Strategic Topics Grant 2023/24 Funding Results
| Project Title | Participating UGC-funded Universities# |
Approved Budget* (HK$ million) |
Funding from the RGC* (HK$ million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Using Artificial Intelligence to Address Imminent Challenges in Health Care | |||
| AI-assisted Microrobotic Platform for Minimally Invasive Interventions |
CityU, CUHK, HKU, PolyU
|
29.655 |
26.690
|
| Integrated Innovative Artificial Intelligence, Genomic and Biomedical Technologies in Healthcare: Objective Diagnosis, Personalised Therapy, and Determining the Etiology of Major Mental Disorders |
CUHK, HKU, HKUST, PolyU
|
37.326 |
33.594 |
| Topic 2: Striving towards Carbon Neutrality before 2050 | |||
| Decarbonization Solutions for Buildings in Hong Kong: Development, Assessment and Deployment |
CityU, HKUST, PolyU
|
34.377 |
30.939 |
| Topic 3: Establishing Hong Kong as the Leading Integrated Circuits, and Opto-electronics Innovation and Technology Hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area | |||
| Technology for Next Generation Wide-/Ultrawide-bandgap Semiconductor Integrated Electronics |
HKUST
|
23.759 |
21.383 |
| Photonic Integrated Platforms Based on Topological Physics |
CityU, HKU, HKUST
|
11.111 |
10.000 |
| Topic 4: Managing the Socio-economic Implications of Pandemic and Other Public Health Challenges | |||
| Improving Pandemic Preparedness by Reflecting on Experiences in the COVID-19 Pandemic from Different Perspectives |
HKU, LU
|
30.059
|
27.053
|
|
Total (6 projects)
|
166.288 |
149.659 |
|
Note: Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
| # |
CityU: City University of Hong Kong CUHK: The Chinese University of Hong Kong HKU: The University of Hong Kong HKUST: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology LU: Lingnan University PolyU: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| * |
Exclusive of on-costs. |