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Congratulations to the following awardees in securing research funding under the RGC General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) in the 2026/27 Exercise.
Early Career Schemes
|
Principal Investigator |
Scheme |
Project Title |
Fund Awarded (HK$) |
|
Prof. Daisy HUANG |
ECS |
"Hurddle together to stay warm": Social identification and positive adaptation among parents of disabled children in China's economically disadvantaged areas |
753,831 |
General Research Fund
|
Principal Investigator |
Scheme |
Project Title |
Fund Awarded (HK$) |
|
Dr Jet Uy BUENCONSEJO |
GRF |
Promoting AI Literacy through Positive Youth Development: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Investigation among Social Science Undergraduates in Hong Kong |
636,700 |
|
Prof. Xue BAI |
GRF |
PREP-ME: PREParing Pre-retirees for Retirement and Later Life with Motivational Interviewing-Enhanced Education—A Three-Arm Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial |
1,460,668 |
|
Prof. Edward CHAN |
GRF |
Trajectories of Family Victimization and Polyvictimization in Hong Kong: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study |
1,154,800 |
|
Prof. Hoi Wing CHAN |
GRF |
Climate change threatens my culture: Investigating the influences of perceived symbolic threats of climate change via the threat response x construal level perspectives |
710,060 |
|
Prof. Juan CHEN |
GRF |
Youth Mental Health Service Delivery in China: Navigating Organizational Complexity in Social Work Practice |
876,000 |
|
Prof. Qiqi CHEN |
GRF |
AI-Enhanced, Game-Based Cyberbullying Bystander Intervention for Preadolescents, with Parent and Teacher Modules: App-Based versus Face-to-Face Delivery in a Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial |
660,000 |
|
Prof. Shing CHENG |
GRF |
Structural Barriers, Life Events, and the Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Study on Older Offenders’ Crime Trajectories in Hong Kong |
692,800 |
|
Prof. Christian GREIFFENHAGEN |
GRF |
Robots in Public Places: The Emergence of a New Interaction Order |
884,400 |
|
Prof. Karita KAN |
GRF |
Life-making on the land: Gender and generational dynamics in China’s agrarian |
780,000 |
|
Prof. Ben KU |
GRF |
Capital Pursuer or Peasant Protector? A Study on Local Agricultural State-owned Enterprises in Western China |
804,870 |
|
Prof. Herman LO |
GRF |
A randomized controlled trial on the effects of a mindfulness-based professional training programme on improving occupational health and professional competence |
1,040,880 |
|
Prof. Camilla LO |
GRF |
Unpacking parent-child dynamics in gaming disorder: A dyadic ecological momentary assessment study |
654,400 |
|
Prof. Jacky NG |
GRF |
Moderated Mediation vs. Mediated Moderation: Resolving the Confusion with the Two-Level Regression Approach |
497,242 |
|
Prof. Judy SIU |
GRF |
Understanding and overcoming colorectal cancer screening disparity in Hong Kong: A qualitative investigation of the voices of the socially disadvantaged for an equitable |
915,000 |
|
Prof. Qiaobing WU |
GRF |
Identity Reshaping, Psychological Wellbeing and Future Life Planning of Children with Cross-border Migration Experiences in Hong Kong: A Multisystemic Resilience Framework |
983,400 |
|
Prof. Yin WU |
GRF |
Investigating the effects of human chemosensory signals on prosocial learning |
342,512 |
The total funding awarded to APSS under RGC GRF/ECS 2026/27 Exercise amounts to $13,847,563.
APSS brings together a strong and diverse community of interdisciplinary professorial and teaching staff in the social sciences in Hong Kong. Our colleagues include internationally renowned scholars and experienced leaders in their fields, as well as promising early-career academics with tremendous talent and dedication. We are committed to advancing knowledge and promoting effective, humanistic social policies and services through excellence in research and education.
