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1/03/25 → 16/08/26

Project: Grant Research

Oceanic Heterotopias in Qing-Dynasty Literature (清代文學與海洋異托邦)

WANG, Y. (PI)

1/01/25 → 31/12/25

Project: Grant Research

Oceanic Heterotopias in Qing-Dynasty Literature (1761-1830) (清代文學的海洋異托邦)

WANG, Y. (PI)

Fisheries Enhancement Fund

1/01/25 → 31/12/26

Project: Grant Research

Upcycling fruit waste into nutritious and sustainable aquaculture feeds to enhance fish health

IP, C. H. (PI)

1/01/25 → 30/06/26

Project: Grant Research

The missing link in understanding species performance: the role of thermoregulatory behaviours under early warning signals of heat stress (預測物種表現時被忽略的重要關鍵：調節體溫的行為在高溫預警下的重要性)

HUI, T. Y. (PI)

1/01/25 → 30/04/27

Project: Grant Research

Bridging the gap: An eDNA approach to ecological assessment and conservation of scleractinian corals (環境DNA − 石珊瑚生態評估與保育的橋樑)

IP, C. H. (PI)

1/01/25 → 31/12/27

Project: Grant Research

Calibrating the mixotrophy spectrum: quantifying nutrient inputs and recycling in three corals with different trophic strategies (校準混合營養譜：量化三種具有不同營養策略的珊瑚中的養分輸入和循環)

CONTI-JERPE, I. (PI)

1/01/25 → 31/12/27

Project: Grant Research

Refining conservation genetics and wildlife forensic methods to combat the illegal wildlife trade (完善保育遺傳學與野生動物法醫法以打擊非法野生動物貿易)

FONG, J. (PI)

1/01/25 → 31/12/26

Project: Grant Research

Revamping Coral Health Assessment through Deep Multi-modality Learning

KWONG, S. T. W. (PI)

1/01/25 → 30/06/26

Project: Grant Research

Exploring the mystery of Chinese Bahaba in Hong Kong western waters using revolutionary eDNA techniques

IP, C. H. (PI)

1/11/24 → 30/06/25

Project: Grant Research

Environment and Conservation Fund Forgotten Habitat: Physical Environments and Biodiversity Patterns of Hong Kong Intertidal Boulder Fields

HUI, T. Y. (PI) & FONG, J. (CoI)

1/07/24 → 30/11/26

Project: Grant Research

Genetic identification of dried seahorses and their origin in illegal trade: a proof-of-concept

LEE, H. (PI), SANGPHUEAK, S. (CoI), IP, C. H. (CoI), HUI, T. Y. (CoI) & FONG, J. (CoI)

1/06/24 → 31/05/25

Project: Grant Research

The missing link in understanding species performance: the role of thermoregulatory behaviours under early warning signals of heat stress

HUI, T. Y. (PI)

1/04/24 → 31/03/25

Project: Grant Research

How nutrient pollutions affect the dietary and sulfur isotopic signals of estuarine fishes?

TSANG, H. F. (PI)

1/04/24 → 30/09/25

Project: Grant Research

Chromosome-level reference genome of the Golden Coin Turtle (Cuora trifasciata)

FONG, J. (PI), SUNG, Y. H. (CoI) & IP, C. H. (CoI)

1/03/24 → 28/02/26

Project: Grant Research

Using eDNA metabarcoding to monitor the changes in fish communities after the deployment of artificial reefs in South Lantau Marine Park

IP, C. H. (PI), QIU, J.-W. (CoI) & YAN, M. (CoI)

1/01/24 → 30/06/26

Project: Grant Research

Wise use of wetlands - understand novel community assembly processes across a human-modified landscape (善用濕地 - 了解物種群落在人工地境中的組建過程)

LEE, H. (PI), SO, K. Y. K. (CoI), WONG, P. Y. P. (CoI) & SUNG, Y. H. (CoI)

Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund

1/01/24 → 31/12/26

Project: Grant Research

Exploring the hidden fish community and fishery value of estuarine mangroves in western Hong Kong waters through environmental DNA metabarcoding

IP, C. H. (PI)

1/01/24 → 30/06/25

Project: Grant Research

Research and Monitoring on Rosy Bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus and freshwater fish at Ho Sheung Heung Area, Sheung Shui

LAU, A. (PI)

The Conservancy Association

1/01/24 → 14/10/26

Project: Contract Research

Symbiotic zooxanthellae diversity and stability during coral bleaching in a marginal subtropical reef: A meta-haplotype approach (基於元單型的方法研究邊緣亞熱帶珊瑚礁白化期間的共生藻多樣性和穩定性)

IP, C. H. (PI) & QIU, J. (CoPI)

1/10/23 → 30/09/25

Project: Grant Research

Assessing prevalence of pathogens in endangered freshwater turtle populations

FONG, J. (PI), SUNG, Y. H. (CoI) & LEUNG, J. (CoI)

1/06/23 → 31/05/25

Project: Grant Research

Inequality, Antisocial Sentiments, and the Voluntary Contributions to Public Goods: Theory and Experimental Evidence

FAN, C. Z. S. (PI) & PANG, Y. (CoI)

Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund

1/05/23 → 31/10/25

Project: Grant Research

Estuarine fish biodiversity and food web structure in southern and western Hong Kong waters

TSANG, H. F. (PI)

15/01/23 → 14/07/25

Project: Grant Research

Conservation of Romer's tree frogs: Assessment of population status across Lantau and impacts of emerging threats

FONG, J. (PI), SUNG, Y. H. (CoI), LIEW, J. H. (CoI), LAU, M. W. N. (CoI) & SIN, S. Y. W. (CoI)

Civil Engineering and Development Department

1/01/23 → 31/12/25

Project: Grant Research

A comprehensive survey of the diadromous animals of Lantau: assessment of distribution, population status, and conservation strategies

LAU, A. (PI), ASHTON, L. (CoI), DUDGEON, D. (CoI) & SUNG, Y. H. (CoI)

Civil Engineering and Development Department

3/01/22 → 30/04/25

Project: Grant Research

Finished

Enhanced monitoring of scleractinian corals and associated marine fauna in subtropical Hong Kong through multi-assay environmental DNA metabarcoding

IP, C. H. (PI), YAN, M. (CoI) & YIU, S. (CoI)

1/07/24 → 31/12/24

Project: Grant Research

Assessing the potential for warming-induced elevational shifts in a mountain-dwelling frog Quasipaa spinosa in Hong Kong

HUI, T. Y. (PI), SUNG, Y. H. (CoI) & LAU, S. (CoI)

1/06/24 → 30/11/24

Project: Grant Research

Use mercury isotopes to quantify mercury exposure of Hong Kong citizens (Visitor: Dr SUN Guangyi Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

GENG, H. (PI)

Croucher Foundation

29/02/24 → 28/08/24

Project: Not Applicable

Dynamics of coral microbiomes and their functions in the survival and recovery of post-bleached corals

IP, C. H. (PI)

1/01/24 → 31/12/24

Project: Grant Research

Identifying the source of heavy metal pollution in marine sediments in Hong Kong (Visitor: ZHOU Hai, Chang'an University)

GENG, H. (PI) & McGINLEY, M. A. (CoPI)

19/06/23 → 18/12/23

Project: Grant Research

Early Globalism and China’s Literature

WANG, Y. (PI)

Lam Kei On Memorial Trust

1/06/23 → 1/01/25

Project: Grant Research

Deposit-feeding crabs as ecosystem engineers: crab bioturbation and its functional importance in sandy shore ecology

HUI, T. Y. (PI)

1/05/23 → 31/12/24

Project: Grant Research

Predicting tidal states based on habitat temperature patterns on rocky shores

HUI, T. Y. (PI)

