Professors Awarded in RGC’s Collaborative Research Fund and Research Impact Fund in 2023/24

Four projects led by CBE faculty were awarded a total of around HK$22 million under the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2023/24 and Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2023/24 of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).

These include three projects under the Collaborative Research Fund (one Collaborative Research Project Grants and two Young Collaborative Research Grants) and one project under the Research Impact Fund. The CRF projects will be conducted over a three-year period while the RIF project over four years.

Collaborative Research Fund 2023/24: Collaborative Research Project Grant

Project title: High-Energy-Density All-Solid-State Lithium-Metal Batteries

Principal coordinator: Prof. Yoonseob KIM, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Collaborative Research Fund 2023/24: Young Collaborative Research Grant

Project title: Living Active Protein Materials for Axon Regeneration

Principal coordinator: Prof. Fei SUN, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Project title: Perovskite Opto-Ionics for In-Sensor Computing

Principal coordinator: Prof. Yuanyuan ZHOU, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Research Impact Fund 2023/24

Project title: Development of Solid State Lithium Batteries for Electric Vehicles

Principal coordinator: Prof. Minhua SHAO, Head and Chair Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering