Manchester-Chinese University of Hong Kong joint research funds

The University of Manchester and the Chinese University of Hong Kong have a fast growing strategic partnership.

Set up in 2015, our joint pump-priming fund facilitates research collaboration and enables academics to forge strong relationships.

Building on the success of this initiative, the two universities have developed a new Strategic Research Fund in 2020. This fund supports larger projects in areas of strategic fit for both institutions that will foster high-level collaboration.

There are currently no open calls.

For more information contact:

University of Manchester

Joanne Jacobs, International Relations
Email: joanne.jacobs@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 306 1716

CUHK

Olivia Kwok, Office of Academic Links
Email: oliviakwok@cuhk.edu.hk
Tel: +852 3943 1315

Previous grants awarded

2020

UoM Lead	CUHK Lead	Faculty (UoM)	School (UoM)	Title of research project
Dr Leela Biant	Prof Shu Hang Patrick Yung	Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health	School of Biological Sciences	Defining the cellular content of human hoffa fat pad in health and disease
Prof Patrick Cai	Prof Ting Fung Philos Chan	Faculty of Science and Engineering	School of Natural Sciences	Rhizobium genome refactoring for climate-smart agriculture
Prof Cecilia Wong	Prof Mee Kam Ng	Faculty of Humanities	School of Environment, Education and Development	Smart and sustainable planning: towards an integrated spatial approach

2019

UoM Lead	CUHK Lead	Faculty (UoM)	School (UoM)	Title of research project
Prof Lu Jian Ren	Prof Xia Jiang	Faculty of Science and Engineering	School of Natural Sciences	Cell-specific delivery of designed amphiphilic peptides for anticancer treatment
Dr Yao Bo	Prof Cai Zhenguang Garry	Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health	School of Biological Sciences	The embodiment of language syntax in the brain
Prof Martin Gallagher	Prof Chan Man Nin	Faculty of Science and Engineering	School of Natural Sciences	Quantifying our ability to detect airborne pollens in Hong Kong

2018

UoM Lead	CUHK Lead	Faculty (UoM)	School (UoM)	Title of research project
Prof Kostas Kostarelos	Prof Zhang Li	Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health	School of Health Sciences	Magnetic swarming microrobots for image guided therapy
Prof. Patrick Cai	Prof. Chan Ting Fung	Faculty of Science and Engineering	School of Natural Sciences	Collaborative effort to engineer synthetic yeast genome for producing biobutanol
Dr Li Jiashen	Prof Bian Liming	Faculty of Science and Engineering	School of Natural Sciences	Hierarchical metal bisphosphonate nanoparticles delivery system for bone cancer

2017

UoM Lead	CUHK Lead	Faculty (UoM)	School (UoM)	Title of research project
Dr Masoud Babaei	Prof Chung Tsz Shun Eric	Faculty of Science and Engineering	School of Engineering	Multiscale modelling of geothermal energy recovery from fractured porous systems
Dr Zsolt Zador	Prof Poon Wai Sang	Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health	School of Health Sciences	Improving outcome predictions in neurosurgery using unstructured admission CT data
Dr Gareth Clay	Prof Lai Yuk Fo Derrick	Faculty of Humanities	School of Environment, Education and Development	Characterising 'blue carbon' dynamics in subtropical mangroves

2016

UoM Lead	CUHK Lead	Faculty (UoM)	School (UoM)	Title of research project
Prof Cecilia Wong	Prof Mee Kam Ng	Faculty of Humanities	School of Environment, Education and Development	Future cities planning for sustainable urban neighbourhood change
Prof Giulio Di Toro	Prof Hongfeng Yang	Faculty of Science and Engineering	School of Natural Sciences	Seismicity induced by underground injection and extraction of natural gas
Dr Goran Nenadic	Dr Yuk Lun Alexander Lau	Faculty of Science and Engineering	School of Engineering	Text mining for integrative medicine research in neurological disorders