Theme-based
Research Scheme 2019/20 (Ninth 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 | |||
| Control of Influenza: Individual and Population Immunity |
CUHK, HKU
|
55.555 |
50.000 |
| Fighting Disease Recurrence and Promoting Tissue Repair after Liver Transplantation: Translating Basic Discoveries to Clinical Excellence |
CUHK, HKU
|
50.000 |
45.000 |
|
Theme 2: Developing a Sustainable Environment |
|||
| A Paradigm-shifting, Fully-integrated, Compact Wastewater-to-resource Facility (WWRF) |
CityU, CUHK, HKU, HKUST, PolyU
|
35.555 |
30.000 |
| SureFire: Smart Urban Resilience and Firefighting |
HKU, PolyU
|
33.333 |
30.000 |
|
Theme 4: Advancing Emerging Research and Innovations Important to Hong Kong |
|||
| Research and Development of Artificial Intelligence in Extraction and Identification of Spoken Language Biomarkers for Screening and Monitoring of Neurocognitive Disorders |
CUHK, HKUST, PolyU
|
50.000 |
45.000 |
|
Total
|
224.443 |
200.000 |
|
| # |
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 TRS increased from $180 million in the 2018 /19 exercise to $200 million in the 2019/20 exercise. The remaining $24 million of the approved budget will be matched by the universities concerned. |