Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2025/26 - 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/FDS16/P03/25 | Topological Insulators-Based Surfaces as a Novel Platform for Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing | Dr ASSI Dani Samer | HKMU | 24 | 593,040 |
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| 2 | UGC/FDS16/E07/25 | Quality Enhancement for MPEG Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) | Dr AU YEUNG Siu-kei | HKMU | 24 | 667,100 |
| 3 | UGC/FDS15/H29/25 | Remembering through Scanning: Exploring the Affordances for Spatial Memory Practices in Mobile 3D Scanning | Dr CAI Shengdan | Shue Yan | 24 | 923,317 |
| 4 | UGC/FDS16/E15/25 | Bearing-type bolted connections of wire arc additively manufactured steel under ambient, fire and post-fire conditions | Dr CAI Yancheng | HKMU | 36 | 764,850 |
| 5 | UGC/FDS51/H01/25 | Vowel Length Distinction in Old Chinese as Reflected by the Prosody of the Book of Odes | Dr CHAN Abraham Yee-shun | UOWCHK | 36 | 991,458 |
| 6 | UGC/FDS24/B21/25 | Technostress and Experience Economy: The Effects of Augmented and Virtual Reality in Museums from Different Generational Cohorts | Dr CHAN Elaine Ah-heung | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 359,452 |
| 7 | UGC/FDS24/E16/25 | Development of a Cloud-based Fuzzy Assessment Framework for Smart Age Friendly Housing for Middle Class Elderly in Hong Kong | Dr CHAN Joseph Hing-lun | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 570,017 |
| 8 | UGC/FDS16/M06/25 | A study on the toxicological responses of Scenedesmus species to different sizes of micro/nano-plastics | Dr CHAN Sidney Man-ngai | HKMU | 24 | 697,690 |
| 9 | UGC/FDS11/M03/25 | Roles of the amygdala in GLP-1 receptor agonist-induced nausea and emesis | Dr CHAN Sze-wa | SFU | 36 | 957,122 |
| 10 | UGC/FDS11/H02/25 | Hong Kong Southbound Writer during the Cultural Cold War: Xu Xu and the Development of “Visual Novel” Games | Dr CHAN Winnie Hiu-ting | SFU | 24 | 599,480 |
| 11 | UGC/FDS14/H06/25 | Transformation and Reconstruction: A Study of the Reception of Qu Yuan and the Chuci during the Republican China Era | Dr CHEN Hung-to | HSUHK | 24 | 462,791 |
| 12 | UGC/FDS16/P05/25 | Laser-Enabled Surface Engineering of PDMS: Advancing Modular Microfluidic Platforms with Enhanced Antifouling and Electrochemical Sensing Capabilities | Dr CHEN Jianlin | HKMU | 24 | 626,045 |
| 13 | UGC/FDS16/E16/25 | Development of Concept-based Visual State Space Model for Interpretable Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosis | Dr CHEN Xueli | HKMU | 24 | 664,363 |
| 14 | UGC/FDS16/H45/25 | Rethinking Incentivized Review Regulations: A Stakeholder-Centered Approach to Enhancing E-Commerce Transparency in China | Dr CHEN Yingwei | HKMU | 24 | 452,631 |
| 15 | UGC/FDS11/H05/25 | A study of intergenerational solidarity and social exclusion of South Asian older people | Dr CHEUNG Ada Pui-ling | SFU | 18 | 646,814 |
| 16 | UGC/FDS16/H29/25 | From Exploration to Enhancement: A Mixed-Methods Study of Self-Regulation in Generative AI-Supported Academic Writing in Hong Kong | Dr CHUNG Hiu-yui | HKMU | 24 | 789,165 |
| 17 | UGC/FDS25/B03/25 | Product innovation from user-generated content analytics with traditional and generative AI: the application of induction-deduction framework | Dr CUI Xiling | THEi | 24 | 694,568 |
| 18 | UGC/FDS16/M10/25 | Mechanistic Insights into Microalgal-Bacterial Biofilm Interactions: Enhancing Pharmaceutical Removal from Wastewater | Dr DENG Dan | HKMU | 36 | 1,066,150 |
