Since 2023, I have had the opportunity to contribute to the preparation and execution of funding projects within my group, primarily serving as the major proposal writer and participating in a total of ~51.1 million HKD applications, with ~12.5 million HKD approved and ~10.9 million HKD pending for results. I have also gained hands-on experience in preparing large-scale collaborative proposals for CRF-2024 and CRF-2025, in collaboration with PIs from CUHK, HKUST, HKU, Imperial College London, Aalborg University, and Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Approved/Pending
1. STIC SZ-HK Science and Technology Collaboration Fund (~3.4m HKD) 2024-2027 (Approved)
- Topic: Multi-stream Ultra-Reliable Networking and Just-in-Time Communications for High-Performance IoT
- Role: Co-PI, drafted the HK-side proposal, led the HK-side project executions, responsible for HK-side KPI delivery.
2. ITC ITSP Seed Project (~2.8m HKD with RTH matching) 2026-2028 (Approved)
- Topic: Multimodal LLM-Driven Semantic Communication for Vehicular Networks
- Role: Co-PI, drafted the proposal, led the project executions, responsible for all KPI delivery.
3. ITC MHKTCFS Platform Project (~6.4m HKD with RTH matching) 2027-2029 (Approved)
- Topic: Research on High-Reliability Transmission and Intelligent Assurance Technologies for Remote Surgery
- Role: Co-PI, drafted the proposal, coordinated with industry sponsors, responsible for all KPI delivery.
4. ITC ITSP Platform Project (~9.6m HKD with RTH matching) 2028-2030 (Pending)
- Topic: LLM-Empowered Self-Driving Lab for Automated Pharmaceutical Synthesis
- Role: Co-PI, drafted the proposal, led the execution of preliminary research, coordinated with industry sponsors.
5. UGC General Research Fund (~1.3m HKD) 2028-2030 (Pending)
- Topic: Cross-Layer Semantic Error Correction with Foundation Models: Iterative Token-Level Decoding, Visual Recovery, and Source-Channel Redundancy Co-Design
- Role: Co-I, drafted the proposal, led the execution of preliminary research.
6. CUHK Strategic Partnership Award for Research Collaboration (~150k HKD) 2027-2028 (Pending)
- