Grants & Donations
Grants
Ongoing Projects
Awarded in 2023-2024
General Research Fund
Dr. Cindy LENG (Principal Investigator), Prof. Thomas LEUNG (Co-Investigator), Dr. Bonaventure IP (Co-Investigator)HKD 1,400,000
The hemodynamic mechanisms of cortical microinfarcts in intracranial arterial stenosis: a multimodal MRI and computational fluid dynamics study
2023/2024
Food and Health Bureau - Health and Medical Research Fund
Dr. Cindy LENG (Principal Investigator), Prof. Thomas LEUNG (Co-Investigator), Dr. Bonaventure IP (Co-Investigator)HKD 1,498,112
Secondary stroke prevention in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis: will cerebral hemodynamics alter the optimal target for blood pressure management?
2023/2024
Awarded in 2022-2023
General Research Fund
Dr. Owen KO (PrincipaI Investigator), Prof. Vincent MOK (Co-Investigator), Dr. Bonaventure IP (Co-Investigator)HKD 1,155,631
Mechanisms of Cognitive Aging Repair via Targeting GLP-1 Signaling
2022/2023
Early Career Scheme
Dr. Cindy LENG (PrincipaI Investigator)HKD 1,003,200
Residual Risk of Stroke in Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease under Optimal Medical Treatment: the Role of Underlying Stroke Mechanisms
2022/2023
Early Career Scheme
Dr. Bonaventure IP (PrincipaI Investigator)HKD 1,171,919
Impact of COVID-19 Vaccines on Brain Health – a Community-based Study
2022/2023
Awarded in 2021-2022
Innovation and Technology Fund of the Innovation and Technology Commission of Hong Kong - Partnership Research Programme
Dr. Owen KO (Principal Investigator)HKD 3,921,592
Development and Preclinical Test of Optical Pumping-based Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging for Diagnosis of Neurological Diseases
2022 – 2025
Food and Health Bureau - Health and Medical Research Fund
Dr. Owen KO (Principal Investigator)HKD 911,140
Novel MRI-based Machine Learning Tool to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease
2022 – 2024
National Natural Science Foundation of China - Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau)
Dr. Owen KO (Principal Investigator)RMB 2,000,000
Anti-aging Effects of GLP-1R Agonism and Companion Non-invasive Diagnostics
2022 – 2024
Collaborative Research Fund
Prof. Vincent MOK (Co-Principal Investigator)HKD 7,214,620
Multi-modal Approaches to Determine Digital Clinical Phenotyping, Novel Proteomic Biomarkers, and Microbiota-host Responses of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, A Prodromal Stage of Alpha-synucleinopathy Neurodegeneration, in a Prospective Family Cohort
2022 - 2025
Collaborative Research Fund
Dr. Owen KO (Co-Principal Investigator)HKD 7,883,046
Unveiling Neural Activities through Spatiotemporally Optimized Multiphoton (STOMP) Microscopy
2022 - 2025
Collaborative Research Fund
Prof. Thomas LEUNG (Co-Principal Investigator)HKD 3,251,480
Neuropsychiatric ‘Long-COVID’ in Adult Patients
2022
Awarded in 2020-2021
Food and Health Bureau - Health and Medical Research Fund
Dr. Cindy LENG (Principal Investigator), Prof. Thomas LEUNG (Co-Investigator)HKD 99,965
Impact of Blood Pressure Variations on Focal and Global Cerebral Hemodynamics in Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis: A Pilot Study with Patient-specific Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling
2020 - 2022
Food and Health Bureau - Health and Medical Research Fund
Dr. Owen KO (Co-Investigator)HKD 965,803
A Comprehensive Survey on Alpha-Synuclein Pathologies in Colonic Submucosal Biopsies of Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease Patients – An Exploratory Study
2021- 2023
Food and Health Bureau - Health and Medical Research Fund
Prof. Vincent MOK (Co-Investigator)HKD 1,104,304
Gut Microbiota in Major Depressive Disorders With and Without Rapid Eye Movement Behavior Disorder: Tracing a Subtype of Depression with Underlying Neurodegeneration
2021- 2024
Food and Health Bureau - Health and Medical Research Fund
Prof. Vincent MOK (Co-Investigator)HKD 1,122,120
Neural Correlates of Impulsivity in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson’s disease: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Case-Control Study
2021 - 2024
General Research Fund
Dr. Cindy LENG (Principal Investigator), Prof. Thomas LEUNG (Co-Investigator)HKD 884,770
Progression of Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease: An Interplay between Plaque Morphology and Fluid Dynamics
2020 - 2022
General Research Fund
Prof. Vincent MOK (Co-Investigator)HKD 1,154,476
Progression of Prodromal Markers of α-Synucleinopathy Neurodegeneration in the First-Degree Relatives of Patients with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: A 7-Year Prospective Study
2021 - 2024
General Research Fund
Prof. Thomas LEUNG (Co-Investigator)HKD 462,342
