| The Faculty continues to secure competitive external research funding in 2025/26, with total awards amounting to at least HK$73.6 million. This substantial support enables our researchers to pursue innovative projects across diverse scientific domains, advancing knowledge and addressing pressing global challenges. Below, we highlight some of the notable grants and achievements that contributed to this year’s success. |  |
Research Grants Council General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) 2025/26 HK$46.5M These significant funding sources supported a total of 47 projects in 2025, furthering research excellence across various disciplines. | RGC Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) for 2025/26 HK$5.4M This grant was awarded to two distinguished academics from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Department of Mathematics, empowering the awardees to advance their research and mentor the next generation of local research talent in Hong Kong. | |
Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2025/26 HK$4.2M This grant was awarded to the School of Biological Sciences to support research with significant benefits for the wider community. The funding encourages academics to undertake impactful projects and to strengthen collaboration beyond academia, including partnerships with government departments and industry. | Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus Scheme (RAISe+) 2025 and 2026 Two applications from the Department of Chemistry secured multi-million-dollar funding under the scheme in consecutive years, driving transformative research and advancing the development and commercialisation of innovative outcomes. In 2025, the project “Guiding Clinical Surgery by Intraoperative Infrared Fluorescence Imaging” was funded, followed in 2026 by “Peptide Drug Innovation and Discovery”. | |
CFMES Joins Third InnoHK Research Cluster The Centre of Functional Materials for Energy and Sustainability (CFMES) has been approved for admission to the third InnoHK research cluster, SEAM@InnoHK, which focuses on sustainable development, energy, advanced manufacturing, and materials. Led by the Department of Chemistry, the Centre will collaborate with leading partners to advance functional materials research and address key challenges in energy storage and sustainability, including next-generation battery technologies and light-enabled materials. | ||
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