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