Theme-based Research Scheme 2021/22 (Eleventh Round) Funding Results
| Theme / Project Title | Participating
UGC-funded Universities# |
Approved
Budget*
(HK$ million) |
Funding from the RGC* (HK$ million) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(A) Projects Related to COVID-19 and/or Other Novel Infectious Diseases
|
|||
| Theme 1: Promoting Good Health | |||
| Virological, Immunological and Epidemiological Characterization of COVID-19 |
CUHK, HKU, HKUST
|
68.834 |
61.950
|
| Ecology, Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2: From Bedside to Bench and Back |
CUHK, HKBU, HKU
|
42.278 |
38.050 |
|
Total (A)
|
111.112 |
100.000 |
|
|
(B) Projects under Routine TRS Exercise
|
|||
| Theme 1: Promoting Good Health | |||
| Translating Disease-Mechanism Discoveries to Improve Treatment of Biliary Atresia, an Intractable Newborn Liver Disease |
CUHK, HKBU, HKU
|
56.127 |
50.514
|
| Stem Cell-niche Interactions in Tissue Maintenance and Engineering |
CUHK, HKU, HKUST
|
66.438 |
58.195 |
| Theme 2: Developing a Sustainable Environment | |||
| Healthy and Resilient City with Pervasive LoCHs |
CityU, HKU, HKUST, PolyU
|
34.604 |
31.144 |
| Theme 3: Enhancing Hong Kong's Strategic Position as a Regional and International Business Centre | |||
| Developing Hong Kong as a Global Green Finance Centre |
CUHK, HKUST, PolyU
|
48.154
|
41.312
|
| Theme 4: Advancing Emerging Research and Innovations Important to Hong Kong | |||
| Multimodal Approaches to Testing and Prediction in Early Academic Achievement: Chinese, English, and Mathematics |
CityU, CUHK, EdUHK, HKBU
|
37.570 |
32.992 |
| Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong |
CityU, HKBU, HKU
|
60.936 |
52.843 |
|
Total (B)
|
303.829 |
267.000 |
|
|
Total (A) + (B)
|
414.941 |
367.000 |
|
| # |
CityU: City University of Hong Kong CUHK: The Chinese University of Hong Kong EdUHK: The Education University of Hong Kong HKBU: Hong Kong Baptist University HKU: The University of Hong Kong HKUST: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology PolyU: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| * | Inclusive of indirect costs / on-costs. The RGC’s funding allocation for the TRS 2021/22 exercise is HK$367 million. The remaining HK$48 million of the approved budget will be matched by the universities concerned. |