| 19 | UGC/FDS24/E01/25 | Study of the Distortion of Surface Acoustic Wave by Nanoparticles in Microfluidics Towards the Development of an Ultrafine Particle Sensor | Dr FU Sau-chung | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 754,500 |
| 20 | UGC/FDS16/E06/25 | A Study on Inference Service-aware Edge Computing Systems: Sustainability and Human-Centric Design | Dr FU Yaru | HKMU | 24 | 574,174 |
| 21 | UGC/FDS13/H06/25 | Ulugh Beg’s Astronomical Achievements and His Legacy in Ming China | Prof FUNG Kam-wing | Chu Hai | 36 | 554,400 |
| 22 | UGC/FDS16/P01/25 | Emerging Pollutants in Mangroves: Occurrence of Liquid Crystal Monomers (LCMs) and Their Interaction With Microplastics (MPs) | Dr HAN Jie | HKMU | 30 | 1,022,335 |
| 23 | UGC/FDS11/E05/25 | Harnessing Large Language Models for Social Trust: Automated Fact-checking for Public Health Informatics by Large Language Models | Dr HANG Ching-nam | SFU | 36 | 766,115 |
| 24 | UGC/FDS23/M01/25 | The effectiveness of the 8-week GreenCare Programme in improving glycated haemoglobin levels, physical activity, and mental wellbeing in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Hong Kong: A randomised controlled trial | Dr HO Cherry Choi-yin | HKBU SCE | 36 | 1,116,586 |
| 25 | UGC/FDS15/H09/25 | Sci-fi Cosmopolitanism: The Literary Reception of Western Science Fiction Novels in 1980s Hong Kong | Dr HO Ka-chun | Shue Yan | 24 | 569,433 |
| 26 | UGC/FDS14/E10/25 | A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework for Optimizing E-Fulfillment Processes | Dr HO To-sum | HSUHK | 24 | 629,035 |
| 27 | UGC/FDS14/E07/25 | Graph Neural Networks Assisted Dynamic Task Offloading in Internet of Vehicles | Dr HOU Yun | HSUHK | 36 | 1,489,982 |
| 28 | UGC/FDS13/E03/25 | Acoustic-based automated obstructive sleep apnea detection method | Dr HSUNG Tai-chiu | Chu Hai | 36 | 1,022,981 |
| 29 | UGC/FDS16/M31/25 | Intelligent and Reconfigurable Rehabilitative Device Based on Multi-modal Fusion and Advanced Neural Network | Dr HUANG Hongli | HKMU | 24 | 844,315 |
| 30 | UGC/FDS24/B14/25 | The Role of Social Media in Unveiling Corporate Greenwashing: Evidence from Hong Kong | Dr HUANG Wenli | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 611,624 |
| 31 | UGC/FDS16/E23/25 | Prognosis of Alzheimer’s Disease in Early Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients Using Quaternion-based Multi-Frequency Dynamic Functional Connectivity Analysis of Resting-state fMRI | Dr HUNG Kevin King-fai | HKMU | 24 | 734,720 |
| 32 | UGC/FDS16/B04/25 | The Voice Catchers: How Female Entrepreneurs Leverage Vocal Features to Shape Funder Decision-Making | Dr JI Li | HKMU | 24 | 256,693 |
| 33 | UGC/FDS24/E20/25 | Developing Knowledge Driven Multimodal Framework for 3D MRI Analysis and Interpretation: Grounding Visual Language Models for Diagnostic Reasoning | Dr KHAN Sheheryar | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 654,945 |
| 34 | UGC/FDS16/B09/25 | Responding to Radical Innovation: Strategic Approaches to Knowledge Prioritization in Outsourcing | Dr KHURSHID Faisal | HKMU | 24 | 234,411 |
| 35 | UGC/FDS16/E04/25 | A Novel Distributed Computing System with Gradient Coding Schemes for Machine Learning | Dr KWAN Ho-yuet | HKMU | 18 | 674,920 |
| 36 | UGC/FDS16/P08/25 | A Novel Vision Transformer-Based Neural Network for Image Classification and Jet Tagging in Lepton-Flavor Violating Processes | Dr KWOK King-wai | HKMU | 36 | 779,965 |
| 37 | UGC/FDS16/M25/25 | Do anti-amyloid beta monoclonal antibodies reassuringly offer hope for Alzheimer’s disease risk reduction? | Dr KWOK Maggie Man-ki | HKMU | 36 | 1,051,835 |
| 38 | UGC/FDS16/H42/25 | Automatic Generation of Scenario-based E-learning Games for Nursing Students: A Novel Approach Using GenAI Agents | Dr KWOK Tai-on | HKMU | 18 | 473,436 |
