The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has been actively promoting interdisciplinary international research collaborations and developing innovative projects with a global perspective. PolyU recently supported seven academics in advancing projects across various fields, collaborating with renowned partner institutions through the “Collaborative Research with the World's Leading Research Groups 2024/25” scheme, with a total grant of HK$9.5 million.
The awarded projects cover a range of research areas, including offshore renewable energy infrastructure, new computational methods and numerical analysis for dispersive and wave problems, and a multilingual speech brain-machine interface. One project focuses on developing a research platform for dual-atom catalysts.
These projects are conducted in collaboration with scholars from top institutions, including the University of Edinburgh, the University of Cambridge, University College London, and Peking University.
In the field of health and medical care, one project will explore AI-driven biomedical simulation, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. Another project, conducted in collaboration with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, aims to develop an AI-driven, single-cell-based spatial transcriptome profiling platform for research on melanoma, lung cancer and depression.
In addition, a project will join hands with Zhejiang University to establish a joint research centre on brain-inspired computing.
Launched by PolyU, this funding scheme aims to encourage academics to pursue joint research projects or establish research centres in targeted subject areas in collaboration with world-leading research institutions. Each successful applicant will receive a grant of up to HK$2 million.
List of Awardees