九項研究項目獲撥款

Care for the Disadvantaged Groups – Civil Education and Transnational Culture Learning (HK$510,800)
Sponsor: Quality Education Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Wong Wai-ching (Department of Cultural and Religious Studies)

Build and Operate CBERS-02B Satellite Ground Receiving Station to Support Earth Resources and Environmental Monitoring (HK$14,829,250)
Sponsor: Innovation and Technology Fund – Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (Platform Research Scheme)
Principal investigator: Prof. Lin Hui (Institute of Space and Earth Information Science)

Organizing Putonghua Debate and Drama Training Programmes and Competitions for Secondary Students (HK$727,380)
Sponsor: Language Fund
Principal investigator: Mrs. Lai Chan Wei-ling Winnie (Audio-Visual Division)

'A Safe and Healthy Household' A Household Injury Prevention Program (HK$270,413)
Sponsor: Health Care and Promotion Fund – Non-Research Health Promotion Projects
Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Ying-yang Emily (School of Public Health)

Testing 17-AAG for Treating Fronto-Temporal Dementia (US$50,000)
Sponsor: The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
Principal investigator: Dr. Larry Baum (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics)

Does Vibration Treatment Enhance Fracture Healing through Bone Remodelling (US$50, 000)
Sponsor: Osteosynthesis & Trauma Care Foundation-Association Internationale Pour L’osteosynthese Dynamique Research Grant
Principal investigator: Prof. Leung Kwok-sui (Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology)

Study on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Genetics: Targeting NFkB Signaling Pathways (HK$1,313,229)
Sponsor: Michael and Betty Kadoorie Cancer Genetics Research Programme II
Principal investigator: Prof. Lo Kwok-wai (Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology)

Investigation on the Long- and Short-term Variations of Circulating Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) DNA in Healthy Subjects (HK$1,398,773)
Sponsor: Michael and Betty Kadoorie Cancer Genetics Research Programme II
Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Kwan-chee Allen (Department of Chemical Pathology)

Genome-wide Association Study to Identify Susceptibility Genes for Heptocellular Carcinoma (HK$1,400,646)
Sponsor: Michael and Betty Kadoorie Cancer Genetics Research Programme II
Principal investigator: Prof. Tang Leung-sang Nelson (Department of Chemical Pathology)