| 39 | UGC/FDS16/M04/25 | Unravelling the Role of miRNAs in Transgenerational Male Reproductive Impairment in Marine Medaka Fish Induced by BDE-47 | Dr LAI Keng-po | HKMU | 24 | 665,260 |
| 40 | UGC/FDS11/B04/25 | Agricultural tourism for rural resilience: A sustainable livelihoods approach | Dr LAI Tin-hang | SFU | 18 | 476,383 |
| 41 | UGC/FDS16/E28/25 | Sustainable Development of Photovoltaic (PV) Panel Disposal for Green Concrete Production towards Economic, Energy and Environmental Benefits | Dr LAM Stephen Siu-kei | HKMU | 36 | 797,510 |
| 42 | UGC/FDS16/M03/25 | Investigation of Antitumor Effects of Vitamin D in Giant Cell Tumor of Bone | Dr LAU Carol Po-ying | HKMU | 24 | 1,116,758 |
| 43 | UGC/FDS15/H26/25 | After fighting cancer: How do breast cancer (BC) and gynaecological cancer (GC) survivors negotiate and reconstruct selfhood in intimate relationship and the workplace in Hong Kong | Dr LAU Flora Pui-yan | Shue Yan | 24 | 805,514 |
| 44 | UGC/FDS24/H17/25 | Pathways to Sustainable Consumption Behaviour: Using the Power of AR and VR Technologies in Driving Circular Movements in Hong Kong | Dr LAU Mei-mei | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 884,312 |
| 45 | UGC/FDS13/E01/25 | Assessing Spatiotemporal Variation of Air Pollution in Public Transport Facilities using an Integrated IoT-GIS-based Sensor Monitoring Network in Hong Kong | Dr LEE Celine Siu-lan | Chu Hai | 24 | 663,103 |
| 46 | UGC/FDS41/H08/25 | The impact of parental stress, parenting practices, and the provision of learning environments on the development of working memory in kindergarten-aged children | Prof LEE Kerry | YCCECE | 25 | 749,109 |
| 47 | UGC/FDS16/H05/25 | In the Perspective of Recorder: A Research on the Authoring and Recording of Ancient Chinese Etiquette Texts | Dr LEE Lok-man | HKMU | 24 | 452,165 |
| 48 | UGC/FDS15/B01/25 | Examining Impacts of Channel Addition/Elimination on Perceived Control and Concern about Cybersecurity: A Scenario-based Survey Study of Virtual Banking | Dr LEE Philip Tin-yun | Shue Yan | 12 | 342,274 |
| 49 | UGC/FDS16/H34/25 | Edmund Blunden in Hong Kong, 1953-1964 | Dr LEE Sarah Sze-wah | HKMU | 36 | 696,605 |
| 50 | UGC/FDS16/H27/25 | What L2 learners ‘know’ and how they ‘feel’ about L2 idioms: A cross-linguistic, psycholinguistic and affective study of L2 idiom processing for Chinese L2 learners of English | Dr LEUNG Chung-hong | HKMU | 24 | 617,075 |
| 51 | UGC/FDS24/B18/25 | From Play to Health: Enhancing Elderly Engagement with Exergames Through Affordance and Goal Framing Theories – A Longitudinal Study and Experiments in Hong Kong | Dr LEUNG Wilson Ka-shing | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 753,744 |
| 52 | UGC/FDS11/E08/25 | Developing an Efficient Animation Production Pipeline via Deep Production Material Understanding and Motion Analysis | Dr LI Chengze | SFU | 36 | 1,179,950 |
| 53 | UGC/FDS14/B09/25 | Monetary Incentives and Creativity: An Experimental Investigation | Dr LI King-king | HSUHK | 36 | 885,711 |
| 54 | UGC/FDS14/E04/25 | Towards Optimizing Generative AI Inference in Resource-Constrained Edge Environments | Dr LI Tan | HSUHK | 36 | 1,122,270 |
| 55 | UGC/FDS16/E24/25 | Sustainable Maintenance of Highway Bridges Considering Climate-Driven Deterioration under Traffic Demands | Dr LI Yaohan | HKMU | 36 | 926,898 |
| 56 | UGC/FDS16/E25/25 | From Language to Logic: Intelligent In-Context Learning for Software Modeling Automation | Dr LI Yishu | HKMU | 24 | 688,375 |
