NSFC/RGC Collaborative Research Scheme - List of Funded Projects for 2025/26
| RGC Project No. | Project Title | Hong Kong Project Coordinator/ University |
Hong Kong Participating Universities |
Chinese Mainland Project Coordinator/ Institution |
Funding Period (months) |
Amount Awarded by RGC (HK$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | ||||||
| CRS_CityU103/25 | Advancing Multimodal AI Endoscopic Robots for Next-Generation Colon Diagnosis and Treatment: From Theory to Clinical Application | Prof Wen-jung Li / CityU | CUHK | Prof Qinghu Meng / Southern University of Science and Technology | 48 | 2,503,200 |
| CRS_HKUST605/25 | Video Generation and Editing Driven by 3D Physical Simulation | Prof Hong-bo Fu / HKUST | CityU | Dr Lin Gao / Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 48 | 3,600,000 |
| Life Science | ||||||
| CRS_HKU702/25 | Host Ecology and Genetic Factors of Tick-borne Virus Emergence | Prof Tsan-yuk Lam / HKU | - | Prof Wu Chun Cao / State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences | 48 | 3,599,848 |
| Medicine | ||||||
| CRS_HKU705/25 | A novel composite material combining polycationic/amorphous calcium phosphate and amorphous zirconia to treat dentin hypersensitivity by blocking tubular signal conduction and promoting biomimetic dentin remineralization | Prof Chun-hung Chu / HKU | - | Prof Xuliang Deng / Peking University | 48 | 3,576,000 |
| Marine and Environmental Science | ||||||
| CRS_PolyU504/25 | FRP-Reinforced concrete structures for marine environments: material and structural innovations for ductility enhancement and prefabricated construction | Prof Tao Yu / PolyU | - | Prof Wei-chen Xue / Tongji University | 48 | 3,571,920 |
| New Materials Science | ||||||
| CRS_CityU101/25 | Investigation of quantum spin systems with large facilities | Prof Wei Bao / CityU | HKUST | Prof Ming Shi / Zhejiang University | 48 | 3,600,000 |
| CRS_CUHK401/25 | Hepatocellular Carcinoma Theranostics Enabled by Tumor-Targeting ncRNA-Encoded-Micropeptide-Binding Phages | Prof Chuanbin Mao / CUHK | - | Prof Shanrong Liu / Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University | 48 | 3,133,200 |
| CRS_PolyU503/25 | Development of high performance and durable solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) for coupling with Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reactor for green synthetic liquid fuel production | Prof Meng Ni / PolyU | CityU | Prof Minfang Han / Tsinghua University | 48 | 3,600,000 |
| CRS_HKUST603/25 | Fingerprints of altermagnets and their physical property manipulation | Prof Jun-wei Liu / HKUST | CityU | Prof Feng Pan / Tsinghua University | 48 | 3,600,000 |
| CRS_HKU703/25 | Portable Organic-based Short-Wavelength Infra-Red Detector Arrays for Deep Tissue Biomedical Imaging | Prof Wallace Chik-ho Choy / HKU | - | Prof Jianlu Wang / Fudan University | 48 | 3,600,000 |