Research Resources
The University is committed to encouraging faculty members and students to build research collaboration with a view to raising its international standing and advancing the frontiers of research and technology. This webpage serves as a one-stop shop to facilitate access to information on research funding opportunities, academic exchange schemes, research resources and services available, both within and beyond the University.
- For Faculty Members
(CUHK and Visiting) - For Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, and Postdocs
(CUHK and Visiting) - Institutional Research Collaboration
Funding Schemes for Academic Exchanges and Visits
Faculty members are encouraged to make use of the schemes for exchanges and visits to strengthen their international research network and engagement.
- CUHK Funding Schemes
- Bilateral Teaching Exchange Programme
- CUHK-Stanford University CASBS Partner Fellowship Program
- Internationalisation Faculty Mobility Scheme (For Engagement with Overseas Universities) (Outbound)
- Internationalisation Faculty Mobility Scheme (For Engagement with Overseas Universities) (Inbound)
- Faculty Mobility Schemes (For Engagement with Mainland and Taiwan Universities)
- Academic Symposium Jointly Organized with National Natural Science Foundation of China
- AUPC Visiting Scholars / Executive Scheme
- Mainland and Taiwan Strategic Partnership Development Programme
- Mainland and Taiwan Visiting Scholar Scheme
- Taiwan Collaboration Fund
- The Academia Sinica Academicians Visit Programme
- The Chinese Academy of Engineering Academicians Visit Programme
- The Chinese Academy of Sciences Academicians Visit Programme
- The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Scholars Visit Programme
- University Academic Exchange Fund (China)
- External Funding Schemes
- International Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Overseas Universities)
- ACU Fellowships
- AXA Research Fund
- Brown International Advanced Research Institutes
- Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise at Durham University
- Essex International Visiting Fellowships at University of Essex
- Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Visiting Professorships Programme
- European Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme
- Global Partnership Fund at University of Rochester
- Memberships to the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton
- Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at University of Melbourne
- National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships
- Non-EU Teaching Mobility at University of Vienna
- Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies at University of Cambridge
- The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Academic Writing Residency Program
- The Royal Society International Exchange Scheme
- The Royal Society Kan Tong Po Visiting Fellowship Programme
- University of Sussex - Asa Briggs Visiting Fellowships
- University of Sussex - Harry Kroto Fellowships
- Visiting Fellows at Waseda University
- Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Mainland and Taiwan Universities)
- International Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Overseas Universities)
For CUHK faculty members For visiting faculty members
Funding Schemes for Conference Organizing and Participation
Faculty members are encouraged to utilize the schemes to strengthen their exposure and research network through organizing and participating in academic conferences.
- CUHK Funding Schemes
- External Funding Schemes
- International Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Overseas Universities)
- Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Mainland and Taiwan Universities)
- China Association for Science and Technology Annual Conference
Since 2012, China Engagement Office (CNEO) has started to organize CUHK delegation to attend the conference. The theme of the conference is different every time and CNEO will invite relevant professors to participate. For enquiries, please contact CNEO via cneo@cuhk.edu.hk. - K.C. Wong Education Foundation (Conference)
- China Association for Science and Technology Annual Conference
For CUHK faculty members For visiting faculty members
Funding Schemes for Research Projects
Faculty members are encouraged to identify suitable grants to build research and promote collaboration.
- Funding Opportunities
For CUHK faculty members For visiting faculty members
Research Administration and Support Services
The Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services (ORKTS) at CUHK supports researchers and their collaborators with a wide range of services and promotes knowledge development and transfer. Some of the services provided by ORKTS are shown below.
Commercialization of Research
The Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services facilitates the development and licensing of the University's intellectual property and supports knowledge transfer via community projects and programmes.
Funding Schemes for Research Attachment
The University encourages its students and postdocs to utilize research schemes and funding schemes for research attachments, locally and internationally, to promote research excellence.
- For Undergraduate Students
- CUHK Funding Schemes
- CUHK Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Overseas Universities)
- CUHK Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Mainland and Taiwan Universities)
- CUHK Funding Schemes
- For Postgraduate Students and Postdocs
- CUHK Funding Schemes
- CUHK Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Overseas Universities)
- CUHK Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Mainland and Taiwan Universities)
- External Funding Schemes
- International Funding Schemes (For Engagement with Overseas Universities)
- CUHK Funding Schemes
For CUHK students/postdocs For visiting students/postdocs
CUHK actively pursues collaborations with institutions throughout the world to strengthen and complement its research excellence. The University has established a number of institutional-level research collaborations that are of strategic value. The following is a highlight of some of the current international collaborations.
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Research collaborations between the two universities have been robust. There is a CUHK-UU Joint Centre for Language, Mind and Brain, a joint research programme in musculoskeletal research and regenerative medicine, and a CUHK-University Medical Center Utrecht Joint Research Laboratory of Respiratory Virus and Immunobiology. A tripartite partnership has been formed among CUHK, Utrecht University, and University of Toronto to address issues related to public health, cities, and migration.
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- Collaboration Areas
Autism & neuroscience; Immunology; Smart & sustainable cities; Migration; Public health; Stem cell biology & regenerative medicine; Youth development - Additional Information
- CUHK–UU Joint Centre for Language, Mind and Brain
- I3CARE – International Tripartite Collaboration to Advance Exposome Research
- First CUHK-UU joint workshop, January 2019
- Collaboration Areas
The University of Sydney, Australia
CUHK has long and close collaboration with the University of Sydney in various research areas including cardiology, diabetes, digital media, and law. Besides, both universities are members of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities and Planetary Health Alliance. The two universities established the Analytic and Clinical Cooperative Laboratory for Integrative Medicine to bring new technologies and practices for the development of treatments that combine western and Chinese medicine and the USyd-CUHK Partnership Collaboration Awards to support joint initiatives that will strengthen the two universities' strategic priorities.
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- Collaboration Areas
Big data & integrative medicine; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Planetary health - Additional Information
- Collaboration Areas
University of Cambridge, UK
The links between CUHK and the University of Cambridge date back to the late 1990s. There have been partnerships in place for multi-faceted collaborations, including the Clare Hall Visiting Fellowships, Cambridge-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Bilingualism, and collaboration in autism neuroscience.
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- Collaboration Area
Brain & mind - Additional Information
- Collaboration Area
University of Exeter, UK
The University of Exeter has identified CUHK as a strategic partner in Hong Kong and a number of collaborations have been undertaken in the recent years, including research on clinical psychology, joint projects in environment and health, the PROTECT Study in Hong Kong (CUHK is the local academic partner), and the CUHK–Exeter Joint Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (ENSURE).
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- Collaboration Areas
Environment & Sustainability; Brain & mind - Additional Information
- Collaboration Areas