| 57 | UGC/FDS24/E17/25 | Development of Ultra-Broadband Airflow Transparent Noise Barrier by Combining Meta-Resonance System and Highly Absorptive Units | Dr LIANG Shanjun | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 649,310 |
| 58 | UGC/FDS11/E03/25 | Promoting Zero-Shot Learning Ability for Vision Language Model | Dr LIU Hui | SFU | 36 | 904,575 |
| 59 | UGC/FDS25/E04/25 | Exploration of water/oil separation mechanism from biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/poly(caprolactone) (PCL) composite membranes fabricated via electrospinning technology | Dr LIU Yaohui | THEi | 36 | 866,734 |
| 60 | UGC/FDS24/E26/25 | Reinforcement Learning-Driven Adaptive Traffic Noise Barrier | Dr LOH Anthony Wai-keung | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 818,793 |
| 61 | UGC/FDS11/H10/25 | The Importance of Disciplinary Literacy in iGCSE: A Data Driven Study in Hong Kong | Dr LOK Beatrice Chak-ying | SFU | 24 | 601,984 |
| 62 | UGC/FDS24/H13/25 | Towards a Typology of Progressive Marking in Sinitic Languages – Synchrony and Diachrony | Dr LU Wen | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 643,594 |
| 63 | UGC/FDS16/E19/25 | Integrating AI-driven techniques and advanced IoT monitoring to assess seawater intrusion impacts on inland riverine systems | Dr LU Yi | HKMU | 36 | 1,116,821 |
| 64 | UGC/FDS16/M19/25 | Deciphering the Role and Mechanism of Rab-like Protein 1A (RBEL1A) in Cancer Cell Migration and Metastasis | Dr LUI Ki | HKMU | 24 | 698,817 |
| 65 | UGC/FDS14/E01/25 | Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems: A New Item-on-Pod Replenishment Approach | Dr MA Hoi-lam | HSUHK | 36 | 1,001,750 |
| 66 | UGC/FDS16/E27/25 | Adaptive Log Analysis Framework for Proactive and Secure Software Reliability | Dr MA Xiaoxue | HKMU | 24 | 827,287 |
| 67 | UGC/FDS25/M01/25 | Design and pharmacological characterizations of multifunctional anti-Parkinson’s drug leads via regulating neuroinflammation in vitro and in vivo | Dr MAK Shing-hung | THEi | 24 | 827,410 |
| 68 | UGC/FDS16/M13/25 | Prolonged flooding and elevated salinity induced by climate change: response of mangrove sediment microbiome from salt pan | Dr MO Wing-yin | HKMU | 18 | 575,422 |
| 69 | UGC/FDS15/H17/25 | Socialist Realism and Japanese Reportage Painting during the Cold War | Dr NG Camellia Ni-na | Shue Yan | 36 | 727,721 |
| 70 | UGC/FDS14/P03/25 | Optimal sub-sampling strategies for tensor factor analysis of time series data | Dr NG Chi-tim | HSUHK | 24 | 653,990 |
| 71 | UGC/FDS24/E27/25 | Golden Bamboo Grass (GBG)-Reinforced Polylactic Acid (PLA) Biocomposite for Sustainable Toys | Dr NG Sun-pui | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 570,017 |
| 72 | UGC/FDS16/M02/25 | Mechanisms of Cadmium Dynamic Migration Mediated by Root Iron Plaques in Different Mangrove Species | Dr PAN Min | HKMU | 30 | 679,175 |
| 73 | UGC/FDS15/H31/25 | “Women’s Work for Women”: The New Intellectual Woman in the Republic of China, Wu Yi-fang (1893-1985) | Dr PANG Suk-man | Shue Yan | 36 | 591,785 |
| 74 | UGC/FDS13/E02/25 | IoT-Based Artificial Intelligence Maturity Model for Predicting the Development of Early Strength in Concrete | Dr PENG Yixin | Chu Hai | 30 | 692,055 |
| 75 | UGC/FDS24/E19/25 | Thin, Soft, Sensitivity-Tunable, Low-Voltage-Driven OECT-based bioinspired E-Skin with 3D Mesostructured for tactile perception in Humanoid Robots | Dr SHI Rui | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 699,944 |
| 76 | UGC/FDS11/E13/25 | Multi-hybrid Video Coding via Strategic Framework with Deep Learning and Super-Resolution Context | Prof SIU Wan-chi | SFU | 24 | 415,250 |
| 77 | UGC/FDS11/H03/25 | Loneliness and Health Literacy in older adults: A sequential mixed methods study | Prof SMITH Graeme Drummond | SFU | 36 | 589,166 |
