Areas of Excellence
The University Grants Committee (UGC) has provided preferential funding to the local tertiary institutions to conduct research into selected Areas of Excellence (AoEs). Out of a total of 38 such projects, the following fifteen are led by CUHK researchers.
Current Exercises
Centre for Plant Vacuole Biology and Biotechnology
Total Funding Approved
- Over HK$87M
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Jiang Liwen)
Optimizing Early Childhood Development of Children from Low-Resource Settings by Leveraging Technology and Biological Data
Total Funding Approved
- HK$10M*
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. WONG Patrick Chun-man)
* This is a one-year budget allocated for an exploratory project involving high risk, yet ground-breaking and highly original research.
Previous Exercises
AI-Powered Surgical Robots
Total Funding Approved
- Over HK$96M
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Liu Yunhui)
Using Data to Transform Diabetes Care and Patient Lives
Total Funding Approved
- Over HK$80M
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Ronald Ma Ching-wan)
Centre for Medical Engineering of Molecular and Biological Probes
Total Funding Approved
- HK$71.161M
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2021-2029
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Nathalie Wong)
Aging, Skeletal Degeneration and Regeneration
Total Funding Approved
- HK$70.688M
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2021-2029
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Qin Ling)
Probing the Fundamental Structure of Matter with High Energy Particle Collisions
Total Funding Approved
- HK$78.832M
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2019-2027
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Chu Ming Chung)
Centre for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Total Funding Approved
- HK$81M
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2017-2025
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Lam Hon Ming)
Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function
Total Funding Approved
- HK$47.25M
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Jiang Liwen)
The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society
Total Funding Approved
- HK$23.447M
(1st Phase: HK$14.865M (2010-2013) + 2nd Phase: HK$8.582M (2014-2017))
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2010-2017
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. David Faure)
Institute of Network Coding
Total Funding Approved
- HK$80.27M
(1st Phase: HK$53.36M (2010-2013) + 2nd Phase: HK$26.91M (2014-2017))
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2010-2017
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Raymond Yeung)
Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids
Total Funding Approved
- HK$31.28M
(1st Phase: HK$11.28M (2008-2011) + 2nd Phase: HK$20M (2012-2015))
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2008-2015
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Dennis Y.M. Lo)
Chinese Medicine Research and Further Development
Total Funding Approved
- HK$32.992M
(HK$25M (2001-2007) + HK$7.992M
Sustained Funding (2008-2011))
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2001-2011
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Leung Ping-chung)
Centre for Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology
Total Funding Approved
- HK$63.823M
((HK$38.823M (2000-2006) + HK$25M Sustained Funding (2007-2011))
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2000-2011
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Samuel Sun Sai-ming)
Information Technology
Total Funding Approved
- HK$51M
Project Time-Frame
- 2000-2005
Coordinating Institution
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Prof. Roland Chin)