Among the 8 successful research proposals, six are funded under the Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), two are under the Institutional Development Scheme Collaborative Research Grant (IDS(C )) ( see table).
All successful projects are in the “Humanities and Social Sciences” discipline aligning to the University mission in promoting digital humanities and reinventing liberal arts education.
Dr. Alex LI, Associate Academic Vice President (University Research), told Shue Yan Newsletter that the result was a reflection of the University’s continuous input to research works. He revealed that the funding approved this year by the Research Grant Council has doubled as compared to the previous academic year, which made Shue Yan top of the list in local self-financing degree sector.
He said it was encouraging to see two large-scale research projects, namely “Mapping the grey digital divide and diversity in older ICT users post-COVID: A mixed-method research informing service and policy development”, and “Human Resilience, Life Adversity, and Adaptation to Life Course Transitions from Early Adulthood to Late Middle Adulthood” being awarded the Institutional Development Scheme Collaborative Research Grant (IDS)). Both projects are cross-departmental and inter-disciplinary research and have fetched grants for more than HK$9.74 million.
Dr. LI heaped praise on the enthusiasm in research works from colleagues of different departments and that has helped create a good research environment. He added that the University Research Office will host seminars and workshops and support colleagues who intend to apply for research fundings. “We offer seed funding and pilot study schemes for our colleagues to pilot the projects before they kick start. It is a useful preparation for future applications of large-scale research grants,” he said.
Taking office in September, Dr. LI said he has met with a number of colleagues who are interested in research works. “When I spot out similar thinking or research directions from colleagues of different departments, I would be glad to line up and see if there are any possibility for inter-discipline collaborations. My experience is that it could greatly increase the chance of a successful research project.”
Projects obtained funding from the Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2022/2023
獲2022/2023年度本地自資學位界別競選研究資助計劃撥款的項目
| Project Title 項目名稱 |
Principal Investigator 首席研究員 |
Funding Period (Months) |
Amount Awarded (HK$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (FDS) 教員發展計劃 | |||
| Hong Kong as the Pioneer Disseminating the Information on the West to the East: Retrace and Reinterpret the Intellectual Source for China’s and Japan’s Modernization in the Second Half of the 19th Century (UGC/FDS15/H01/22) | Prof WEI Chuxiong (HIST) |
24 | 657,900 |
| Settlement towns built on the north-eastern steppe of Inner Mongolia during Khitan-Liao and their impact on Chinese history: A new inquiry on Touxia (UGC/FDS15/H03/22) | Prof YANG Ruowei (CHI) |
30 | 903,402 |
| The effect of abnormal structural and functional resting-state connectivity in prefrontal cortex and increased exposure to traffic-related air pollutants on schizotypy (UGC/FDS15/H06/22) | Dr LAM Yin-hung (C&P) |
30 | 1,353,283 |
| Quality transition strategies facilitating the transition from teenage to adulthood for persons with intellectual disabilities and their family carers(UGC/FDS15/H09/22) | Dr MO Yuen-han (SW) |
18 | 635,387 |
| The interactions of L1 and L2 tonal systems in Mandarin-Cantonese late bilinguals (UGC/FDS15/H15/22) | Dr YANG Yike (CHI) |
24 | 835,558 |
| Understanding the new solidarities and public roles of transnational Chinese Buddhist organizations by movement organization theory (UGC/FDS15/H19/22) | Dr HUANG Weishan (SOC) |
36 | 960,925 |
| Sub-total of FDS projects: | $5,346,455 | ||
| INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANT (IDS(C)) 院校發展計劃協作研究撥款 |
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| Mapping the grey digital divide and diversity in older ICT users post-COVID: A mixed-method research informing service and policy development (UGC/IDS(C)15/H01/22) | Dr LAU Hi-po (C&P) |
36 | 4,388,777 |
| Human Resilience, Life Adversity, and Adaptation to Life Course Transitions from Early Adulthood to Late Middle Adulthood (UGC/IDS(C)15/H02/22) | Prof TANG So-kum (C&P) |
36 | 5,359,056 |
| Sub-total of IDS(C) projects: | 9,747,833 | ||
| Total: | 15,094,288 | ||