1. Monitoring Recent Changes of Cross-Border Drug Use and Their Implications for Prevention/Control Strategies (HK$630,890)
   Sponsors: Beat Drugs Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Hua Zhong (Department of Sociology)
2. Impact of Urban-rural Return Migration on Rural Development in China-with Implications for Vietnam (GBP34,500)
   Sponsors: Economic and Social Research Council
   Principal investigator: Prof. Shen Jianfa (Department of Geography and Resource Management)
3. International Convention of SPM/SMI 2014 (HK$100,000)
   Sponsors: The Croucher Foundation
   Principal investigator: Prof. Charlie C. L. Wang (Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering)
4. First International Conference on Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Hong Kong (HK$100,000)
   Sponsors: The Croucher Foundation
   Principal investigator: Prof. Jiang Liwen (School of Life Sciences)
5. Rational Design of Plasmonic Thin Film Solar Cells for Enhanced Efficiency (HK$1,383,330)
   Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Ong Hock-chun Daniel (Department of Physics)
6. The Cultural Shaping of Leadership Judgments: The Role of Ideal Affect (US$13,120)
   Sponsors: National Science Foundation
   Principal investigator: Prof. Fung Hoi-lam (Department of Psychology)