Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2024/25 - 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/FDS24/E12/24 | Maximizing the Sustainable Energy Generation Potential from Ultra-Low Grade Waste Heat: Thermo-4E Optimization and Decision Making Analysis for Novel Integrated Vapor Compression Cycle and the Organic Rankine Cycle with Zeotropic Working Fluids | Dr ASIM Muhammad | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 636,901 |
| 2 | UGC/FDS16/M05/24 | Does habitat complexity regulate biodiversity and invasion success in artificial intertidal systems? | Dr ASTUDILLO P. Juan Carlos | HKMU | 30 | 846,701 |
| 3 | UGC/FDS17/H02/24 | Does Specific App Features and Evidence Base Matter to Uptake? A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) to investigate Preferences and Willingness to Pay for a Mental Health Mobile App among People with Elevated Depressive Symptoms | Dr AUYEUNG Larry | TWC | 24 | 602,588 |
| 4 | UGC/FDS11/P01/24 | Preparation of electrospun tri-fluid Janus-core shell nanofibers and their potential wound dressings applications | Prof BLIGH Annie Sim-wan | SFU | 18 | 834,540 |
| 5 | UGC/FDS16/E16/24 | Behaviour of wire arc additively manufactured steel and stainless steel tubular stub columns at ambient and post-fire conditions | Dr CAI Yancheng | HKMU | 36 | 1,406,500 |
| 6 | UGC/FDS16/M16/24 | Move with Errorless Learning (Move WELL): an examination of the cognitive and affective processes in errorless motor learning | Dr CAPIO Catherine Mamaid | HKMU | 18 | 604,540 |
| 7 | UGC/FDS25/E01/24 | Development of a novel energy saving-low CO2 emission wastewater treatment approach by using microalgae-bacteria consortia immobilized with magnetic biochar nanocomposites | Dr CHAN Cho-yin | THEi | 36 | 1,088,369 |
| 8 | UGC/FDS15/H07/24 | Longitudinal Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Anxiety and Depression, Resilience, and Emotional Eating: A Moderated Mediation Model | Dr CHAN Chui-yi | Shue Yan | 24 | 884,528 |
| 9 | UGC/FDS16/M01/24 | Impact of Heavy Metal Pollution on Urban Mangrove Ecosystem Functioning: Nutrient Cycles and Greenhouse Gas Balance – A Meta-transcriptomic Field Monitoring and Microcosm Study | Dr CHAN Ping-lung | HKMU | 24 | 1,010,490 |
| 10 | UGC/FDS14/H04/24 | Coffee Houses, the Third Place and Hong Kong Modern Chinese Writers in the 1930s and 1940s | Dr CHAU Emily Tsz-yan | HSUHK | 36 | 567,096 |
| 11 | UGC/FDS16/P01/24 | Exploiting Reactive Oxygen Species as Molecular Triggers for Tetrazine Bioorthogonal Chemistry: Enabling Click-to-Release Strategies for Intracellular Applications | Dr CHEN Jianlin | HKMU | 36 | 1,302,770 |
| 12 | UGC/FDS16/E01/24 | Development of Interpretable Deep Biomarker for Monitoring Carotid Atherosclerosis Based on 3D Ultrasound Imaging | Dr CHEN Xueli | HKMU | 24 | 722,070 |
| 13 | UGC/FDS16/M04/24 | Molecular mechanisms of combination effects of Azoles, Echinocandins and Nikkomycin Z against Candida albicans and Candida auris | Dr CHEUNG Yuk-yam | HKMU | 24 | 1,005,867 |
| 14 | UGC/FDS11/E05/24 | Generative AI Driven Text-based Chatbot for Mental Health Screening | Prof CHIU Dah-ming | SFU | 18 | 603,275 |
| 15 | UGC/FDS25/M03/24 | Sustainable utilization of food by-products and Chinese medicine residues: exploring their prebiotic potential | Dr CHOI Siu-mei | THEi | 24 | 859,017 |
| 16 | UGC/FDS15/H13/24 | How Stroke-Survivor-Adult-Children-Caregiver Dyads Have Coped Interdependently in Achieving Well-being: A Mixed-Methods Study Informing Policy Decisions | Prof CHOW Esther Oi-wah | Shue Yan | 22 | 820,050 |
| 17 | UGC/FDS16/H21/24 | Implementing a Design Based Research Approach to Develop a Robust Generative AI Literacy Program for Older Adults | Prof CHU Samuel Kai-wah | HKMU | 24 | 912,050 |
