CUHK receives HK$50 million for collaborative research
Ten research projects led by CUHK received a total of about HK$50 million from the 2022/23 Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) by the Research Grants Council (RGC). Among them, four projects have been awarded a Collaborative Research Project Grant, two a Collaborative Research Equipment Grant and four the newly added Young Collaborative Research Grant (YCRG).
CUHK’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Sham Mai-har said, “The newly established YCRG under the CRF is to enable young researchers to gain experience in leading and managing collaborative research at their early career stage so as to pave the way for seeking larger collaborative research funding in future. I am very glad that the number of successful CUHK-led projects and the total funding amount received are the highest among all universities in Hong Kong. Such encouraging result indicates that CUHK has strong and vibrant young research talents and the University will continue to support them in taking on more ambitious innovative research.”
CRF supports multi-investigator and multidisciplinary research groups to encourage more research groups to engage in creative, high-quality, cross-disciplinary projects.
The list of CUHK-led projects is as follows:
CRF 2022/23 Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG)
| Project Coordinator (Department) | Title |
| Professor Lai Chi-tim (Cultural and Religious Studies) | Lingnan Culture and the World: Construction and Change in the Cultural Landscape of Cantonese Literati from the late Qing to the Republican era in China (1821-1949) |
| Professor Yung Wing-ho (Biomedical Sciences) | Mechanism of Cognitive Flexibility: from Core Brain Areas to Network Analysis |
| Professor Wang Xin (Surgery) | Multi-modal Deep Learning of Multiomics Profiles, Radiology and Histopathology Images to Advance Colorectal Cancer Classification for Precision Oncology |
| Professor Liao Wei-hsin (Mechanical and Automation Engineering) | Adaptive 3D Printing: Design, Manufacturing, Modelling and Optimisation |
CRF 2022/23 Collaborative Research Equipment Grant (CREG)
| Project Coordinator (Department) | Title |
| Professor Patrick Wong Chun-man (Linguistics and Modern Languages) | Hyperscanning to Explore the Human Mind in Ensemble |
| Professor Andrew Chan Man-lok (Biomedical Sciences) | Establishment of Spatial Multi-Omics Core Facility |
CRF 2022/23 Young Collaborative Research Grant (YCRG)
| Project Coordinator (Department) | Title |
| Professor Duan Liting (Biomedical Engineering) | Light Protects Vision: Optogenetic Activation of Trk Signaling for Neuroprotection of Retinal Ganglion Cells in Ocular Diseases |
| Professor Ren Wei (Mechanical and Automation Engineering) | Developing Next-generation Midinfrared Laser Sensors for Greenhouse Gas Monitoring |
| Professor Peter Chiu Ka-fung (Surgery) | Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted Risk-based Prostate Cancer Detection: A Synergy of Novel Biomarkers, Advanced Imaging and Roboticassisted Diagnosis |
| Professor Lu Xinhui (Physics) | Fundamental-Studies-Guided Growing of High-Quality, Mechanically Stable, Reduced-Dimensional Perovskites for Scalable Flexible Optoelectronic Devices |
