1. Dedifferentiaton-reprogrammed Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) as a Treatment for Ischemic Stroke (HK$ 1,000,000)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Hsiaochang (School of Biomedical Sciences)
2. Topically Applied Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment in Experimental Focal Cerebral Ischemia (HK$844,528)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Wong Kwok-chu (Department of Surgery)
3. Characterisation of Trisomic Transcriptome and Gene Dosage Imbalance in Fetal Brains of Down's Syndrome by Comprehensive RNA Sequencing (HK$ 1,000,000)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Wang Chi-chiu Ronald (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
4. Next Generation Sequencing to Identify Rare Variants Associated with Antiepileptic Drug-induced Severe Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions (HK$958,957)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Dr. Kwan Kwok-leung Patrick (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics)
5. A Case-Control Study of Prostate Cancer and Environmental Exposures in Hong Kong Men: with Special Reference to Bisphenol A Exposure (HK$969,698)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Tse Lap-ah (The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care)
6. Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Tinnitus Functional Index for Measuring Chronic Tinnitus in Hong Kong Chinese (HK$241,712)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Kam Chi-shan Anna (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery)
7. A Randomized Clinical Trial of Electroacupuncture Versus Fast-track Perioperative Program for Reducing Duration of Postoperative Ileus and Hospital Stay after Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (HK$979,120)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Ng Siu-man Simon (Department of Surgery)
8. Discovery of Novel Viruses Associated with Acute Neurological Illness (HK$998,696)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Chi-wai Martin (Department of Microbology)
9. Clinical Application of an Established Target-enrichment Massively Parallel Sequencing Method for Genetic Screening and Diagnosis of Hereditary Hearing Loss Patients with Normal array CGH Result (HK$ 999,342)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Choy Kwong-wai Richard (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
10. Functional Characterization of PCDH10 in Endometrioid Endometrial Adenocarcinoma (HK$882,866)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Wang Huating (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
11. Plaque-binding Magnetic Nanoparticles for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (HK$826,696)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Larry Buam (School of Pharmacy)
12. The Workplace as a Setting for Health Promotion and Ill Health Prevention: Is Hong Kong Ready for It? (HK$825,052)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Liu Su (The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care)
13. The Predictive Biomarkers for EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Treatment in Patients with Advanced Non-small-cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (HK$214,416)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chen Mao (The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care)
14. Pharmacogenetics of Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in Hong Kong (HK$953,614)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Pui-chung Denise (Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases)
15. Whole Exome Sequencing to Dissect the Genetic Factors behind Developmental Delay and Learning Difficulties (HK$988,528)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Tsui Kwok-wing Stephen (School of Biomedical Sciences)
16. Influenza Surveillance and Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination in Hong Kong Children (HK$999,728)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Leung Ting-fan (Department of Paediatrics)
17. Impact of Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1 Alpha on EpCAM+ Hepatic Cancer Stem Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HK$400,000)
    Sponsors: Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education and Research Grants Council Earmarked Research Grants Joint Research Scheme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chen George Gong (Department of Surgery)
18. Elucidating the Therapeutic Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease by Selective in vivo Optogenetic Manipulation Strategy (HK$398,800)
    Sponsors: Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education and Research Grants Council Earmarked Research Grants Joint Research Scheme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Yung Wing-ho (School of Biomedical Sciences)
19. Ethylene-induced Subcellular Re-distribution of EIN2 and Its Functional Implications
    (HK$400,000)
    Sponsors: Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education and Research Grants Council Earmarked Research Grants Joint Research Scheme
    Principal investigator: Jiang Liwen (School of Life Sciences)
20. 20th International Bone Densitometry Workshop-Advanced Musculoskeletal Biomedical Imaging Workshop : from Technology to Application (HK$388,400)
