1. Parenting, Adolescent Self-Regulation, and Risk-Taking Across Cultures (US$40,976)
   Sponsors: National Institutes of Health
   Principal investigator: Prof. Chang Lei (Department of Educational Psychology)
2. Three Year Incidence and Progression of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in Chinese Adult Population of Hong Kong (HK$1,294,546)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Lam Chiu-wa Linda (Department of Psychiatry)
3. A Placement Tool for VLSI Circuit Design (HK$1,384,600)
   Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund — Innovation and Technology Support Programme
   Principal investigator: Prof. Evangeline F.Y. Young (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
4. Low-power Tattoo-like Photoplethysmogram Sensor for Health Monitoring (HK$1,395,600)
   Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund, Shenzhen Novocare Medical Devices Co., Ltd., and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University
   Principal investigator: Prof. Zhao Ni (Department of Electronic Engineering)
5. Early Electroencephalogram in Evaluation of Patients Admitted with First Seizures or Newly Diagnosed Epilepsies (HK$377,900)
   Sponsors: S.K. Yee Medical Foundation
   Principal investigator: Prof. Fung Lai-wah Eva (Department of Paediatrics)
6. Establishment of Cornea Transplantation Program in a Public Hospital in Hong Kong (HK$532,812.5)
   Sponsors: S.K. Yee Medical Foundation
   Principal investigator: Prof. Vishal Jhanji (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
7. Social Entrepreneurship (HK$546,300)
   Sponsors: Quality Education Fund
   Principal investigator: Prof. Wong Wai-ching Angela (Department of Cultural and Religious Studies)
8. Development of the Brief Version of the Chinese Quality of Life (ChQOL) Instrument (HK$410,760)
   Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Principal investigator: Dr. Wendy Wong (Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine)
9. Key Functional Photonic Elements for On-chip Mode-multiplexed Optical Interconnects (HK$1,098,911)
   Sponsors: NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme 2014–15
   Principal investigator: Prof. Tsang Hon-ki (Department of Electronic Engineering)
10. Metal/Oxide Nanostructures as Plasmonic Catalysts for the Synthesis of Organic Molecules (HK$1,098,911)
    Sponsors: NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme 2014–15
    Principal investigator: Prof. Wang Jianfang (Department of Physics)
11. On Mathematical Theory of the Compressible Fluid-dynamical Equations (HK$1,098,911)
    Sponsors: NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme 2014–15
    Principal investigator: Prof. Xin Zhouping (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
12. Synthesis and Enantioselective Transformation of Carborane-fuseed Cyclobutenes and Alkenylcarboranes (HK$1,096,567)
    Sponsors: NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme 2014–15
    Principal investigator: Prof. Xie Zuowei (Department of Chemistry)
13. An Erasure-Coding-Based In-Memory Storage Cluster for Big Data Analystics (HK$1,390,550)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund, Microsoft Research Asia, and Huawei Technologies, Noah's Ark Lab
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Pak-ching Patrick (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
14. An Intelligent Software for 3D Printed Custom-made of Orthopedic Casts for Individual Patients (HK$1,790,188)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund, Hong Kong Shining Cloud Technology Co., Ltd., and 貴州谷譜網絡科技公司
    Principal investigator: Prof. Wang Defeng (Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology)
15. Large Area and Low Cost Two-Dimensional Materials Synthesized for High Performance Optoelectronic Applications (HK$1,400,000)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund — Innovation and Technology Support Programme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Xu Jian-bin (Department of Electronic Engineering)