4.9 Million was awarded in RGC’s Collaborative Research Fund 2025/26
5 January 2026
We are thrilled to announce that a research team led by Professor Wing Yun-kwok, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychiatry at CUHK, has been awarded a grant of more than HK$4.9 million under the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2025/26 on the project “A 5-Year Prospective Study of Multimodal Deep Phenotyping with Digital Measurements, Multi-Omics, and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Prodromal and Early Stages of Alpha-Synucleinopathy Neurodegeneration”. The purpose of the Collaborative Research Fund is to support multi-investigator and multidisciplinary research groups in the University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded universities in order to encourage more research groups to engage in creative and high-quality cross-disciplinary projects.
CRF 2025/26 Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG) and Collaborative Research Equipment Grant (CREG) Proposal
| Project Coordinator (Faculty/Department) | Proposal Title | Duration (Months) | Amount Awarded (HK$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor WING Yun-kwok (Psychiatry) | A 5-Year Prospective Study of Multimodal Deep Phenotyping with Digital Measurements, Multi-Omics, and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Prodromal and Early Stages of Alpha-Synucleinopathy Neurodegeneration | 36 | 4,900,000 |
For more details, please visit:
The University Grants Committee’s Research Grants Council Website:
(English) https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/funding_opport/crf/funded%20research/25-26.html
(Chinese) https://www.ugc.edu.hk/big5/rgc/funding_opport/crf/funded%20research/25-26.html