    Sponsors: Professional Services Development Assistance Scheme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Ling Qin (Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology)
21. Functional Characterization of Protein Sorting Machinery in the Golgi and the Trans-Golgi Network (HK$89,6,00)
    Sponsors: Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
    Principal investigator: Jiang Liwen (School of Life Sciences)
22. A Comparison or Carbon Storage in Coastal Wetland Soils between Hong Kong and Germany (HK$89,6,00)
    Sponsors: Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
    Principal investigator: Lai Yuk-fo Derrick (Department of Geography and Resource Management)
23. Concepts of Rationality: Challenges or Reason in Cross-Cultural Perspective (HK$48,400)
    Sponsors: Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lau Chong-fuk (Department of Philosophy)
24. Role of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels in Mediating Cardiotrophin-1-induced Cardiac Differentiation in Embryonic Stem Cells (HK$28,600)
    Sponsors: Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Tsang Suk-ying Faye (School of Life Sciences)
25. Targeting RNA and Protein Toxicities of Polyglutamine Diseases Using Peptidylic Inhibitors (HK$7,044,220)
    Sponsors: RGC Collaborative Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Ho-yin Edwin (School of Life Sciences)
26. Searching for New Physics with the Large Hadron Collider (HK$8,661,000)
    Sponsors: RGC Collaborative Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chu Ming-chung (Department of Physics)
27. Assistive Surgical Robots (HK$9,896,000)
    Sponsors: RGC Collaborative Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Liu Yunhui (Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering)
28. Reading Development in Chinese and in English: genetic and Neuroscience Correlates (HK$7,511,385)
    Sponsors: RGC Collaborative Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Catherine McBride (Department of Psychology)
29. 3-D Model Based head Tracking using a RGB-Depth Camera (HK$ 981,099)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Ngan King-ngi (Department of Electronic Engineering)
30. University Student Sponsorship Programme in Wildlife Conservation 2013/2014 (HK$ 60,000)
    Sponsors: Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong
    Principal investigator: Prof. Put O. Ang, Jr (School of Life Sciences)
31. Genetic Prediction Models for Primary Open-angle Glaucoma: A Translational Research (HK$ 982,608)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Dr. Chen Lijia (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
32. Characterisation of HCV Transmission Unrelated to Injection Drug Use in Hong Kong (HK$ 701,090)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Shui Shan (Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases)
33. Unique Opportunity of Finding New Presymptomatic Genetic Markers for Glaucoma: Exome Sequencing Leads the Way (HK$ 955,000)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Dr. Chen Lijia (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
34. Association Study by Targeted Capture Sequencing of Autophagy-related Genes for Identification of New Susceptibility Loci in Asian Crohn's Diseases Patients (HK$ 999,379)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Dr. Wu Ka-kei (Institute of Digestive Disease)
35. Circulating Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells and Stem Cell-mnobilizing Cytokines in Preterm Infants and Regulation during Late-onset Systemic Bacterial Infection (HK$ 80,000)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Ng Pak-cheung (Department of Paediatrics)
36. Characterisation of Co-infection of HCV and HBV among Injecting Drug Users in Hong Kong (HK$ 78,294)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Dr. Leung Ka-kit (Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases)
37. Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (HK$ 746,706)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Sit Hui-ping Cindy (Department of Sports Science and Physical Education)
38. Surveillance of Biologic Sources of Hepatitis E Viruses in the Community (HK$ 706,792)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Dr. Chan Chi-wai Martin (Department of Microbiology)
39. Human Parechovirus Infection in Hong Kong Neonates, Infants and Young Children (HK$ 998,696)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Kay-sheung Paul (Department of Microbiology)
40. Elucidation of Drug Resistance Mechanism by Whole Genome Sequencing of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Spontaneous Mutants (HK$ 989,528)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Tsui Kwok-wing Stephen (School of Biomedical Sciences)
41. Characterisation of Benefit: Risk Ratios of Seafood Items Commonly Consumed by High-risk Populations in Hong Kong (HK$ 1,000,000)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Dr. Hugh Simon Hung-san Lam (Department of Paediatrics)
42. Providing Repeat Prescriptions for Patients with Controlled Hypertension – A Randomized Controlled Trial (HK$ 684,540)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Dr. Yip Hon-kei Benjamin (The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care)