In the 2024 round of funding exercise for the Research Grant Council’s (RGC) Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector, THEi successfully obtained 5 Faculty Development Scheme (FDS) awards, amounting to a total of HK$4.85M. There were no applications submitted for Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS) and Institutional Development Scheme Collaborative Research Grant (IDS CRG) in this round.
According to the RGC, there were 356 FDS applications from the local self-financing degree sector this year. 以上 sector-wide application success rates of FDS was 27%, whereas those of THEi was 50%. This is very encouraging, great work!
Below are the supported projects from THEi:
| No. | Project Title | Principal Investigator |
Faculty Development Scheme | ||
| 1 | Development of a novel energy saving-low CO2 emission wastewater treatment approach by using microalgae-bacteria consortia immobilized with magnetic biochar nanocomposites | Dr CHAN Cho-yin |
| 2 | Accurate urban forest carbon storage estimation by dual remote sensing | Dr LEE Shing-him |
| 3 | Fused Filament Manufacturing of 3D printed poly(3hydroxybutyrate 3 hydroxyvalerate) polylactic acid composite structure for footwear application: a new approach to efficient production of insole material | Dr LIU Yaohui |
| 4 | Sustainable utilization of food by-products and Chinese medicine residues: exploring their prebiotic potential | Dr CHOI Siu-mei |
| 5 | Development of Intrinsically Safe Rechargeable Nickel-Zinc Batteries with Tunable Hydrogel Electrolyte-integrated Covalent Organic Frameworks | Ir Dr TSANG Chi-wing |
To view all the supported FDS projects in this round, click the link:
https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/funding_opport/fds/funded%20research/fds2425.html
Once again, congratulations to the successful PIs, and thank you to all the applicants for your efforts and participation in this funding round!
