The results of Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2024-25 Exercise were released recently. I am pleased to share with you the good news that the below faculty members have been granted the RIF this year:
Research Impact Fund
| Project Coordinator | Proposal Title | Amount of RGC Fund (HK$) |
| Prof ZHI Chunyi (MSE) |
Aqueous flow batteries for peak shaving energy storage | 4M |
| Prof ZHU Zonglong (CHEM / MSE) |
Advancing Sustainable and Closed-loop Eco-friendly Emerging Perovskite Photovoltaic Technologies | 7.7M |
| Prof CHEN Chia-Hung (BME)* |
Uncovering Dynamically Functional Cells Using a Time-Resolved Intelligent Cell Sorter (TRIC) for Cancer Treatments | 3.4M |
| Prof YU Xinge (BME)* |
Thin, soft, wireless, air and sweat permeable electronics for long term ECG monitoring | 5.2M |
* BME is now under the new College of Biomedicine
RIF aims to encourage local academics to consider and articulate the potential of research to deliver benefits to the wider community, to encourage more impactful and translational research projects, and to encourage a greater volume of collaborative research beyond academia (e.g. with government departments, the business sector, the industry and research institutes).
Congratulations to Professor Zhi, Professor Zhu, Professor Chen and Professor Yu!