| 18 | UGC/FDS15/H21/24 | Navigating the Visual Tapestry: Unveiling Stress Coping in the Resilience Journey of Caregivers of Children with Special Educational Needs through Photovoice in Hong Kong | Dr CHUNG Man-chi | Shue Yan | 18 | 629,393 |
| 19 | UGC/FDS24/H20/24 | Quality and Utilisation of Primary Care among Older Adults: Driving for Holistic Healthy Ageing in Hong Kong | Dr FONG Ben Yuk-fai | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 611,440 |
| 20 | UGC/FDS14/H15/24 | Standing on Threshold: Evil and the Will in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Fictions | Dr FUNG Kai-yeung | HSUHK | 24 | 281,850 |
| 21 | UGC/FDS16/P06/24 | Identification of structural defects in glass using isoconfiguration method | Dr FUNG Man-kin | HKMU | 18 | 331,875 |
| 22 | UGC/FDS14/H01/24 | Healthcare in a Dual-Track System: Hong Kong Citizens'Demands and Preferences for the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme | Dr FUNG Wing-hong | HSUHK | 36 | 897,704 |
| 23 | UGC/FDS15/H17/24 | Rethinking Time-honoured Business in Hong Kong Through the Lens of the Community Economy | Dr GAO Chong | Shue Yan | 18 | 544,941 |
| 24 | UGC/FDS16/H37/24 | Bilingualism effects on cognitive skills in preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Dr GE Haoyan | HKMU | 24 | 768,916 |
| 25 | UGC/FDS16/B12/24 | The Creator Illusion: How the Use of Generative AIs Shapes Consumer Behavior | Dr GE Lin | HKMU | 18 | 538,013 |
| 26 | UGC/FDS13/B07/24 | The Depleted Working Expectant Father: The Impact of Partner's Pregnancy Fluctuation on Expectant Father's Physical and Career Outcomes | Dr GU Jingyang | Chu Hai | 36 | 585,220 |
| 27 | UGC/FDS16/B04/24 | Investigating the role of information processing strategies relevant to greenhouse gas labels in the context of intra-destination tourist mobility | Dr HRANKAI Richard | HKMU | 24 | 637,430 |
| 28 | UGC/FDS24/E02/24 | Investigating Green Conversion of Biomass to Biodegradable Flexible Electronics Based on Laser-induced Graphene Technology | Dr HUANG Libei | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 876,883 |
| 29 | UGC/FDS16/H18/24 | Echoes of the Past: Reconstructing Vanished Soundscapes in Hong Kong through Archaeoacoustics | Dr HUI Tak-cheung | HKMU | 24 | 929,820 |
| 30 | UGC/FDS16/B25/24 | Beyond Numbers: The Differential Effects of Followership Level and Velocity on Influencer Conversion Performance in Sponsored Posts | Dr JI Jenny Li | HKMU | 24 | 373,697 |
| 31 | UGC/FDS16/P05/24 | 3D Additive Manufacturing of Thermoelectric Generators for Multiscale Waste Heat Recovery | Dr KARTHIKEYAN Vaithinathan | HKMU | 36 | 1,148,720 |
| 32 | UGC/FDS16/B19/24 | Can we trust repeated transactions for long-term performance advantages amid technological uncertainty? | Dr KHURSHID Faisal | HKMU | 24 | 570,500 |
| 33 | UGC/FDS23/H02/24 | Effectiveness of a Peer-led Taekwondo Programme on Functional Fitness, Psychological Well-being and Exercise Motivation among Elderly in Hong Kong | Dr KWOK Heather Hei-man | HKBU SCE | 24 | 993,844 |
| 34 | UGC/FDS24/B13/24 | Career Up or Down? A Moderated Mediation Model of Gig Workers in Hong Kong | Dr KWOK Jonathan Man-lung | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 412,835 |
| 35 | UGC/FDS16/M19/24 | What is the repurposing potential of anticoagulants for dementia? | Dr KWOK Maggie Man-ki | HKMU | 24 | 829,694 |
| 36 | UGC/FDS14/H09/24 | Local E-government Performance, Data Openness, and City Competitiveness: Application of Local Online Service Index in the Greater China Region | Dr KWONG Ying-ho | HSUHK | 24 | 451,245 |
| 37 | UGC/FDS16/M25/24 | A Proactive Patient-centered Interactive Smartphone-based Self-Management Support Program to Enhance Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial with Mixed-method Evaluation | Dr LAI Agnes Yuen-kwan | HKMU | 30 | 993,439 |
