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 15 such projects, the following six are led by CUHK researchers.
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)
Centre for Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology
Total Funding Approved
- HK$63.823M
((HK$38.823M (2000-2006) + HK$25M Sustained Funding (2007-2010))
Indicative Project Time-Frame
- 2000-2010
Coordinating Institution
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Samuel Sun Sai-ming)
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)
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)
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)