and Algal-bacterial Molecular Interaction Under Effects of Different Biotic and Abiotic Factors | Prof LEE Wang-fat |
HKMU
|
24
|
1,390,400
|
| 30 | UGC/FDS11/E01/22 | Chaotized Plasma for actively combating airborne COVID19 | Prof LEUNG Andrew Yee-tak |
Caritas
|
36
|
833,054
|
| 31 | UGC/FDS24/B19/22 | Prevention is Better than Cure? How the Gamification Elements of Gerontechnology Influence the Elderly Mental Well-being and Cognitive Health: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong | Dr LEUNG Wilson Ka-shing |
PolyU SPEED
|
33
|
775,430
|
| 32 | UGC/FDS24/H05/22 | A Projective Analysis of Rhythmic Organisation in Free-Rhythm Musical Performances in West Asian Art Music | Dr LIE Nga-sze |
PolyU SPEED
|
36
|
738,400
|
| 33 | UGC/FDS11/E02/22 | Robust Graph-based Clustering: From Shallow to Deep | Dr LIU Hui |
Caritas
|
36
|
989,100
|
| 34 | UGC/FDS11/E03/22 | Chinese Calligraphic Animation Generation via Deep Stroke Segmentation and Contour-based Trajectory Identification | Dr LIU Xueting |
Caritas
|
36
|
1,089,150
|
| 35 | UGC/FDS25/E06/22 | Development of Polyhydroxyalkanoates-Based Composite Nanofiber Membrane via Electrospinning, and Application in Particulate Matter Filtration | Dr LIU Yaohui |
THEi
|
30
|
1,135,973
|
| 36 | UGC/FDS24/H04/22 | The Science of Design Thinking: Theories and Applications | Dr LO On-ting |
PolyU SPEED
|
18
|
488,519
|
| 37 | UGC/FDS24/H18/22 | Establishing Central Sinitic Languages as a Linguistic Sprachbund - Transitional and Area-specific Features | Dr LU Wen |
PolyU SPEED
|
24
|
756,800
|
| 38 | UGC/FDS13/E03/22 | Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in forecasting the variation of sediments in water ecosystem | Dr LU Yi |
Chu Hai
|
24
|
789,069
|
| 39 | UGC/FDS14/E04/22 | Minimizing Maintenance Delays by Integrating Aircraft Maintenance Routing and Maintenance Workforce Scheduling with the Consideration of Component Availability | Dr MA Hoi-lam |
HSUHK
|
36
|
1,359,350
|
| 40 | UGC/FDS17/P01/22 | An investigation into chloroxylenol, a popular antimicrobial ingredient in hygiene and disinfection products, in Hong Kong through wastewater analysis | Miss MAK Deejay Suen-yui |
TWC
|
24
|
878,823
|
| 41 | UGC/FDS25/M03/22 | Design and pharmacological elucidation of novel anti-PD hybrids: neuroprotective and disease-modifying effects via synergistically acting on GSK3β/MEF2D and MAO-B | Dr MAK Shing-hung |
THEi
|
18
|
754,693
|
| 42 | UGC/FDS16/M05/22 | Combined chronic effects of dietary relevant concentrations of metal/loids and elevated water temperature on two economically important fish | Dr MO Wing-yin |
HKMU
|
30
|
1,194,854
|
| 43 | UGC/FDS15/H09/22 | Quality transition strategies facilitating the transition from teenage to adulthood for persons with intellectual disabilities and their family carers | Dr MO Yuen-han |
Shue Yan
|
18
|
635,387
|
| 44 | UGC/FDS16/H18/22 | Biophilic Sense and Sensibility: Exploring Human-Animal Coexistence in Contemporary Environmental Literature | Dr NG Chak-kwan |
HKMU
|
18
|
271,500
|
| 45 | UGC/FDS14/P04/22 | Admixture Analysis of Multi-Site Multivariate Time Series | Dr NG Chi-tim |
HSUHK
|
36
|
1,529,550
|
| 46 | UGC/FDS24/H08/22 | Gamification or VR or Both? Examining Antecedents in Encouraging Continuance Pro-environmental Behavior | Dr NG Mei-lan |
PolyU SPEED
|
24
|
644,100
|
| 47 | UGC/FDS14/P05/22 | Generalized Fiducial Inference and Model Selection on Multiple Change-point Detection in Autoregressive Time Series | Dr NG Wai-leong |
HSUHK
|
36
|
1,324,850
|
| 48 | UGC/FDS14/H15/22 | Transnational Ageing and Family Processes among Elderly Hong Kong Parents | Dr NGAN Lucille Lok-sun |
HSUHK
|
36
|
883,818
|
| 49 | UGC/FDS11/E05/22 | Deep Learning Based Face Super-Resolution: for Small and Incomplete Images | Prof SIU Wan-chi |
Caritas
|
36
|
1,385,800
|
| 50 | UGC/FDS11/H09/22 | Health literacy (HL) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD): A sequential mixed method explanatory design study | Prof SMITH Graeme Drummond |
Caritas
|
36
|
491,987
|