| 38 | UGC/FDS16/B26/24 | The impact of oil price shocks on the performance of low-carbon intensity stocks: Evidence from the largest 300 Connect China A-Share enterprise | Dr LAM Yat-ming | HKMU | 18 | 238,624 |
| 39 | UGC/FDS16/H32/24 | The Tone in Mashan Hmong Language in China: An Acoustic and Electroglottographic Study | Dr LAM Man-fong | HKMU | 24 | 582,115 |
| 40 | UGC/FDS41/H01/24 | Linguistic variations between Mandarin and Cantonese: the acquisition of syntax of Chinese | Dr LAU Elaine | YCCECE | 24 | 677,996 |
| 41 | UGC/FDS15/H02/24 | Positive side to juggling between work and care? A mixed-method investigation on work-family enrichment among Hong Kong working caregivers for adults with long-term care needs | Dr LAU Hi-po | Shue Yan | 24 | 895,466 |
| 42 | UGC/FDS15/H16/24 | Understanding the Elderly-computer Interaction (ECI) in Social-Virtual Reality Applications: An Exploratory Study of the Semiotic-driven Approach and Post-experiment User Enquiry | Dr LAU Kung-wong | Shue Yan | 24 | 799,118 |
| 43 | UGC/FDS16/H10/24 | Resting-state functional connectivity of stress mindset and their association with psychological resilience: An fMRI study | Dr LAU Kwok-wai | HKMU | 24 | 1,130,875 |
| 44 | UGC/FDS16/M06/24 | Development of Deep Learning Aided Raman Spectroscopy for Monitoring Harmful Algal Boom Causative Species | Dr LAU Po-ying | HKMU | 24 | 894,401 |
| 45 | UGC/FDS25/E04/24 | Accurate urban forest carbon storage estimation by comprehensive remote sensing | Dr LEE Shing-him | THEi | 36 | 933,435 |
| 46 | UGC/FDS24/B11/24 | Effect of Online Community Engagement and Community Goals on Waste Reduction Spillover Behaviours: A Pygmalion Perspective | Dr LEE Suet-mui | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 723,562 |
| 47 | UGC/FDS16/M13/24 | Dynamic Crosstalk Between Algicidal Bacterial Isolate Sagittula marina (F5) and Algal-associated Bacteria, and Regulation of F5 Efficacy Against Karenia mikimotoi Based on Metabolomic and Proteomic Analyses | Prof LEE Wang-fat | HKMU | 24 | 992,320 |
| 48 | UGC/FDS16/H01/24 | The Construction of Literary Thought and Cultural Ideology: An Analysis of Stephen Soong's Cultural Activities and Networks in Hong Kong (1951–1996) in the Cold War Context | Dr LEUNG Rebecca Mo-ling | HKMU | 30 | 271,390 |
| 49 | UGC/FDS24/B16/24 | Customizing Design Strategies for Virtual Reality to Reduce Cybersickness and Enhance Mood in Older Adults: Insights from Randomized Experiments in Hong Kong | Dr LEUNG Wilson Ka-shing | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 684,789 |
| 50 | UGC/FDS14/H10/24 | In Search of Property-Owning Democracy: The Idea of Predistribution in Adam Smith's and J.S. Mill's works | Dr LI Man-kong | HSUHK | 36 | 481,260 |
| 51 | UGC/FDS16/E11/24 | Life-Cycle Resilience Enhancement to Tall Buildings against Typhoon-Induced Windborne Debris Risk | Dr LI Yaohan | HKMU | 36 | 920,942 |
| 52 | UGC/FDS14/B05/24 | Not Knowing is a Blessing? An Information Asymmetry Perspective of Pay Secrecy | Dr LIAO Yi | HSUHK | 24 | 526,800 |
| 53 | UGC/FDS14/H20/24 | A Study on the Anthologies related to Yushan Yaji in Mongol-Yuan Era | Dr LING Chung-wing | HSUHK | 36 | 434,110 |
| 54 | UGC/FDS11/E03/24 | Towards Building Trustworthy and Practical Deep Clustering Net | Dr LIU Hui | SFU | 36 | 885,600 |
| 55 | UGC/FDS14/B08/24 | Two Birds, One Stone? A Look on China's Targeted Reserve Reduction in the Context of Going Green and Opening up | Dr LIU Shuaiyi | HSUHK | 24 | 248,500 |
| 56 | UGC/FDS11/E02/24 | A transformer-based method for refining and abstracting sketches at different levels of details | Dr LIU Xue-ting | SFU | 36 | 782,100 |
