The RGC has recently announced the application results for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Research Grants Council (RGC) Joint Research Scheme in 2024/25 exercise. A total of 50 research projects out of 616 eligible applications for a total sum of HK$59.666 million in this round of exercise were granted.
In this highly competitive research grant, 25 full proposals submitted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) were funded and only 7 full proposals have been awarded the funding support. We are particularly proud that Prof. SU Zhongqing, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chair Professor of Intelligent Structures and Systems, and Prof. WANG Zuankai, Associate Vice President (Research and Innovation), Kuok Group Professor in Nature-Inspired Engineering and Chair Professor of Nature-Inspired Engineering, were two of the seven awardees. Prof. SU will receive around HK$1 million to conduct a joint project entitled “Ultrafast Laser-enabled Three-dimensional Characterization of Stacked Coatings” with Prof. YE Lin at South China University of Science and Technology. While Prof. WANG will receive around HK$1.2 million to conduct a joint project entitled “Solar Interfacial Evaporation-driven Water-electricity hydrogen-fuel Co-generation: Materials and Devices Design” with Prof. ZHU Jia at Nanjing University.
In NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme (JRS) 2023/24 exercise, a total of 40 research projects out of 423 eligible applications for a total sum of HK$47.3 million in this round of exercise were granted. Four PolyU projects have received total funding support of HK$4.8 million for a duration of four years. The projects cover topics in life science, new materials science and sustainable city development. Prof. CHENG Li, Associate Dean (Research) of Faculty of Engineering, Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was one of the four awardees. Prof. CHENG received around HK$1.2 million to conduct a joint project entitled “A New Paradigm for Designing and Manufacturing of 4D Printed Reconfigurable Lattice Structures for Tunable Broadband Vibration Suppression” with Prof. MENG Han at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
The NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme aims to promote collaboration between researchers/research teams in Hong Kong and the Mainland on the basis of complementing the existing strengths of both sides. The amount of funding for Hong Kong applicants is limited to HK$1.25 million. The grant encourages young researchers of similar fields from Hong Kong and the Mainland to foster collaboration through the dissemination of their recent and unpublished research works.
Having successfully secured funding through this highly competitive scheme for two consecutive years, we affirm our continued commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration within our research community. It is very encouraging to see that ME scientists from the Department are acclaimed by the Nation to further develop scientific research in cutting-edge technologies.
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