The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has topped Hong Kong\u2019s universities in this week\u2019s 2021-22 Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) announcement from the Research Grants Council (RGC). This week\u2019s announcement saw funding for 48 projects totaling HK$285 million across the city\u2019s public universities. CUHK obtained the largest share of funding securing HK$82 million across 11 projects.<\/p>\r\n
Speaking about the RGC announcement, CUHK\u2019s Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rocky S. Tuan said he was thrilled the University had made such a strong showing in the RGC\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\r\n
\u201cCUHK researchers have once again excelled in their endeavours to advance academic excellence and further the research impact agenda. It is truly gratifying to see our CUHK colleagues actively leading research projects that span an extensive range of areas, including cell imaging, autism, neuromuscular degeneration, Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, reducing miscarriages, sleep disorders, as well as nanomaterials and devices. Many of these projects demonstrate some of our best minds advancing their research to develop interdisciplinary solutions to some of society\u2019s greatest challenges. It is also noteworthy that this announcement will also see CUHK research contributing to the ongoing fight against COVID-19,\u201d Professor Tuan said.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
The announcement also includes projects funded as part of the second round of the RGC\u2019s One-Off Coronavirus and Novel Infectious Diseases Research Exercise which will see further support for the city\u2019s universities to continue research as part of the pandemic response.<\/p>\r\n
CUHK\u2019s Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Mai-Har Sham said \u201cthese collaborative research projects represent examples of CUHK\u2019s capacity to lead the city as Hong Kong positions itself as a globally competitive knowledge powerhouse capable of emerging as an internationally recognised innovation and technology hub.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n About the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n The Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) supports multi-investigator and multidisciplinary research groups in the University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded universities in order to encourage more research groups to engage in creative and high-quality cross-disciplinary projects.<\/p>","show_as_achievement":true,"achievement_category":["university"],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":[{"text":"Attachment","link":"","file":122268}],"video_source":"","video_file":"","add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":0,"photos_original":null,"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/122266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/122266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122338,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/122266\/revisions\/122338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}