| 57 | UGC/FDS16/E15/24 | Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks: System Modeling and Performance Optimization | Dr LIU Yalin | HKMU | 36 | 776,810 |
| 58 | UGC/FDS25/E05/24 | Fused Filament Manufacturing of 3D printed poly(3hydroxybutyrate 3 hydroxyvalerate) polylactic acid composite structure for footwear application: a new approach to efficient production of insole material | Dr LIU Yaohui | THEi | 36 | 913,713 |
| 59 | UGC/FDS13(16)/E03/24 | Application of AI-enabled prediction of riverine ecosystem health for sustainable development | Dr LU Yi | HKMU | 36 | 960,486 |
| 60 | UGC/FDS14/E06/24 | Enhancing Production Efficiency and Responsiveness of Seru Production Systems: Uncovering the Synergy of Seru Formation and Seru Scheduling | Dr MA Hoi-lam | HSUHK | 36 | 852,250 |
| 61 | UGC/FDS15/H05/24 | Pakistani Entrepreneurship and its Socio-cultural Correlates: A Mixed-Method Study in Hong Kong | Dr MAN Pui-kwan | Shue Yan | 24 | 744,283 |
| 62 | UGC/FDS16/M08/24 | The abuses of antibiotics in ornamental fishkeeping and its role in the transmission of antibiotic resistance in indoor environment | Dr MO Wing-yin | HKMU | 36 | 1,064,228 |
| 63 | UGC/FDS15/H24/24 | Lingnan Writing and the Reminiscence of Song Dynasty Culture: A Study of the Late Qing Poet Jiang Fengchen's Literary Works | Dr NG Chi-lim | Shue Yan | 24 | 581,292 |
| 64 | UGC/FDS14/P01/24 | Multiple Change-point Detection in Spatio-temporal Gaussian Random Fields under Spatial Fixed-domain and Mixed-domain Asymptotic Frameworks | Dr NG Wai-leong | HSUHK | 36 | 670,550 |
| 65 | UGC/FDS16/H11/24 | Reporting on environmental protests in Vietnam: Critical Journalism in an Authoritarian One-Party Regime | Dr ORTMANN Stephan | HKMU | 36 | 502,651 |
| 66 | UGC/FDS14/E04/24 | Dynamic Models of Salesforce Compensations | Dr SIU Chi-chung | HSUHK | 36 | 967,365 |
| 67 | UGC/FDS11/E06/24 | Image Generative Model breaking away from Denoising in Diffusion-Like Environment | Prof SIU Wan-chi | SFU | 36 | 1,079,950 |
| 68 | UGC/FDS24/H25/24 | Discovering Optimal Prompting Methodologies for Large Language Models via An AI Prompting Expert System with An Application on Computing Education | Dr SO Chi-chiu | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 526,984 |
| 69 | UGC/FDS16/M17/24 | Effectiveness of group-based nonviolent communication interventions for improving mental well-being in parents: a randomised controlled trial | Dr SUN Yuying | HKMU | 18 | 755,765 |
| 70 | UGC/FDS11/H07/24 | Motives for constructing a pro-environmental identity: a mixed methods sequential exploratory investigation | Dr SZETO Stephanie So-suet | SFU | 24 | 588,693 |
| 71 | UGC/FDS24/H07/24 | Fostering Student Feedback Literacy Through A Technology-Mediated Multimodal Platform: A Teacher-Student Collaborative Approach | Dr TAM Choi-fung | PolyU SPEED | 30 | 737,963 |
| 72 | UGC/FDS14/H07/24 | Diversity and Innovation: A Close Reading of Yuan Zhen's Ancient Music Bureau Poetry | Dr TAN Mei-ah | HSUHK | 36 | 459,081 |
| 73 | UGC/FDS16/M11/24 | Effects of altered N:P ratios and elevated temperatures on the abundance, community composition, trophic mode, and trophic transfer of elements of marine mixoplankton | Dr TANG Chi-hung | HKMU | 24 | 1,075,350 |
| 74 | UGC/FDS16/H13/24 | China's Role and Social Power in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) | Dr TRAN Emilie | HKMU | 18 | 693,550 |
| 75 | UGC/FDS16/H34/24 | Study on the Relationship between Tonal Prosody and Lyricism of Ci Poetry: Focusing on Liǔ Yǒng, Zhōu Bāngyàn, Jiāng Kuí, Zhāng Yán | Dr TSANG Chi-chung | HKMU | 24 | 631,220 |
| 76 | UGC/FDS25/P01/24 | Development of Intrinsically Safe Rechargeable Nickel-Zinc Batteries with Tunable Hydrogel Electrolyte-integrated Covalent Organic Frameworks | Dr TSANG Chi-wing | THEi | 30 | 1,059,747 |
