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Outstanding 2025/26 GRF/ECS grant success of FASS
27-06-2025
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The Research Grant Council (RGC) released the 2025/26 results of the General Research Fund (GRF)/Early Career Scheme (ECS) on 27 June 2025. Within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, a total of 19 researchers successfully secured 16 GRF projects and 3 ECS projects.
Congratulations to the following colleagues who received the award this year! The awards signify our colleagues’ effort to drive research excellence and to build research impact within and beyond academia. Their success is a strong testament to the Faculty’s vibrant research culture and academic excellence. We look forward to seeing the impact of their projects in the years to come.
GRF Awardees:
| Principal Investigator | Academy & Department | Project Title | Grant Total Awarded (HK$) |
Prof. Hoshino, Noriaki (ASP) | CHRP | Overcoming Modernity and Japanese Intellectuals' Reflections on Pre-Modern Past | 470,400 |
Prof. Chen, I Ling (AP) | CHRP | Does "Tu Yuan Ce Zi" not deserve a decent recognition? —— The spread and influence of imperial examination preparation books in Korea 「兔園冊子」難登大雅之堂 ? ——經義類舉業用書於朝鮮的流 傳與影響 | 361,640 |
Prof. Fech, Andreas (ASP) | CHRP | The Wenzi in Light of the Commentaries by Xu Lingfu and Du Daojian | 496,500 |
Prof. Yang, Chun (Chair Prof) | GSIS | Strategic coupling of incumbent banks and FinTech platforms in AIdriven transformation of financial services: Case studies of Hong Kong and Shenzhen | 1,219,680 |
Prof. Peng, Yinni (ASP) | GSIS | How is Digital Labor Practiced and Divided in the Family? A Study of Digital Labor, Gender and Intergenerational Relations in Urban Chinese Families | 887,220 |
Prof. Lo, Tek Sheng Kevin (ASP) | GSIS | A multi-scalar approach to just transitions: Logging bans and forest transition in the Greater Khingan Range, China | 822,840 |
Prof. Wang, Donggen (Chair Prof) | GSIS | Evaluate the impacts of extreme weather and air pollution on urban mobility | 1,128,560 |
Prof. Fayard, Gregory Michael (AP) | GSIS | Journeys of the nation: Investigating the use of flags in Chinese travel | 960,500 |
Prof. Lee, Siu Yau (ASP) | GSIS | Choice Avoidance in Critical Decisions: An Empirical Investigation with Implications for AI Development | 780,220 |
Prof. Mah, Ngar-yin Daphne (ASP) | GSIS | Empowering Net-Zero Cities: Unleashing the Full Potential of Smart Data-Enabled Networks and Scalability from energy communities – A Comparative Study of Urban Living Labs (ULLs) in Hong Kong, Seoul, and Bristol | 1,295,280 |
Dr. Treccani, Carloalberto (RAP) | LAC | Automated Self-Image: Exploring Noise-Cancelling Technologies in Smartphone Cameras and Apps and Their Impact on Youth SelfDesirability | 299,667 |
Prof. Shea, James Camillus (ASP) | LAC | In Extremis: Practice-Based Research on Engaging the Climate Crisis with Constraint-based Poetry | 380,417 |
Prof. Zong, Emily Yu (AP) | LAC | Water Imaginations and Aqueous Forms in Asian Australian Literature: Studying Migrant Perspectives for the Decolonial Blue Humanities | 315,000 |
Prof. Ku, Kelly Yee-lai (ASP) | WHD | Empowering Digital Discernment: Designing and Testing Real-time Critical Thinking Nudges for Adolescent Social Media News Engagement | 680,240 |
Dr. Zhou, Jiajia (RAP) | WHD | Investigating Care Networks for Chinese Older Adults with Dementia: Enhancing Care Capacity Beyond Dyadic Relationships | 915,600 |
Prof. Lam, Ricky (ASP) | WHD | Hong Kong primary and secondary school English teachers’ conception growth of technology-enabled alternative assessment and the dynamic development relationship with teacher assessment practices | 548,000 |
ECS Awardees:
| Principal Investigator | Academy & Department | Project Title | Grant Total Awarded (HK$) |
Prof. Liu, Zifeng (AP) | CHRP | The Afro-Asian International: Black Left Feminists and China in the Bandung Era | 443,000 |
Prof. Scalice, Joseph Paul (AP) | CHRP | Aligned Rivalries: The Sino-Soviet Split in the Periphery | 520,000 |
Prof. Tam, Bjorn TszKing (AP) | WHD | Efficacy of low-impact interval training at reducing epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume in adults with abdominal obesity: A randomized controlled trial | 936,707 |