Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2026/27 - Funding Results
INTER-INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IIDS)
| No. | Project Reference No. | Project Title | Principal Investigator | Institution | Funding Period (Months) |
Amount Awarded by RGC (Inclusive of On-costs) (HK$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UGC/IIDS24/E01/26 | Innovating Property and Facility Management: Harnessing Technology to Tackle Manpower Challenges | Dr CHAN Joseph Hing-lun | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 274,375 |
| 2 | UGC/IIDS11/H02/26 | Digital Archival Futures: Techno-Humanities Approaches to Cultural Heritage and Institutional Engagement | Prof CHAN Sin-wai | SFU | 12 | 383,050 |
| 3 | UGC/IIDS14/B01/26 | From Climate Change to Biodiversity Finance: An Asian Perspective | Prof CHENG Tsz-wan | HSUHK | 12 | 263,450 |
| 4 | UGC/IIDS24/H01/26 | AI-Empowered Sustainable Business English: GBA Alliance Hackathon - Facilitating Academia-Industry Talent Alignment and Resource Integration | Dr DENG Chunrao | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 466,554 |
| 5 | UGC/IIDS16/E01/26 | Human-AI Co-Creativity and Collaboration: Fostering a New Ecosystem for Creative Practice and Education | Dr HO Amic Garfield | HKMU | 12 | 532,550 |
| 6 | UGC/IIDS14/H02/26 | A Symposium on Governing Generative AI in China: Advancing Human Dignity through Law and Media in the Digital Public Sphere | Dr HU Hsin-li | HSUHK | 12 | 342,927 |
| 7 | UGC/IIDS24/E02/26 | Advanced Materials and Intelligent Systems for a Sustainable Low-Altitude Economy in the Greater Bay Area | Dr HUANG Libei | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 432,788 |
| 8 | UGC/IIDS24/H12/26 | Phonetics & AI in Language Education | Dr LAI Wience Wing-sze | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 255,262 |
| 9 | UGC/IIDS16/E02/26 | AI and Advanced Technologies: Shaping the Future of Building Inspection and Logistics in the Low-Altitude Economy | Dr LAM Stephen Siu-kei | HKMU | 12 | 501,960 |
| 10 | UGC/IIDS23/M01/26 | Leveraging Nature-based Solutions towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (NbSs-SDGs) | Dr LAU Sam Shun-shun | HKBU SCE | 12 | 556,686 |
| 11 | UGC/IIDS16/E04/26 | Exploring Agentic AI and Embodied AI in Robotics for Building Autonomous Futures | Dr LEE Lap-kei | HKMU | 12 | 479,650 |
| 12 | UGC/IIDS25/E01/26 | Work-Ready for Interdisciplinary Innovative Technology Collaboration in Elderly‑Friendly Building Design and Environment | Dr LI Chi-ho | THEi | 12 | 479,305 |
| 13 | UGC/IIDS15/H04/26 | Ethical Considerations in AI Translation: Addressing Bias and Cultural Sensitivity | Dr LIU Kacey Jianwen | Shue Yan | 12 | 356,468 |
| 14 | UGC/IIDS24/H04/26 | From Feedback to Feedback Literacy: Practice, Research, and AI-Driven & Technology-Enhanced Innovation | Dr TAM Choi-fung | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 399,702 |
| 15 | UGC/IIDS16/E03/26 | Revolutionizing Jewellery through Smart Systems and Digital Ecosystems: Integrating Generative AI Design, Data-Driven Innovation, Smart Authentication and Traceability, ESG Compliance, and AI Ethics for Jewellery Industry | Dr TANG Fanny Wai-fan | HKMU | 12 | 339,810 |
| 16 | UGC/IIDS15/H03/26 | Designing for Every Mind: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Neurodiversity Research and Practice | Dr TSANG Wallace Wai-hung | Shue Yan | 12 | 446,611 |
| 17 | UGC/IIDS24/E05/26 | AI for Autonomy 2027: Self‑Directed Language Learning in Hong Kong's Biliterate & Trilingual Context | Dr WONG Franco Fong-ching | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 248,500 |
| 18 | UGC/IIDS17/H01/26 | International Conference on Advancing AI Literacy and Competencies for Future-Ready Higher Education: Integrating Human-Centred Approaches, Ethical Intelligence, Transformative Pedagogies and Cross-disciplinary Professional Development | Dr WONG Lap-tuen | TWC | 12 | 327,718 |
| 19 | UGC/IIDS24/B03/26 | Advancing Generation Z Potential: Skills and Innovation for the Future of Work beyond the Greater Bay Area (GBA) to the Asia-Pacific Landscape | Dr WONG Macy Mei-chi | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 269,401 |
| 20 | UGC/IIDS24/E03/26 | Exploring Emerging Research Directions on Multi-dimensional Land-air-sea Green Transport for Developing Smart Charging Networks for EV, Low-altitude Economy and Electric Ferries in Hong Kong and the GBA | Dr WU Andrew Yang | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 337,137 |
| 21 | UGC/IIDS15/H05/26 | Rethinking Chinese Urban History: Global Frameworks and Local Realities | Dr YANG Taoyu | Shue Yan | 12 | 448,307 |
| 22 | UGC/IIDS24/M01/26 | Converging Advanced Bioimaging and Wearable Sensing: Harnessing GBA Technological Strengths to Pioneer Next-Gen Digital Medicine | Dr ZHOU Yingying | PolyU SPEED | 12 | 432,845 |