| 77 | UGC/FDS16/E19/24 | Topological Insulator Based Tunable Frequency Selective Surface | Prof VELLAISAMY Arul Lenus Roy | HKMU | 36 | 836,150 |
| 78 | UGC/FDS16/E23/24 | Sentiment Analysis of ChatGPT Generated Text and Human Generated Text for Detection of ChatGPT Generated Text | Prof WANG Fu-lee | HKMU | 36 | 927,000 |
| 79 | UGC/FDS16/E03/24 | A Unified Multi-modal Framework for Open-vocabulary 3D Object Detection and Multi-object Tracking | Dr WANG Weiming | HKMU | 36 | 997,380 |
| 80 | UGC/FDS15/H14/24 | Virtual Reality Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety-Driven Depression among Youths: A Randomized Controlled Trial | Dr WANG Yi-zhou | Shue Yan | 24 | 805,376 |
| 81 | UGC/FDS13/H03/24 | Between state and market: War and Tea-Horse trade in the second half of the 16th century | Dr WANG Yongxi | Chu Hai | 24 | 442,850 |
| 82 | UGC/FDS24/H24/24 | A Framework for Understanding the Acceptance of Student Created Screencasts by Teachers and Students to Implement Active Learning | Dr WONG Adam Ka-lok | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 575,721 |
| 83 | UGC/FDS14/E07/24 | Development of a Carbon Neutrality Model for Optimising Indirect Shipping Emissions from Components in a Multilevel Bill of Materials across the Value Chain in Product Life Cycle | Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung | HSUHK | 24 | 738,126 |
| 84 | UGC/FDS17/M03/24 | Effects of a nurse-led stress management and resilience training programme: A randomised wait-list controlled trial | Dr WONG Julia Sze-wing | TWC | 24 | 330,196 |
| 85 | UGC/FDS14/H13/24 | The Role of Pride and Shame in the Susceptibility to Misinformation in Social Movements | Dr WONG Muk-yan | HSUHK | 24 | 306,000 |
| 86 | UGC/FDS16/E08/24 （Withdrawn） |
A Principal Component Analysis based Distributed Local Representation for Spatial-Temporal Monitoring and Analytics | Dr WU Andrew Ho-chun | HKMU | 24 | 556,240 |
| 87 | UGC/FDS24/E05/24 | Mapping and Designing of an Intelligent Charging Network for Increasing Electric Vehicles in Cross-Border Traffic Across Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area – A Pilot Study | Dr WU Andrew Yang | PolyU SPEED | 18 | 484,459 |
| 88 | UGC/FDS15/H23/24 | The Chinese Making of the Maritime Silk Road Heritage | Dr XIE Jieyi | Shue Yan | 18 | 650,811 |
| 89 | UGC/FDS16/M12/24 | Unveiling abiotic and biotic factors influencing allelopathic interactions between harmful algal species Karenia mikimotoi and Karenia papilionacea and the molecular mechanism | Dr XU Jingliang | HKMU | 24 | 860,530 |
| 90 | UGC/FDS14/H19/24 | Shaping the Future of Film Education: Exploring the Possibilities of AI in Enhancing Creativity and Learning Outcomes | Dr YANG Rochelle Yi-hsuan | HSUHK | 30 | 830,888 |
| 91 | UGC/FDS15/H09/24 | Effects of Diverse Training Paradigms on Enhancing Comprehensibility of Cantonese Speech in Immigrants | Dr YANG Yike | Shue Yan | 18 | 649,868 |
| 92 | UGC/FDS13/H12/24 | Exploration of the rewriting of the new revised edition of Jin Yong's Novels by studying his Manuscripts | Dr YAU Kin-yan | Chu Hai | 24 | 592,411 |
| 93 | UGC/FDS11/H06/24 | Determinants and consequences of nonprofit voluntary disclosure in Hong Kong | Dr YI Cheong-heon | SFU | 24 | 654,717 |
| 94 | UGC/FDS16/H35/24 | Chinese Anthropocene Science Fiction as a Contact Zone | Dr YU Xuying | HKMU | 18 | 242,788 |
| 95 | UGC/FDS14/E03/24 | Robust Federated Learning Empowered Microservice Migration in Mobile Edge Computing | Dr ZHANG Chen | HSUHK | 36 | 1,054,650 |
| 96 | UGC/FDS24/M02/24 | A Photoacoustic-guided Iontophoresis Controllable Microneedles System for Advanced Close-loop Drug Delivery | Dr ZHOU Yingying | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 927,460 |