Manchester-Chinese University of Hong Kong joint research funds
The University of Manchester and the Chinese University of Hong Kong have a longstanding strategic partnership, with both institutions committed to collaborative research initiatives that provide insight to solve global issues.
About the fund
The University of Manchester and The Chinese University of Hong Kong are pleased to announce the seventh round of their joint research fund to support collaborative research initiatives between the two institutions.
The fund aims to catalyse new collaborations and in the longer term, build global teams with the capability to secure external funding to continue their research.
The Fund is open to applications from all research areas, and we welcome researchers from any discipline to submit proposals. We encourage the involvement of Early Career Researchers either as the principal investigators or as members of the project team.
Proposals will be assessed and recommended for selection by a panel of staff from both universities.
Key dates
| Call for proposals open | Monday, 28 October 2024 (12pm GMT) |
| Deadline for submission | Monday, 6 January 2025 (12pm GMT) |
| Applicants notified | By the end of January 2025 |
| Project start date | March 2025 |
Application information
- Guidelines and eligibility information (call document, 292kb)
- Preview of online application form
- Application form (available from Monday, 28 October)
For more information contact:
The University of Manchester
Helen Lusty, International Relations
Email: helen.lusty@manchester.ac.uk
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Olivia Kwok, Office of Academic Links
Email: oliviakwok@cuhk.edu.hk
Previous grants awarded
| Manchester lead | China lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Sarah Cartmell | Prof Dai Fei Elmer Ker | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Studying the mechanical conditioning of tendon-like biomaterials |
| Prof Holly Shiels | Prof Laura Falkenberg | Biology, Medicine and Health | Medical Sciences | Characterising micro and nanoplastics in Hong Kong’s oysters |
| Dr Joseph Lee | Prof Jyh-An Lee | Humanities | Social Sciences | Digital platform governance: security, scalability and sustainability |
| Manchester lead | China lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Leela Biant | Prof Shu Hang Patrick Yung | Biology, Medicine and Health | Biological Sciences | Defining the cellular content of human hoffa fat pad in health and disease |
| Prof Patrick Cai | Prof Ting Fung Philos Chan | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Rhizobium genome refactoring for climate-smart agriculture |
| Prof Cecilia Wong | Prof Mee Kam Ng | Humanities | Environment, Education and Development | Smart and sustainable planning: towards an integrated spatial approach |
| Manchester lead | China lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Lu Jian Ren | Prof Xia Jiang | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Cell-specific delivery of designed amphiphilic peptides for anticancer treatment |
| Dr Yao Bo | Prof Cai Zhenguang Garry | Biology, Medicine and Health | Biological Sciences | The embodiment of language syntax in the brain |
| Prof Martin Gallagher | Prof Chan Man Nin | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Quantifying our ability to detect airborne pollens in Hong Kong |
| Manchester lead | China lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Kostas Kostarelos | Prof Zhang Li | Biology, Medicine and Health | Health Sciences | Magnetic swarming microrobots for image-guided therapy |
| Prof Patrick Cai | Prof Chan Ting Fung | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Collaborative effort to engineer synthetic yeast genome for producing biobutanol |
| Dr Li Jiashen | Prof Bian Liming | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Hierarchical metal bisphosphonate nanoparticles delivery system for bone cancer |
| Manchester lead | China lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Masoud Babaei | Prof Chung Tsz Shun Eric | Science and Engineering | Engineering | Multiscale modelling of geothermal energy recovery from fractured porous systems |
| Dr Zsolt Zador | Prof Poon Wai Sang | Biology, Medicine and Health | Health Sciences | Improving outcome predictions in neurosurgery using unstructured admission CT data |
| Dr Gareth Clay | Prof Lai Yuk Fo Derrick | Humanities | Environment, Education and Development | Characterising 'blue carbon' dynamics in subtropical mangroves |
| Manchester lead | China lead | Faculty (Manchester) | School (Manchester) | Research project title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Cecilia Wong | Prof Mee Kam Ng | Humanities | Environment, Education and Development | Future cities planning for sustainable urban neighbourhood change |
| Prof Giulio Di Toro | Prof Hongfeng Yang | Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences | Seismicity induced by underground injection and extraction of natural gas |
| Dr Goran Nenadic | Dr Yuk Lun Alexander Lau | Science and Engineering | Engineering | Text mining for integrative medicine research in neurological disorders |