Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme - List of Funded Projects for 2025/26
Project No. Project Title (English) Hong Kong Principal Investigator/ University German Principal Investigator/ Institution Funding Period
(Year) 		Amount Awarded by RGC
(HK$)
(1st Year) 		Amount Awarded by RGC
(HK$)
(2nd Year)
G-PolyU501/25 Mechanism Design and Resource Allocation under Strategic Behavior of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Operators Prof LI, Ang / PolyU Prof Meng Wang / Dresden University of Technology 2  44,800  44,800
G-PolyU515/25 Decipher cointercalation chemistry of graphite anodes in post-lithium ion batteries Prof XU, Zhenglong / PolyU Prof Philipp Adelhelm / Humboldt-University Berlin 2  44,800  44,800
G-PolyU519/25 The Humble Founder? Rethinking Entrepreneurial Narratives Through Podcasts Prof OU, Yi Amy / PolyU Prof Nicola Breugst  / Technical University of Munich 2  44,800  
G-CUHK418/25 Enhancing Large Bone Defect Repair via Bioactive Secretomes of Engineered MSCs in 3D Printed Biomimetic Hybrid Scaffolds Dr ZHANG, Ning / CUHK Dr Stefan ZWINGENBERGER / Dresden University of Technology 2  28,600  28,600
G-HKU705/25 Ostracism as a Power Signalling Cue: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Power Distance Belief and Perception of Ostraziser's Power Prof CHEN, Zhansheng / HKU Prof Selma Rudert / University of Kaiserslautern-Landau 1  45,000  
G-CityU113/25 A Human-Centered Safety Framework for Construction Worker-Robot Collaboration through Predictive Behavior Modeling and Robotic Adaptation Prof WANG, Mingzhu / CityU Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Linner / OTH Regensburg 2  44,800  44,800
G-CUHK402/25 Autonomous Blood Suction in Robotic Surgery with AI-driven Scene Understanding and Flexible Suction Catheter Manipulation Prof CHU, Xiangyu / CUHK Prof Stefanie SPEIDEL / National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), NCT/UCC Dresden 2  42,900  28,600
G-CUHK405/25 CNT-PrintFlex: 3D Printing Stretchable Electronics Using CVD-Grown Carbon Nanotubes Prof GAO, Zhaoli / CUHK Prof Hongye SUN / University of Technische Universitat Ilmenau (TU Ilmenau) 2  28,700  28,700
G-HKBU208/25 Are We Ready to Tackle Online Misinformation at Scale? A Comprehensive Benchmark and Evaluation of LLM-based Fact-checking Paradigms on Social Media Prof LI, Yupeng / HKBU Prof Yixin Zou / Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy 2  45,000  45,000
G-CUHK411/25 Feature-based orthographic predictaion error and associated neural activation across alphabetic and Chinese writing systems Prof MAURER, Urs / CUHK Ass-Prof Dr Benjamin GAGL / University of Cologne 2  42,900  42,900
G-CUHK415/25 Systematic Bioinformatics Analysis of Multi-Omics Dataset for Molecular Dynamics in Early Pregnancy Loss: An Integrative Biology Investigation Prof WANG, Yao / CUHK Prof Dr Gianni PANAGIOTOU / Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute 2  44,800  
G-PolyU506/25 (PACE) Parking Space Efficiency: Making the Most of Urban Space through Shared Use Prof JANG, Sunghoon / PolyU Prof Tobias Kuhnimhof / RWTH Aachen University 2  41,200  41,200
G-PolyU514/25 Converting food waste into value-added products in Germany and Hong Kong: Solar-driven carbon-neutral technology development, feasibility analysis, and policy implications Prof REN, Jingzheng / PolyU Prof Trung Thanh Nguyen / Leibniz University Hannover 2  44,800  44,800
G-CUHK404/25 Identification of Women at Risk for Premature Ovarian Insufficiency Using AI-Driven Facial Phenotyping Prof DONG, Elvis Zirui / CUHK Prof Peter M. KRAWITZ / University Hospital Bonn 2  42,900  42,900
G-CUHK410/25 Exploring the Influence of Machine Learning on Organizational Learning: An Empirical Analysis of Publicly Listed Organizations Prof LEE, Myunghwan / CUHK Prof Timo STURM / TU Darmstadt 2  22,400  22,400
G-HKUST602/25 Intertextuality as Cultural Texture: An Interdisciplinary Approach Prof ZURN, Tobias Benedikt / HKUST Dr Markus Greulich / Leipzig University 2  38,500  28,700