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.
A new pump-priming call is due to open in September 2021, further details will be released closer to the time. The timeline for the call is below:
| Call opens | Monday, 13 September |
| Deadline for submission of proposals | Monday, 25 October |
| Applicants notified | Early December |
| Project start date | From January 2022 and starting no later than March 2022 |
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 |