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Areas of Excellence

The University Grants Committee (UGC) has provided preferential funding to the local tertiary institutions to conduct research into selected Areas of Excellence (AoEs). Out of a total of 24 such projects, the following nine are led by CUHK researchers.

Probing the Fundamental Structure of Matter with High Energy Particle Collisions
Probing the Fundamental Structure of Matter with High Energy Particle Collisions

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$78.832M

Indicative Project Time-Frame

  • 2019-2027

Coordinating Institution

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Chu Ming Chung)
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Centre for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Centre for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$81M

Indicative Project Time-Frame

  • 2017-2025

Coordinating Institution

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Lam Hon Ming)
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Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function
Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$47.25M

Coordinating Institution

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Jiang Liwen)
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The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society
The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$23.447M
    (1st Phase: HK$14.865M (2010-2013) + 2nd Phase: HK$8.582M (2014-2017))

Indicative Project Time-Frame

  • 2010-2017

Coordinating Institution

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. David Faure)
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Institute of Network Coding
Institute of Network Coding

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$80.27M
    (1st Phase: HK$53.36M (2010-2013) + 2nd Phase: HK$26.91M (2014-2017))

Indicative Project Time-Frame

  • 2010-2017

Coordinating Institution

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Raymond Yeung)
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Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids
Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$31.28M
    (1st Phase: HK$11.28M (2008-2011) + 2nd Phase: HK$20M (2012-2015))

Indicative Project Time-Frame

  • 2008-2015

Coordinating Institution

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Dennis Y.M. Lo)
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Chinese Medicine Research and Further Development
Chinese Medicine

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$32.992M
    (HK$25M (2001-2007) + HK$7.992M
    Sustained Funding (2008-2011))

Indicative Project Time-Frame

  • 2001-2011

Coordinating Institution

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Leung Ping-chung)
Details about Chinese Medicine Research and Further Development

Centre for Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology
Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$63.823M
    ((HK$38.823M (2000-2006) + HK$25M Sustained Funding (2007-2011))

Indicative Project Time-Frame

  • 2000-2011

Coordinating Institution

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Prof. Samuel Sun Sai-ming)
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Information Technology
Information Technology

Total Funding Approved

  • HK$51M

Project Time-Frame

  • 2000-2005

Coordinating Institution

  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Prof. Roland Chin)
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