| 51 | UGC/FDS14/H03/22 | Business News Treasures in the Vanishing Old Newspapers in Hong Kong: The History, Characteristics, and Social Impact | Dr SONG Zhaoxun |
HSUHK
|
24
|
641,800
|
| 52 | UGC/FDS16/E05/22 | The Development of Recycled Oyster Shell Waste in Polymer-modified Green Concrete towards Enhanced Mechanical Properties and Environmental Benefits | Dr TANG Fanny Wai-fan |
HKMU
|
30
|
1,717,000
|
| 53 | UGC/FDS16/H06/22 | A study on competency levels of post-secondary students in detecting fake news on social media in Hong Kong | Dr TANG Ko-wai |
HKMU
|
24
|
515,070
|
| 54 | UGC/FDS25/E04/22 | Development of synergistic dual-atom catalysts with high activity and superior durability for catalytic hydrogen release reactions | Dr TSANG Chi-wing |
THEi
|
30
|
1,199,610
|
| 55 | UGC/FDS21/H01/22 | A randomized controlled study of Collective Motivational Interviewing (CMI) for adolescents with internet gaming disorder | Dr TSE Ka-wo |
CTIHE
|
36
|
950,690
|
| 56 | UGC/FDS14/B10/22 | How do Team Insiders Respond to Newcomer Voice? A Mutual Influence Perspective of Newcomer Entry on Team Innovation | Dr WANG Amy Yamei |
HSUHK
|
24
|
540,600
|
| 57 | UGC/FDS16/E09/22 | Representation and Extraction of Quantitative Information for Large-scale Unstructured Healthcare Text Analysis | Prof WANG Fu-lee |
HKMU
|
24
|
826,950
|
| 58 | UGC/FDS14/E05/22 | MetaConfigurator: A Resource-Effective Method to Develop Needs-Based Configurators for Product Customisation | Dr WANG Yue |
HSUHK
|
36
|
1,261,600
|
| 59 |
UGC/FDS15/H01/22 (Withdrawn) |
Hong Kong as the Pioneer Disseminating the Information on the West to the East: Retrace and Reinterpret the Intellectual Source for China’s and Japan’s Modernization in the Second Half of the 19th Century | Prof WEI Chuxiong |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
657,900
|
| 60 | UGC/FDS16/M04/22 | Antihypertensive effects of traditional, aqueous and solvent extracts of Danshen, Danshensu and Tanshinone IIA and their combination on Bevacizumab-induced hypertension | Dr WONG Emily Sze-wan |
HKMU
|
36
|
1,308,750
|
| 61 | UGC/FDS11/H04/22 | To retire or to work: Factors determining the decision of middle income earners in their old age | Prof WONG Yu-cheung |
Caritas
|
30
|
690,974
|
| 62 | UGC/FDS15/H03/22 | Settlement towns built on the north-eastern steppe of Inner Mongolia during Khitan-Liao and their impact on Chinese history: A new inquiry on Touxia | Prof YANG Ruowei |
Shue Yan
|
30
|
903,402
|
| 63 | UGC/FDS14/B08/22 | Feedback Strategy for Motivating Loyalty Program Members in the Digital Era: The Role of Progress Framing | Dr YANG Xin |
HSUHK
|
30
|
628,920
|
| 64 | UGC/FDS15/H15/22 | The interactions of L1 and L2 tonal systems in Mandarin-Cantonese late bilinguals | Dr YANG Yike |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
835,558
|
| 65 | UGC/FDS24/E08/22 | Time Series Artificial Intelligence for Energy Management of Chiller System | Dr YU Fu-wing |
PolyU SPEED
|
24
|
620,870
|
| 66 | UGC/FDS14/P07/22 | Joint Sparse Optimization: Nonconvex Penalty Theory and Applications | Dr YU Kwok-wai |
HSUHK
|
36
|
1,324,850
|
| 67 | UGC/FDS17/M07/22 | Cure of Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells through combinational CRISPR/Cas9 and CRISPR/Cas13 targeting | Dr YUEN Kit-san |
TWC
|
18
|
826,457
|
| 68 | UGC/FDS24/E03/22 | A Novel Real-Time HVAC Strategy based on Lightweight CFD Integrated with Reinforcement Learning for Public Transportation in Hong Kong | Dr ZHANG Hao |
PolyU SPEED
|
36
|
940,110
|
| 69 | UGC/FDS14/B17/22 | Does Sharing the Same Auditor with Listed Affiliated Firms Affect IPO Audit Quality? An Analysis at the Audit Firm and Partner Levels | Dr ZHANG Weiyin |
HSUHK
|
24
|
540,600
|
| 70 | UGC/FDS24/B02/22 | Developing A Real-time Tourism Demand Forecasting System for Hong Kong | Dr ZHANG Xinyan |
PolyU SPEED
|
24
|
593,730
|
| 71 | UGC/FDS24/E02/22 | From Theories to Utilization: Development of a Learning-Based Aerial Swarm for Hong Kong Public Fire Services Applications | Dr ZHOU Weifeng |
PolyU SPEED
|
36
|
915,960
|