11sep2020
THEi received research grant awards totalling HK$13.6 million from the Research Grants Council
Research
Cheers to THEi researchers! THEi was awarded an impressive total of HK$13.6 million of research funding by the Research Grants Council (RGC) in the 2020/21 round of the Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector.
In March 2020, THEi and fourteen other local higher education institutions submitted over 300 research proposals to the RGC competing for funding support. Results were announced today. THEi received HK$7.7M from the Faculty Development Scheme in support of 9 research projects led by individual academic staff from a variety of discipline including engineering, hospitality, surveying, horticulture, humanities, microbiology and information technology; HK$0.9M from the Inter-Institutional Development Scheme to organize workshops and seminars on urban landscape and sustainable fashion for academics and professionals; and HK$5M from the Institutional Development Scheme-Research Infrastructure Grant to establish a Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Food By-products Utilization (CIFU). The funding will enable THEi academics to carry out high quality research in their specialty areas in the coming three years.
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No. |
RGC Ref. No. |
Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
OU |
Duration (months) |
Grand Total Funds Awarded (Inclusive of On- costs) (HK$) |
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Institutional Development Scheme - Research Infrastructure Grant (IDSR) |
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1 |
UGC/IDS(R)25/20 |
Establishment of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Food By- products Utilization (CIFU) |
Prof Christina Hong Dr Paul Tsang / SGEL Mr Sonny Choy / FDE Dr Vicky Leung / FMH Dr Vicki Fong / FST Dr Alex Tsang / FST Dr Angus Law / SGEL |
THEi |
36 |
5,037,167 |
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Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS) |
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2 |
UGC/IIDS25/E01/20 |
Workshop cum Seminar on Resilient Cities – International Workshop on Urban Landscape (IWUL) 2021 |
Prof CHEN Leslie Hung-chi |
Faculty of Design & Environment |
12 |
523,350 |
|
3 |
UGC/IIDS25/H02/20 |
Seminar Series on “Sustainable Fashion Development for the Greater Bay Area” |
Ms CHU Wai-ching Alice |
Faculty of Design & Environment |
12 |
396,678 |
|
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS) |
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4 |
UGC/FDS25/E04/20 |
Distributed Multi-hop C-V2X Self- Optimizing Network |
Dr HOU Yun Aileen |
Faculty of Design & Environment |
36 |
1,165,009 |
|
5 |
UGC/FDS25/E06/20 |
Modelling building rehabilitation costs to combat the problems of ageing apartment buildings in Hong Kong |
Dr LAU Wai-kin Elvis |
Faculty of Design & Environment |
24 |
729,605 |
|
6 |
UGC/FDS25/E08/20 |
Hydrogen on demand ‐ Development of hydrogel-based hydrogen generator using single atom strategy for flexible power devices |
Dr TSANG Chi-wing Alex |
Faculty of Science & Technology |
30 |
992,841 |
|
7 |
UGC/FDS25/E10/20 |
A study of a highly efficient carbon capture and utilization (CCU) approach for microalgae biofixation of CO2 enhanced by recombinant carbonic anhydrase immobilized onto magnetic nanocomposites |
Dr CHAN Cho-yin Joe |
Faculty of Science & Technology |
36 |
1,226,387 |
|
8 |
UGC/FDS25/H01/20 |
Focus Interpretation and Prosodic Evidence of Nuclear Stress in Hong Kong Cantonese |
Dr TONG Man-shan Angel |
School of General Education & Languages |
36 |
859,862 |
|
9 |
UGC/FDS25/H02/20 |
Identifying Supply and Demand Gaps that Influence Employability and Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry |
Dr CHOY Monica Wai-chun |
Faculty of Management & Hospitality |
24 |
504,867 |
|
10 |
UGC/FDS25/H06/20 |
Mapping the Development of Recording Studios in Postwar Hong Kong |
Dr TSANG Yik-man Edmond |
School of General Education & Languages |
24 |
381,900 |
|
11 |
UGC/FDS25/M01/20 |
The fate and effects of PPCPs in soil-plant systems and their metabolization by plants with potential use in phytotreatment/remediation applications |
Dr PAN Min Livia |
Faculty of Design & Environment |
30 |
1,058,123 |
|
12 |
UGC/FDS25/M08/20 |
Investigating the functional role of aryl alcohol dehydrogenase in Candida dubliniensis biofilm matrix synthesis via a proteomic approach |
Dr TSANG Wai-kei Paul |
School of General Education & Languages |
24 |
805,749 |