Projects Funded by External Funding

Date	Funding Scheme	Research Focus	Title	PI/PC
Feb 2023	Phase 2 of the Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme of the Health Bureau HKSAR	Psychosocial and cultural aspects of mental health	Reducing Social Avoidance and Enhancing Prosocial Behaviour among Adolescents with Special Educational Needs	Prof. Sylvia CHEN (APSS)
Feb 2023	The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	Jockey Club Men’s Space: Development of clinical protocol and related training, and project evaluation	Prof. MAK Yim-wah (SN)
Jan 2023	Seal of Love Donation	Basic and translational neuroscience of mental health	Resilient Students Training Hub (ReST Hub): Creating a strengths-based, trauma-informed mental health promotive ecosystem and enhancing student resilience in tertiary education settings	Prof. Grace HO (SN)
Jan 2023	General Research Fund - RGC	Service use and social policy of mental health	Having a Parent with Severe Mental Illness in Rural China: The Family Situation, Impact on Children, and Potential Service Provision	Prof. CHEN Juan (APSS)
Jan 2023	Beat Drugs Fund (BDF) Regular Funding Scheme, Beat Drugs Fund Association	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	STEAM (Smart Teen Edutainment Against Marijuana): Production of teen-driven mini-film package (film plus full guide) for prevention of marijuana and cannabidiol use in teens	Prof. Hector TSANG (RS)
Dec 2022	Impact Assessment Service for the Strive and Rise Programme	Service use and social policy of mental health	Evaluation of the Strive and Rise Programme	Prof. Eric CHUI (APSS)
Dec 2022	Labour and Welfare Bureau, HKSAR	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	Provision of Consultancy Services for Review of Comprehensive Child	Prof. Hector TSANG (RS)
Sep 2022	Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme (MHKJFS), Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR	Basic and translational neuroscience of mental health	Advancing application of the active compounds of Chinese Herbal Medicine formulas on counteracting depression: Investigation of the synergistic activation on PACAP-mediated rapid and lasting antidepressant effects	Prof. Sonata YAU (RS)
Jun 2022	Hong Kong Jockey Club Charity Trust - COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund 2.0	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	Development of a digital platform (Electronic Mental Evaluation, Resources and Information Toolkit; e-MERIT) for pandemic support on the mental health of the vulnerable groups	Prof. Hector TSANG (RS)
Apr 2022	Chinese Medicine Development Fund	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	Effects of Caregiver-Administrated Acupressure Intervention for Community-Dwelling Spinal Cord Injury Survivors With Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Trial; 穴位按壓對居於社區的脊髓損傷患者便秘的成效研究：一項隨機對照試驗	Prof. Yan LI (SN)