| 78 | UGC/FDS14/H01/25 | From Past to Present: A Longitudinal Study on the Evolution of Business Journalism Practice and Education in Hong Kong (2015-2025) | Dr SONG Zhaoxun | HSUHK | 24 | 498,280 |
| 79 | UGC/FDS16/H24/25 | Ethical Use of AI in Education: A Framework to Evaluate Teachers' Understanding and Pedagogical Recommendations | Dr TANG Ko-wai | HKMU | 24 | 981,004 |
| 80 | UGC/FDS16/M22/25 | Deciphering the pathophysiological role of platelet PANoptosis in sepsis | Prof TANG Wai-ho | HKMU | 36 | 1,259,312 |
| 81 | UGC/FDS16/E09/25 | Multi-chain Cryptocurrency Fraud Detection Model Based on Transformer with Graph Representation | Dr TAO Bishenghui | HKMU | 36 | 571,305 |
| 82 | UGC/FDS24/H09/25 | Impact of Customers’ Knowledge and Primary Healthcare Initiatives on Customers’ Experiences of Service Quality Attributes, Consumption Values, Place Attachment, and Behavioural Intention: Multilevel Analysis of District Health Centres (DHCs) | Dr TAVITIYAMAN Pimtong | PolyU SPEED | 24 | 461,020 |
| 83 | UGC/FDS13/E04/25 | Optimized decision-making models for facilitating adaptive reuse of vacant industrial buildings for residential use | Dr THILAKARATNE Ruffina Sharmila | Chu Hai | 24 | 1,301,979 |
| 84 | UGC/FDS16/E02/25 | Multi-activation Responsive Position-agile Radiation Architecture (MAR-PARA) for Fading-free & Interference-less 6G | Prof TONG Kin-fai | HKMU | 36 | 981,970 |
| 85 | UGC/FDS13/E05/25 | Developing a Metaverse: An Immersive Digital Architecture for Enhanced Teaching and Exploration | Dr TOO Ken Wing-tak | Chu Hai | 24 | 698,980 |
| 86 | UGC/FDS15/E04/25 | A Green Structural Efficiency Framework for New Quality Productive Forces | Dr TSANG Chun-kei | Shue Yan | 24 | 845,569 |
| 87 | UGC/FDS14/H13/25 | Diverse and Multicultural Shakespeare: Children’s and Young Adult Book Adaptations and Retellings in the 21st Century | Dr TSO Wing-bo | HSUHK | 18 | 412,720 |
| 88 | UGC/FDS16/E12/25 | Frequency selective surface as energy saving smart windows. | Prof VELLAISAMY Arul Lenus Roy | HKMU | 24 | 846,500 |
| 89 | UGC/FDS15/H04/25 | Anticipatory grief in digital communication: Narratives in hospice care center websites and support group forums | Dr WAN Jenny Yau-ni | Shue Yan | 24 | 512,476 |
| 90 | UGC/FDS16/E11/25 | Enhanced Data Curation and Graph-based Learning for Dual-Drug Synergy Prediction | Dr WANG Dan | HKMU | 36 | 783,819 |
| 91 | UGC/FDS16/E03/25 | Multimodal Context Modelling and Knowledge Fusion for Explainable Dialogue in Healthcare | Prof WANG Fu-lee | HKMU | 36 | 955,750 |
| 92 | UGC/FDS15/H10/25 | Comparative Approaches to Shangshu Evidential Scholarship in Qing China and Edo Japan: The Works of Jiao Xun and Yasui Sokken | Dr WANG Li | Shue Yan | 24 | 548,015 |
| 93 | UGC/FDS14/B06/25 | Which Relationships Are Right for Me, LMX, TMX, or Neither? The Influence of Regulatory Foci and Workflow Network on Social Exchange and Newcomers Adjustment | Dr WANG Linda Chang | HSUHK | 36 | 448,786 |
| 94 | UGC/FDS24/E02/25 | Explore the Potential of Carbyne-Fused Carbon Nanotube for Upgrading Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Together with the Development of AI-Driven Aging Prediction | Dr WONG Chi-ho | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 814,054 |
| 95 | UGC/FDS16/M16/25 | Comparison of three Administration Routes, Bathing, Topical and Feeding of two traditional Chinese Medicines, Lonicerae japonicae flos and Scutellariae radix, on Growth, Immunomodulation and Disease Control in Nile tilapia and the underlying mechanisms | Dr WONG Emily Sze-wan | HKMU | 24 | 598,330 |
