The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received substantial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for 103 research projects, including 3 scholars honoured under Young Scientists Fund (B). This achievement demonstrates PolyU’s expanding research capabilities, its commitment to advancing the Nation’s strategic scientific priorities, and its excellence in nurturing young research talent and driving interdisciplinary innovation.
The 103 funded projects include 3 initiatives under the “Young Scientists Fund (B)”, 1 under the “Key Program”, 17 under the “General Program”, and 82 under “Young Scientists Fund (C)”. Collectively receiving more than RMB 40 million in funding, these projects cover a broad spectrum of frontier research areas, address pressing societal challenges, and promote quality enhancement, technological advancement and sustainable development.
Among these, the 3 projects awarded under the Young Scientists Fund (B) highlight PolyU’s multidisciplinary strengths in addressiing cutting-edge scientific problems. These research initiatives focus on critical technical challenges in aeroacoustics, data-driven decision-making optimisation, and perovskite semiconductor optoelectronic materials and devices, respectively.
PolyU also achieved a notable breakthrough under the Key Program, with a funded project led by a scholar from the School of Accounting and Finance. The project focuses on investigating the mechanisms of information disclosure behaviour involving artificial intelligence technology.
In addition, 17 projects were awarded under the General Program to promote high-impact basic research. These initiatives include monitoring and providing early warning of forest-concealed landslides using MTInSAR technology, and developing a physics-informed foundation model for human-robot collaborative disassembly of ageing electric vehicle batteries.
Under the Young Scientists Fund (C), PolyU made significant strides this year, with 82 projects awarded. Covering a wide spectrum of disciplines, these projects are spearheaded by young researchers from diverse fields.
Notably, 27 of these research projects were initiated through the PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute (SZRI). As PolyU’s extension campus in Chinese Mainland, the SZRI undertakes national, provincial, and municipal research initiatives while empowering PolyU scholars, researchers, and students to translate innovative ideas into real-world applications and accelerate the commercialisation of impactful research outcomes.
