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
- 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 Titular Fellowships
- ASAIHL Air Asia Fellowship
- Brown International Advanced Research Institutes
- Clare Hall Visiting Fellowship Programme at University of Cambridge
- 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
- Harvard Yenching Visiting Fellows Programme
- Memberships to the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton
- Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at University of Melbourne
- Non-EU Teaching Mobility at University of Vienna
- Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies at University of Cambridge
- The John "Bud" Velde Visiting Scholar Program at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- 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
- Visiting International Fellowship Scheme at University of Sheffield
- Visiting Scholars Fund at University of Rochester
- Women in the Humanities Visiting Fellowship at University of Oxford
- 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
- Conference Grant Supported by the Central Budget
(Please login to the Staff Area of the Personnel Office's website first) - CUHK Research Summit Series
- Conference Grant Supported by the Central Budget
- 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, OALC has started to organize CUHK delegation to attend the conference. The theme of the conference is different every time and OALC will invite relevant professors to participate. For enquiries, please contact OALC via oalc@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.
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.
- Research Ethics
- Forms and Guidelines
- Declaration Form for Non-Research Grants Council Research Grants
- Editing Request Form
- Research Projects Database Form (RPD Form)
- Guidelines for the Establishment of Research Institutes, Centres and Units
- Criteria for the Establishment of New Research Institutes, Centres and Units
- Undertaking Made by Grant Applicant
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)
- Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowships (PhD Students and Post-docs)
- Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise at Durham University (Post-docs)
- Endeavour Research Fellowships (Postgraduate Students and Post-doc Fellows)
- Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Scholarship Programme (PhD Students and Post-docs)
- Visiting International Fellowship Scheme at University of Sheffield (Post-docs)
- 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 was 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
- Gordon Research Conference “Cognitive Dysfunction in Brain Diseases, CUHK, 11-16 June 2017
- CUHK Forms Tri-continental Partnership with University of Toronto and Utrecht University for Innovative Solutions on Urban Issues
- 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 Worldwide Universities Network and Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Recently, 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.
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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, a CUHK Fellowship in Autism Neuroscience, and cooperation in CUHK's Global Physician-Leadership Stream of the MBChB Programme.
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- Collaboration Areas
Brain & mind; Engineering - Additional Information
- Collaboration Areas