HSUHK Receives the Highest Amount of Grants in RGC Funding Schemes among Local Self-financing Institutions

For the academic year 2021/2022, the Research Grants Council (RGC) has approved HK$64.84 million for a total of 71 projects in the ‘Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector’. HSUHK has secured a total funding of HK$18.16 million for 18 projects including 16 Faculty Development Scheme (FDS) projects, one Inter-institutional Development Scheme project and one Institutional Development Scheme Research Infrastructure Grant (IDSR) project. HSUHK’s total amount of grants is the highest among all eligible local self-financing institutions.

 

Funding SchemeSchool/DepartmentPrincipal InvestigatorProject TitleFunding Amount (Inclusive of On-costs)(HKD)
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)ComputingDr David ChanEnhancing Wireless Information Freshness via Physical-Layer Network Coding and Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access1,143,229
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Art and DesignDr Christine ChoyArt at Home: The Impact of New Media and Online Cultural Production on Home-Based Arts Engagement755,126
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)AccountancyDr Lisa GohThe CEO Pay Ratio: UK Evidence409,758
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Supply Chain and Information ManagementDr George HoDynamic Pick Face Replenishment & Pallet Consolidation Model for Landing in the Next E-Fulfilment Normal669,975
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Economics and FinanceDr Kaz KwokHow Do Companies Adapt to Extreme Weather? Evidence from Corporate Uses of Internal Cash Flow363,213
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Supply Chain and Information ManagementDr Cathy LamRiding to Success in Cold Chain Digitalization: A Digital Twin based Closed-Loop Logistics Decision Model769,519
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Social ScienceDr Joseph LiCultural Exchanges in the Cold War: Visiting Tours and Affective Connections in Sinophone Asia (1950s-1980s)917,455
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Supply Chain and Information ManagementDr Helen MaScheduling of Heterogeneous Autonomous Mobile Robots for Robotic Cells Manufacturing in Smart Manufacturing1,515,750
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)EnglishDr Maggie MaExploring Teacher-Supported Peer Feedback: Developing Student Feedback Literacy and Writing Quality691,394
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)ComputingDr Chris MaQuantifying Privacy Risk of Mobile Applications through Machine Learning843,050
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Supply Chain and Information ManagementDr Daniel MoDual Channel Logistics Strategy with the Integration of Crowdsourced Vehicles for Ad Hoc Demand493,450
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Mathematics, Statistics and InsuranceDr Tom NgSequential Change-Point Detection in High-Dimensional Vector Autoregressive Models973,000
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Social ScienceDr Gary TangWhat is the Role of Internet Memes in Political Discussion?1,060,975
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Supply Chain and Information ManagementDr Yue WangAutoQFD: A Smart Quality Function Deployment Method for Product Development1,209,850
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)AccountancyDr Belinda YauAuditing During the COVID-19 Pandemic793,025
Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)Mathematics, Statistics and InsuranceDr Carisa Yu

Partially Separable and Sparse Optimization: Theory and Applications915,270
Inter-institutional Development Scheme (IIDS)Supply Chain and Information ManagementDr Eugene WongExtended Reality on Smart Transport and Logistics: Embracing Innovative Theories and Technologies for Enhancing Operational Resilience and Efficiency544,548
Institutional Development Scheme Research Infrastructure Grant (IDSR)InstitutionalProfessor Simon Ho (Project Holder)

Professor Louis Cheng
(Team Leader)
Establishing a Research Infrastructure for ESG Intelligence: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective4,095,000