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WUN Research Development Fund
Internal application for RDF 2025 has closed.
BACKGROUND
WUN is a leading global higher education and research network with 24 research-led universities across six continents. It fosters distinctive international research collaborations directed at problems of global significance. CUHK jonied the Network in 2011 as the only member university in Hong Kong and has since taken an active role in the Network for internationalization and research capacity building.
RDF provides one year of seed funds (up to £10,000 per project and matched by CUHK) to foster research collaboration among WUN members with a view to stimulating larger projects and enabling the collaborating partners to prepare applications for major external grants.
To view the past awards made by WUN, please refer to this page.
WUN RDF 2025
In line with the WUN Strategic Plan 2023–2026, proposals that address problems in one or more of the following areas within the context of sustainable development are encouraged:
- Social justice and human rights; Inequality
- Sustainable world: cities and urbanization; energy transitions; water and food security
- Mental health; Child and maternal health; Ageing
- Responsible and ethical applications of AI
Applicants from CUHK must be full-time academic staff at Assistant Professor rank or Research Assistant Professor rank or above. Projects led by early career researchers are especially encouraged. For further details, please refer to the internal circular and programme guidelines.
GUIDELINES/FORM DOWNLOAD
Applicants can access the RDF guidelines, Concept Note (internal application form), and the internal call circular from the following links (staff log-in required):
Internal application deadline: Monday, 8 September 2025
WEBINAR ON WUN RDF
A webinar will be organized in mid-July to introduce the scheme and address questions from interested applicants. To register your interest, please click here. Further details will be announced in due course.
For enquiries, please contact Ms. Yvonne Heung of OAL.