1/05/23 → 31/12/24

Project: Grant Research

Assessing captures of recreational fishery in Hong Kong through social media

LAU, A. (PI)

1/05/23 → 31/07/23

Project: Grant Research

Movement and Habitat use of a new invasive crayfish in Hong Kong streams and reservoirs

LAU, A. (PI)

Civil Engineering and Development Department

1/03/23 → 28/02/25

Project: Grant Research

An integrative taxonomy approach to clarify the status of the short-legged toad (Boulenophrys brachykolos) population in Lantau

FONG, J. (PI) & SUNG, Y. H. (CoI)

1/10/22 → 30/09/24

Project: Grant Research

Disentangling the influence of ecology and evolution on the host-microbiome relationship in amphibians

FONG, J. (PI), CAVIEDES SOLIS, I. W. (CoI) & LAM, P. Y. I. (CoI)

1/01/22 → 31/12/24

Project: Grant Research

Using stable isotope analysis to advance ecological research and conservation of endangered freshwater turtles

SUNG, Y. H. (PI)

1/01/22 → 30/06/23

Project: Grant Research

ECF – Hong Kong Ocean Environmental Pioneer Academy

KO, W. Y. A. (PI) & WONG, P. Y. P. (CoI)

Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (Hong Kong)

1/01/22 → 31/12/23

Project: Social Projects

Assessing the genetic diversity and ecological role of the endangered wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri) through the study of remnant populations

FONG, J. (PI), SUNG, Y. H. (CoI), LE, D. M. (CoI) & THOMSON, R. (CoI)

1/11/21 → 31/08/24

Project: Contract Research

Studying mercury isotope compositions of Middle Jurrasic - Early Cretaceous igneous rocks in Hong Kong (Visitor: DENG Changzhou, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

GENG, H. (PI) & McGINLEY, M. A. (CoPI)

Croucher Foundation

3/09/21 → 11/02/22

Project: Not Applicable

Territory-wide environmental DNA (eDNA) survey on distribution and status of invasive freshwater fish and crayfish

LAU, A. (PI), FONG, J. (CoI) & SUNG, Y. H. (CoI)

1/09/21 → 31/08/23

Project: Grant Research

Assessing the efficacy of ecological enhancements in Hong Kong’s river channels for mitigating the fragmentation of freshwater animal communities

LIEW, J. H. (PI)

Lam Kei On Memorial Trust

1/07/21 → 30/06/23

Project: Grant Research

Assessing the role of microbial communities in regulating stream carbon dynamics

LIEW, J. H. (PI) & SUNG, Y. H. (CoI)

1/07/21 → 31/12/22

Project: Grant Research

New technological and traditional behavioral approaches for freshwater turtle conservation

SUNG, Y. H. (PI)

Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (Hong Kong)

1/07/21 → 30/06/23

Project: Contract Research

Anti-predatory behaviour of freshwater snails (Sulcospira hainanensis) towards big-headed turtles (platysternon megacephalum)

SUNG, Y. H. (PI) & FOK, W. L. (CoI)

1/06/21 → 31/05/22

Project: Grant Research

GIs and Chinese: Sino-American Interactions at the Grassroots, 1945-1949 (二戰後的駐華美兵與中國社會)

DU, C. (PI)

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (HKSAR)

1/01/21 → 31/03/24

Project: Grant Research

Detection of European Eel (Anguilla anguilla) from Water Samples by DNA Metabarcoding Method

FONG, J. (PI)

1/09/20 → 31/12/21

Project: Contract Research

Market value survey of endangered species

SUNG, Y. H. (PI)

TRAFFIC International

1/04/20 → 30/09/20

Project: Contract Research

Conservation genomics of two endangered Hong Kong turtles—the big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) and Beal’s eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei) (香港兩種瀕危龜類的保育基因組學研究 - 大頭龜(Platysternon megacephalum) 及眼斑水龜 (Sacalia bealei) )

FONG, J. (PI), FUJITA, M. K. (CoI) & SUNG, Y. H. (CoI)