Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Hong Kong) 2025 - List of Funded Proposals
Ref. No. Project Title Principal Investigator / Coordinating University# Project Duration
(Month)
Amount Awarded
(HK$)
Biology and Medicine
HLCA/M-106/25 Development of a mouse-human xenograft neuronal model for the study of aging and age-related diseases Prof Kwok-On LAI /
CityUHK
12 387,800
HLCA/M-113/25 Glycohemoglobin Quantitative Rapid Test for Screening and Management of Diabetes Prof Ting-
Hsuan CHEN /
CityUHK
12 389,000
HLCA/M-202/25 Investigating the impact of exercise-inducible metabolites on physiological ageing Dr Hoi
Leong Xavier
WONG /
HKBU
12 389,000
HLCA/M-410/25 AI Driven Novel Cancer Pain Targeted Therapy Prof Patrick
Ming Kuen TANG /
CUHK
12 389,000
HLCA/M-510/25 Targeting the Heart: Nanoparticle Drug Carriers for Innovative HFpEF Therapy Prof Yin CAI /
PolyU
12 389,000
HLCA/M-707/25 Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Aβ-targeting Nanotheranostics for Early Intervention in Alzheimer’s Disease Prof Shing
Fung CHOW /
HKU
12 389,000
Engineering
HLCA/E-415/25 New-Generation Ear-Based Devices for Ambulatory Cardiovascular Health Monitoring Prof Ni ZHAO /
CUHK
12 389,000
HLCA/E-709/25 Precision Delivery of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound for Essential tremor in the Elderly Prof Xuanlai FANG /
HKU
12 382,504
Humanities & Social Sciences
HLCA/H-110/25 Development and Application of a real-time, location-based heat health warning system for older adults Prof Hung Chak HO /
CityUHK
12 376,000

# CityUHK: City University of Hong Kong
    HKBU: Hong Kong Baptist University
    CUHK: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    PolyU: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    HKU: The University of Hong Kong