NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme - List of Funded Projects for 2021/22
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_CityU139/21 Towards Secure and Privacy-enhanced Machine Learning as a Service Prof Cong Wang / CityU Prof Chao Shen / Xi’an Jiaotong University
48
1,111,506
N_HKBU214/21 Developing Machine Learning Methods for Industrial Big Data Analysis and Traceability of Product Quality Abnormality Prof Yiu Ming Cheung / HKBU Prof Qiang Liu / Northeastern University
48
1,169,324
N_HKU714/21 Automatic Understanding and Generation of Long Descriptive Text Dr Lingpeng Kong / HKU Dr Yansong Feng / Peking University
48
900,268
N_HKU769/21 Hyperspectral Image Restoration, Unmixing, and Classification by Low-Rank Tensor Recovery, Nonlocal Self-Similarity, and Deep Priors Prof Michael Kwok Po Ng / HKU Prof Lianru Gao / Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
48
1,149,520
Life Science
N_HKBU209/21 Theranostic and Biophysical Lanthanide Approaches to Evaluate Protein-Protein Interactions in Combat Cancer Disease Prof Ka-Leung Wong / HKBU Prof Yong Fan / Fudan University
48
1,185,561
N_CUHK401/21 Invasive Species in Greater Bay Area: Population Genomics of a Freshwater Snail (Biomphalaria Straminea) and Risk Assessment of Imported Schistosomiasis Transmission Prof Jerome Ho-lam Hui / CUHK Prof Zhongdao Wu / Sun Yat-Sen University
48
1,185,561
N_HKUST635/21 The Molecular Mechanism and Function of RNA Helicase DDX21 in Regulating the Virus-induced Immune Response Dr Jinqing Huang / HKUST Prof Jixi Li / Fudan University
48
1,185,561
N_HKU731/21 Molecular insights of cell therapy for skeletal conditions of low bone mass Prof Danny Chan / HKU Prof Guangdun Peng / Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
48
1,184,158
N_HKU735/21 Micro-circuitry and beneficial effects of auditory perceptual learning Dr Sau Wan Lai / HKU Prof Xiaoming Zhou / East China Normal University
48
1,152,935
N_HKU745/21 Deciphering recurrent mutation combinations in myelodysplasia syndromes using zebrafish – mechanistic and therapeutic insights Prof Anskar Yu-Hung Leung / HKU Prof Yiyue Zhang / South China University of Technology
48
1,185,561
N_HKU759/21 Roles of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) for canopy and understorey trophic interactions Dr Louise Amy Ashton / HKU Prof Akihiro Nakamura / Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
48
1,185,561
N_HKU763/21 Sex chromosome evolution in Pungitius sticklebacks Prof Juha Merilä / HKU Prof Baocheng Guo / Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
48
1,185,561
Medicine
N_CUHK405/21 Differential Roles of CGRP in Osteoarthriti Pain and Pathology Prof Ling Qin / CUHK Prof Di Chen / Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
48
1,185,561
N_CUHK456/21 Decoding Diverse Motor Intentions from Macro and Micro Features of High-Density Electromyographic Signals for Naturalistic Control of Neural Prostheses Prof Vincent Chi-kwan Cheung / CUHK Prof Guanglin Li / Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, China Academy of Science
48
1,185,561
N_HKU753/21 Mechanism research of borosilicate bioactive glass modulating the microenvironment of bone regeneration and inhibiting on the bone tumors Prof William Weijia Lu / HKU Prof Haobo Pan / Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
48
1,185,561
Management Science
N_CityU105/21 Financial systemic risk measures based on Monte Carlo simulation: Theory and Methods Prof Guangwu Liu / CityU Prof Liu Hong / Fudan Univerisity
48
1,185,561
Marine and Environmental Science
N_CUHK434/21 Thermokarst Landforms on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Spatio-temporal Evolution and Future Changes Prof Lin Liu / CUHK Prof Xiaoqing Peng / Lanzhou University
48
1,169,912
N_HKUST609/21 Using 3-D Remote Sensing and Numerical Simulations to Investigate Boundary Layer Evolution and Improve Prediction of Extreme Air Pollution Episodes Prof Alexis Kai-Hon Lau / HKUST Prof Cheng-Cai Li / Peking University
48
1,185,561
New Materials Science
N_CityU101/21 A Mathematical Theory of Subwavelength Resonances in Elasticity with Applications and Beyond Prof Hongyu Liu / CityU Prof Youjun Deng / Central South University
48
1,174,180
N_CityU104/21 Design and Preparation of Phosphorescent Lifetime-Responsive Polymeric Probes for Enzyme Targeting and Catalytic Activity Sensing in Living Cells Prof Kenneth Kam-wing Lo / CityU Prof Qiang Zhao / Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
48
1,185,561
N_CityU109/21 Two-Dimensional (2D) Metallic Glasses: From Synthesis, Physical/Mechanical Properties to Alloy Design Prof Yong Yang / CityU Prof Pengfei Guan / China Academy of Engineering Physics
48
1,111,962
N_CUHK419/21 Synergistic Coupling of Thermogalvanic and Thermodiffusion Effects and System Optimization of Liquid Thermocells for Low-Grade Heat Harvesting Prof Dongyan Xu / CUHK Prof Run Hu / Huazhong University of Science and Technology
48
1,171,334
N_CUHK423/21 Hybrid Integration of Layered Group Ten Transition Metal Dichalcogenides on Planar Waveguides for Long Wavelength Optical Communications Prof Hon-ki Tsang / CUHK Prof Zhenzhou Cheng / Tianjin University
48
1,171,334
N_PolyU502/21 Study of the Synergistic Catalytic Effect in Palladium-based Alloy Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Dr Bolong Huang / PolyU Prof Yanguang Li / Soochow University
48
1,109,685
N_PolyU559/21 Construction of Bismuth-based Hierarchical Nano/microstructured Electrodes and their Applications in Photoelectrochemical Cells for Solar-driven Ambient Ammonia Production Dr Liang An / PolyU Prof Rong Chen / Chongqing University
48
1,176,456
N_HKUST615/21 Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Assembled Quantum Spin Systems Prof Nian Lin / HKUST Prof Pei-Nian Liu / East China University of Science and Technology
48
1,182,147
N_HKUST620/21 Magnetic Two-Dimensional Materials for Spin-Orbit Torque and Device Study Prof Qiming Shao / HKUST Prof Guoqiang Yu / Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science State Key Laboratory of Magnetism
48
1,179,643
N_HKUST623/21 Fundamental Principles of How the Interplay between a Substrate-adsorbed Polymer Layer and Free Surface Affects the Dynamics of Polymer Films Prof Ophelia Kwan Chui Tsui / HKUST Prof Xinping Wang / Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
48
1,112,720
N_HKUST631/21 Quantum manipulation of superconducting electronic states in orbital ordered materials Prof Jingdi Zhang / HKUST Prof Tao Wu / University of Science and Technology of China
48
1,112,720
N_HKU774/21 Exploring novel crystalline topological quantum matter with gauge fields Prof Zidan Wang / HKU Prof Yu-Xin Zhao / Nanjing University
48
1,185,561