Research Impact Fund 2025/26 Funding Results
| Project no. | Project Title | Coordinating University/ Collaborating University(ies) |
Duration (months) |
Budget to be funded by the RGC* ($) (exclusive of on-costs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1011-25F | Development of Decoupled Radiant Cooling Technique for Advancing Building Energy Efficiency under Hot and Humid Climates | CityU / PolyU | 48 | 4,480,000 |
| R1018-25F | CuCloud: AI-Enabled Green Ecosystem | CityU /CUHK, HKU | 60 | 6,400,000 |
| R1038-25F | The UN-endorsed Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme: Occurrence and environmental risks of contaminants of emerging concern in the world's estuaries | CityU / EdUHK, HKUST, HKU, HKBU | 60 | 7,200,000 |
| R1040-25F | Integrative Study on Needleless (Wire) Electrospinning for Massive Production | CityU / PolyU | 36 | 4,529,860 |
| R4022-25F | Development of an in-situ sensing platform for deep-sea exploration | CUHK / PolyU | 48 | 7,140,000 |
| R4039-25F | Consolidating clinical translation of the first locally developed advanced therapeutic product (ATP) - engineered osteochondral tissue (eOCT) for treating patients with traumatic cartilage injuries | CUHK | 60 | 8,800,000 |
| R5001-25F | Spatial and High-throughput Immunopeptidomics Enabled by Integrated Microfluidics and Proteogenomics (MAP) | PolyU | 48 | 5,355,000 |
| R5048-25F | Towards Life-Cycle Intelligent Predictive Maintenance for Railway Tracks: Advancing with Deep Learning Algorithms and Digital Twin Technology | PolyU / CityU, HKUST | 60 | 7,840,000 |
| R6005-25F | ZKDI: A Zero-Knowledge Proof-based Data Intelligence System for Financial and Web3 Data Analytics | HKUST | 48 | 3,145,100 |
| R7023-25F | Gallium Nitride Chip Technology for Vertical Power Delivery to AI Processors in Data Centres | HKU | 60 | 7,756,756 |
| R7025-25F | Single-base m6A epitranscriptomic profiling: A new frontier in cancer biomarker discovery and precision medicine | HKU / CUHK | 36 | 3,900,000 |
| R7057-25F | Saving Hong Kong oysters from environmental disaster to sustain the livelihoods of growers | HKU / HKBU, PolyU | 36 | 4,165,000 |
| R8003-25F | Revolutionizing Adapted Physical Activity for Individuals with Physical Disabilities: Examining the Health Impact of and Promoting Sitting Light Volleyball in the Greater Bay Area | EdUHK / CUHK | 42 | 4,288,284 |