Competitive Grants Success
In the 2025/26 'RGC Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector', HSUHK has secured a total funding of HK$12.67 million for 19 projects under its "Faculty Development Scheme" and "Inter- Institutional Development Scheme".
An Overview of HSUHK Projects Funded by the RGC
| Project Title | Principal Investigator | School/ Department | Grant Amount (HK$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty Development Scheme | |||
| Which Relationships Are Right for Me, LMX, TMX, or Neither? The Influence of Regulatory Foci and Workflow Network on Social Exchange and Newcomers Adjustment | Dr WANG Linda Chang | Management | $448,786 |
| Monetary Incentives and Creativity: An Experimental Investigation | Dr LI King-king | Economics and Finance | $885,711 |
| Design of A Carbon-Neutral Cold Chain E-Fulfilment Model | Dr WU Chun-ho | Supply Chain and Information Management | $385,189 |
| Service Robots or Human Staff? A Social Presence Perspective on the Hospitality Service Journey | Dr YU Yang | School of Communication | $319,901 |
| Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems: A New Item-on-Pod Replenishment Approach | Dr MA Hoi-lam | Supply Chain and Information Management | $1,001,750 |
| Towards Robust and Cost-Efficient Vertical Federated Learning | Dr ZHANG Chen | Computer Science | $1,101,800 |
| Towards Optimizing Generative AI Inference in Resource-Constrained Edge Environments | Dr LI Tan | Computer Science | $1,122,270 |
| Graph Neural Networks Assisted Dynamic Task Offloading in Internet of Vehicles | Dr HOU Yun | Computer Science | $1,489,982 |
| A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework for Optimizing E-Fulfillment Processes | Dr HO To-sum | Supply Chain and Information Management | $629,035 |
| From Past to Present: A Longitudinal Study on the Evolution of Business Journalism Practice and Education in Hong Kong (2015-2025) | Dr SONG Zhaoxun | School of Communication | $498,280 |
| The Development of Hong Kong Cantonese Playwriting (1910s-1990s) | Dr YEUNG Choi-kit | Chinese | $665,950 |
| Transformation and Reconstruction: A Study of the Reception of Qu Yuan and the Chuci during the Republican China Era | Dr CHEN Hung-to | Chinese | $462,791 |
| Diverse and Multicultural Shakespeare: Children's and Young Adult Book Adaptations and Retellings in the 21st Century | Dr TSO Wing-bo | English | $412,720 |
| Nonconvex Penalty Methods for Mix Sparse Optimization and Its Applications | Dr YU Kwok-wai | Mathematics, Statistics and Insurance | $899,400 |
| Optimal sub-sampling strategies for tensor factor analysis of time series data | Dr NG Chi-tim | Mathematics, Statistics and Insurance | $653,990 |
| Inter-institutional Development Scheme | |||
| Bridging Theory and Industry Practice: Advancing ESG Excellence in Hong Kong and Beyond | Dr WONG Pauline Wai-yee | Accountancy | $342,899 |
| AI Creativity, Ethics, and Interdisciplinarity: Symposium on Empowering Arts and Culture Communication through Generative AI | Dr WU Jing | School of Communication | $297,686 |
| Global Energy Transition in the Uncertain Age of Climate Change Governance | Dr CHAN Victor Chi-ming | Social Science | $370,860 |
| Data Science Frontier: Expanding Horizons through Mathematical and Statistical Innovations | Dr LAM Shu-yan | Mathematics, Statistics and Insurance | $678,600 |