NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme - List of Funded Projects for 2017/18
RGC Project No. Project Title Hong Kong
Principal Investigator/Institution		 Mainland Principal Investigator/Institution Funding Period
(months)		 Amount Awarded by RGC
(HK$)
Information Technology
N_CUHK448/17
 A Novel Robotic System to Facilitate NOTES Procedures with VR Augmentation Prof Meng Max Qing-hu/CUHK Prof Liu Xiaoping/Beijing Jiaotong University
48
1,250,000
Life Science
N_CityU110/17
 Investigating the Role of Long-noncoding RNA Structures and Interactions in Human Cancer Cells Dr Kwok Chun Kit/CityU Dr Zhang Cliff Qiangfeng/Tsinghua University
48
1,214,000
N_CityU114/17 L-lactate Release by Optogenetic Activation of Astrocytes Rescues Decision-making Deficit in Visceral Hypersensitive Rats Prof Li Ying/CityU Prof Tu Jie/Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
48
1,250,000
N_CUHK452/17
 Mechanisms by Which Brassinoteroids Regulate Plant Photomorphorgenesis Through GATA and MYB Transcription Factors Prof He Junxian/CUHK Prof Lin Wenhui/Shanghai Jiao Tong University
48
1,250,000
N_HKUST613/17 Investigating the Vesicular Dynamics in Inhibitory Synapses using Cryo Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CryoCLEM) and Real-Time Three-dimensional Nanometer-accuracy Tracking Microscope Prof Park Hyokeun/HKUST Prof Bi Guoqiang/University of Science and Technology of China
48
1,188,000
N_HKUST614/17
 Cryo-EM Study of Origin Recognition Complexes Bound with Origin DNA Prof Tye Bik Kwoon/HKUST Prof Gao Ning/Peking University
48
1,250,000
N_HKUST621/17 The role of phospholipid signaling in microglia colonization and small chemical compound screening in zebrafish Prof Wen Zilong/HKUST Prof Zhang Wenqing/Southern Medical University
48
1,234,160
Medicine
N_CUHK445/17 Identification of New Susceptibility and Disease-causing Genes in the Pathogenesis and Prediction of Thyroid Associated Orbitopathy (TAO) Dr Chong Kelvin Kam-lung/CUHK Prof Zhou Huifang/Ninth People's Hospital, Medical School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
48
1,200,000
N_HKUST606/17 Gene fusion study in tumor evolution and precision oncology of glioma Prof Wang Jiguang/HKUST Prof Jiang Tao/Beijing Neurosurgical Institute
48
1,250,000
Marine and Environmental Science
N_CUHK451/17
 Highly Efficient Catalysts for the Abatement of Both Diesel Soot and NOx Emissions from Ships Prof Chen Yongsheng/CUHK Prof Zhao Zhen/Shenyang Normal University
48
1,195,000
New Materials Science
N_CityU108/17 Synthesis of Anisotropic Perovskite Nanocrystals with Polarized Emission for Light Emitting Diodes Prof Rogach Andrey/CityU Prof Zhong Haizheng/Beijing Institute of Technology
48
1,250,000
N_CUHK418/17 Comprehensive Morphology Studies of Organic Solar Cell with Non-fullerene Acceptors Prof Lu Xinhui/CUHK Prof Zhan Xiaowei/Peking University
48
1,250,000
N_HKU728/17 Construction of a Long Cycle-life Na-O2 Battery and Study of its Reaction Mechanism Prof Chan Kwong Yu/HKU Prof Li Fujun/Nankai University
48
1,250,000
N_HKU732/17 Microscopic studies of polymorphic structured transition-metal dichalcogenide epifilms: defects, domain boundaries and interlayer coupling Prof Xie Maohai/HKU Prof Jin Chuanhong/Zhejiang University
48
1,250,000
N_HKUST601/17 Realization of 2D spin-orbit coupling of fermionic ytterbium atoms in optical lattices Prof Jo Gyu-Boong/HKUST Prof Liu Xiong-Jun/Peking University
48
1,206,800
N_HKUST607/17 A multi-functional graphene cross-linked 3D hydrogel for nerve tissue engineering and in-situ neuron screening Prof Luo Zhengtang/HKUST Prof Xu Feng/Xi'an Jiaotong University
48
1,206,800
N_HKUST608/17 Manipulating Light Using Non-Hermitian Photonic Crystals: Theory and Experiment Prof Chan Che Ting/HKUST Prof Dong Jian Wen/Sun Yat-Sen University
48
1,206,800
N_HKUST610/17 Single Atom Based Low Platinum Nano Electrocatalysts: Rational Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Their Applications in Fuel Cells Dr Shao Minhua/HKUST Dr Wei Zidong/Chongqing University
48
1,200,000
N_PolyU540/17 Investigations on Two-dimensional Layered Materials with Strong Interlayer Coupling Dr Chai Yang/PolyU Prof Ji Wei/Renmin University of China
48
1,226,000
Others
N_HKUST619/17 The study of cyclic codes based on nonlinear cryptographical functions Dr Xiong Maosheng/HKUST Prof Zeng Xiangyong/Hubei University
48
1,200,000
N_PolyU533/17
 Study on the Mechanism and Application of Energy Transfer in the Nonlinear Self-excited System for 10 MW Level Wind Turbine System Dr Zhu Songye/PolyU Dr Ke Shitang/Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA)
48
948,800