The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is committed to advancing impactful research through its robust interdisciplinary collaborations and pioneering innovative solutions that benefit the world. In the latest 2024/25 grants from the Research Grants Council (RGC), PolyU has secured funding for 14 projects, including 8 Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG) projects, 3 Collaborative Research Equipment Grant (CREG) projects, and 3 Young Collaborative Research Grant (YCRG) projects, with a total awarded amount of $11.343 million in the 2024/25 exercise.
Among these funded projects, colleagues from the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT) have secured four projects. Prof. Kin Wah LEE and Prof. Zhong Ping YAO each received funding for a CRPG project, while Prof. Ka Fu YUNG was awarded a CREG project and Prof. Su Ting HAN was awarded a YCRG project. The successful projects are listed below.
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Project Title |
Project Coordinator |
Funding Support |
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Collaborative Research Project Grant |
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Unraveling the Mechanisms of Targeted Therapy Resistance as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Prof. LEE Kin-wah Terence Associate Head and Professor, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (in collaboration with HKU) |
6,000,000 |
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Data Storage with Proteins |
Prof. YAO Zhongping Associate Head and Professor, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (in collaboration with CUHK and HKUST) |
7,860,284 |
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Collaborative Research Equipment Grant |
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State-of-the-art Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation Enhanced Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy |
Prof. YUNG Ka Fu Associate Dean, Faculty of Science; and Professor, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (in collaboration with CityU, HKBU, CUHK, HKUST, HKU and EdUHK) |
9,000,000 |
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Young Collaborative Research Grant |
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Organic/two-dimensional Materials Heterostructure based Memristor Array for Flexible Retinomorphic System |
Prof. HAN Suting Associate Professor, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (in collaboration with CityU and HKU) |
3,199,500 |
Congratulations again to Prof. YUNG, Prof. LEE, Prof. YAO and Prof. HAN for their outstanding achievements!
