Theme-based Research Scheme 2022/23 (Twelfth Round) Funding Results
Theme / Project Title Participating
UGC-funded
Universities# 		Approved
Budget*
(HK$ million) 		Funding from the RGC*
(HK$ million)
Theme 1: Promoting Good Health
Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Tackle the Global Public Health Threat of Hypervirulent and Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae
CityU, CUHK, HKU, HKUST

43.011
38.710
Delineating and Translating the Mechanistic Determinants to Improve the Clinical Management of Liver Cancer
CUHK, HKU

43.011

38.710

Characterization of Tumor Microenvironment in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- exploratory proposal (with one-year budget to yield preliminary results)
HKU

9.678
8.710
Theme 2: Developing a Sustainable Environment
Towards Carbon Neutrality: Catalysing H2O and CO2 to Green Resource Carriers
CityU, CUHK, HKU, HKUST

43.011

38.710
Unravelling the Black Box between Air Pollution and Public Health for Transformative Air Quality Management
CityU, CUHK, HKU, HKUST, PolyU

44.521

38.710
Theme 3: Enhancing Hong Kong's Strategic Position as a Regional and International Business Centre
SynchroHub: Cyber-Physical Internet for Synchronizing Cross-Border Logistics Hubs in the Greater Bay Area (GBA)
HKU, PolyU
40.301
33.871
Theme 4: Advancing Emerging Research and Innovations Important to Hong Kong
Institute of Medical Intelligence and XR
CUHK, HKU, HKUST, PolyU

50.607

43.547
ReRACE: ReRAM AI Chips on the Edge
CityU, CUHK, HKU, HKUST

32.258

29.032
Total

306.398

270.000
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 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
PolyU: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
* Inclusive of indirect costs / on-costs. The RGC's funding allocation for the TRS 2022/23 exercise is HK$270 million. The remaining around HK$36 million of the approved budget will be matched by the universities concerned.