In the 2025/26 results of grants from the Research Grants Council’s General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) announced in June 2025, ME’s success rate was 31% in 2025/26 exercise. Eight of our GRF/ECS proposals were funded.
Congratulations to the following colleagues who were successful in securing a GRF/ECS grant in this round.
| Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Choy Yat Sze | Prof. Wang Hanfeng (Central South University, China) | Design and Modeling of a sway structural frame for integrated flow control, broadband noise reduction and vibration suppression |
|
Prof. Fu Mingwang |
Nil | Development of high-performance functionally graded materials by additive manufacturing with tailorable gradient compositions based on heterogeneous deformation-induced effect |
|
Prof. Jiao Zengbao |
Prof. Wang Xun-Li (CityU) | Atomic structure, stability, and deformation mechanisms of ultrastrong-yet-ductile refractory high-entropy alloys with coherent nanoprecipitates |
| Prof. Su Zhongqing |
Prof. Jeong Jae-Woong (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)) | Augmenting Ultrasound for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Through a Wearable Hydrogel Microneedle Interface: Mechanism Study, Prototype Development and in vivo Validation |
| Prof. Tang Hui |
Dr Zhang Hongfu (PolyU ME) Prof. Noack Bernd (Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen); Technische Universität Berlin) |
Active flow control via manifold learning-based adaptive reduced-order modeling |
| Prof. Wang Liqiu | Nil | Micro-pixelwise Reprogrammable Soft Poly-magnets |
| Prof. Zhang Baoping | Nil |
Probing Ultrafast Liquid Transport in Confined Spaces |
| Prof. Zheng Guangping | Nil |
Achieving superior soft magnetic and mechanical properties of high-entropy metallic nano-glasses by a mechanochemical processing route combining severe plastic deformation and thermal shock |
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