| 96 | UGC/FDS25/E06/25 | A Study of Structural Behaviour of Prestressed Mechanically Laminated Bamboo-Concrete Composite Beam | Dr WONG Ho-fai | THEi | 36 | 836,463 |
| 97 | UGC/FDS15/H30/25 | Innovating Grammar Instruction: Cognitive Linguistics and Bayesian Modeling for Effective Learning | Dr WONG Ivy Man-ho | Shue Yan | 24 | 765,101 |
| 98 | UGC/FDS15/H07/25 | Translation of Third World literature in Communist Periodicals in the Cold War Hong Kong (1948-1969) | Dr WONG Ka-ki | Shue Yan | 30 | 561,217 |
| 99 | UGC/FDS16/H26/25 | Enhancing Students' Acting Skills in the Aspect of Picturization through Codified Concepts from Chinese Traditional Opera: A Quasi-Experimental Study | Dr WONG Lai-ping | HKMU | 19 | 422,702 |
| 100 | UGC/FDS16/P02/25 | Development of Earth-Abundant 3d Metal (Fe, Co, and Ni) Based Catalysts with Hemilabile Phosphine Ligands and Its Applications Towards Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reaction and Buchwald–Hartwig Amination | Dr WONG Shun-man | HKMU | 36 | 1,023,362 |
| 101 | UGC/FDS24/E03/25 | Developing a Cloud Based Artificial Intelligent Framework for Demand Side Management of Electric Vehicles’ Charging Stations Integrating Renewable Energies and Recycled Waste Batteries | Dr WU Andrew Yang | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 896,042 |
| 102 | UGC/FDS14/B14/25 | Design of A Carbon-Neutral Cold Chain E-Fulfilment Model | Dr WU Chun-ho | HSUHK | 24 | 385,189 |
| 103 | UGC/FDS25/E09/25 | Hybrid Fiber-optic Sensing and Transient-Based Leak Detection with Artificial Intelligence for Water Distribution Networks | Dr WU Huan | THEi | 36 | 1,284,625 |
| 104 | UGC/FDS15/H06/25 | Why Do They Not Comply with the Law? An Empirical Study on the Foreign domestic helpers’ Illegal Hawking in Hong Kong | Dr XIAO Nancy Huina | Shue Yan | 24 | 429,867 |
| 105 | UGC/FDS15/H08/25 | Multi-Imperial Relations, Urban Politics, and Spatial Configuration in Treaty-Port China, 1860s-1930s | Dr YANG Taoyu | Shue Yan | 24 | 596,753 |
| 106 | UGC/FDS14/H05/25 | The Development of Hong Kong Cantonese Playwriting (1910s-1990s) | Dr YEUNG Choi-kit | HSUHK | 30 | 665,950 |
| 107 | UGC/FDS11/E06/25 | Response header generation for empathic interactions in customer support conversations | Dr YEUNG Wing-lok | SFU | 18 | 547,960 |
| 108 | UGC/FDS14/P01/25 | Nonconvex Penalty Methods for Mix Sparse Optimization and Its Applications | Dr YU Kwok-wai | HSUHK | 36 | 899,400 |
| 109 | UGC/FDS14/B17/25 | Service Robots or Human Staff? A Social Presence Perspective on the Hospitality Service Journey | Dr YU Yang | HSUHK | 30 | 319,901 |
| 110 | UGC/FDS15/H13/25 | Enhancing Compassion, Help-seeking Intention and Mental Wellbeing of Emerging Adults with ACEs through a Compassion-based Intervention | Dr YUEN Winnie Wing-yan | Shue Yan | 33 | 776,104 |
| 111 | UGC/FDS14/E02/25 | Towards Robust and Cost-Efficient Vertical Federated Learning | Dr ZHANG Chen | HSUHK | 36 | 1,101,800 |
| 112 | UGC/FDS16/H40/25 | GPT-powered problem-solving assistant for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial | Dr ZHANG Wen | HKMU | 30 | 724,163 |
| 113 | UGC/FDS24/B10/25 | A Real-time Collaborative Multi-agent System for High-frequency Nowcasting of Tourism Demand in Hong Kong | Dr ZHANG Xinyan | PolyU SPEED | 36 | 460,813 |
| 114 | UGC/FDS51/E02/25 | Optimizing Interventions for Mild Cognitive Impairment: Exploring the Impact of Robotic Therapy and Delivery Modality on Cognitive Outcomes | Dr ZHONG Junpei | UOWCHK | 36 | 739,665 |
| 115 | UGC/FDS13/E06/25 | Towards Graph-Based Learning System Under Diverse Graph Homophily: Method, Vulnerability and Robustness | Dr ZHU Yulin | Chu Hai | 18 | 400,300 |