Multisite Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Targeting Motor Network by Mapping Electric Fields with Task-Based fMRI to Promote Hand Function Recovery after Stroke
2020 - 2022
Innovation and Technology Commission - Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme
Prof. Vincent MOK (Principal Investigator)HKD 1,338,539.28
Development and Clinical Application of Early Warning Platform for Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease
2021- 2023
Innovation and Technology Commission – Midstream Research Programme for Universities
Dr. Owen KO (Co-Investigator)HKD 4,699,999
Clearing the Way for Better Tissue Diagnostics - a Midstream Development Project on Accessible Three-dimensional Histology Methods and Platform
2021- 2023
Theme-based Research Scheme
Prof. Vincent MOK (Co-Principal Investigator)HKD 50,000,000
Research and Development of Artificial Intelligence in Extraction and Identification of Spoken Language Biomarkers for Screening and Monitoring of Neurocognitive Disorders
2020 - 2024; T45-407/19N
Collaborative Research Fund
Dr. Owen KO (Co-Principal Investigator)HKD 5,586,951
The Role of IL33 in Synaptic Dysfunctions and Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease
2020 - 2023
Type C, Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality
Dr. Owen KO (Principal Investigator), Prof. Vincent MOK (Co-Investigator)RMB1,000,000
Development of Novel Therapeutics Drug for Niemann-Pick Disease
2021 - 2023
Hong Kong Neurological Society Research Fund
Prof. Vincent MOK (Principal Investigator), Dr. Karen MA (Co-Principal Investigator)HKD 200,000
Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Parkinsonian Syndromes
2021-2023
Hong Kong College of Physicians – Young Investigator Research Grant
Dr. Bonaventure IP (Principal Investigator)HKD 50,000
Colchicine Use in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease – a pilot randomized control trial
2021
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Academic Equipment Grant
Dr. Owen KO (Co-Principal Investigator)HKD 1,063,000
Construction of a MesoSPIM Light Sheet Microscope
2021
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Academic Equipment Grant
Dr. Owen KO (Co-Principal Investigator)HKD 625,000
Establishing a Subcellular Spatial Transcriptomics Platform for Neuropsychiatric and Biomedical Research Applications
2020
Donations
List of Donors
2023-24
The T.S. Kwok Foundation
Kwok Tak Seng Centre for Stroke Research and Intervention
Charles K. Kao Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Limited
Charles Kao CUHK Beat AD Service
2021-2022
Mr. Lau Tat-chuen
Lau Tat-chuen Research Centre of Brain Degenerative Diseases in Chinese
Henderson Development Anti-Epidemic Fund
Long-COVID Prevention and Rehabilitation Programme
Lo's Family Charity Fund Limited
Asian Genetic Model for Parkinson’s Disease
Lo's Family Charity Fund Limited
Targeting Hypothalamic GLP-1 Signaling to Reverse Aging
2020-2021
Dr. Au Yeung Kong
Combating the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Reducing its Adverse Impacts
Mrs. Dan Yang Wing-man Sophia
A Pilot Study on Glucagon-like peptide-1 Analogue in Preventing Progression of Small Vessel (GAP-SVD)
2019-2020
Sun Hung Kai Properties – Kwoks’ Foundation Limited
SHKP Kwok Brain Health Research Centre
Wei Lun Foundation Limited
CUHK Lee Quo Wei Bioresource for Cerebrovascular Diseases
2018-2019
Emperor Foundation Limited
Epilepsy Research Projects
The T.S. Kwok Foundation
Kwok Tak Seng Centre for Stroke Research and Intervention
Lee Hysan Foundationn
Lee Hysan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neurosciences
Seeds Foundation Limited
SEEDS (Screening for Elderly Cognitive Disorders) Study
2017-2018
Ms. Cheung Kam-ling Margaret
Margaret K.L. Cheung Research Centre for Management of Parkinsonism
Ms. Chow Pei-fong Therese
Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia
Seeds Foundation Limited
SEEDS (Screening for Elderly Cognitive Disorders) Study
Wei Lun Foundation Limited
CUHK Lee Quo Wei Bioresource for Cerebrovascular Diseases
2016-2017
Ms. Chow Pei-fong Therese
Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia
The S.H. Ho Foundation Limited
Care for Dementia Caregivers (CDC) Program
The S.H. Ho Foundation Limited
Transcranial Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and Other Treatment for Post-Stroke Dysphagia
The T.S. Kwok Foundation
Kwok Tak Seng Centre for Stroke Research and Intervention
2015-2016
Ms. Chow Pei-fong Therese
Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia
The S.H. Ho Foundation Limited
Vasoactive and Hemodynamic Effects of Acupressure, Exercise and Counterpulsation on Stroke Patients and Normal Subjects
The T.S. Kwok Foundation
Kwok Tak Seng Centre for Stroke Research and Intervention
Wei Lun Foundation Limited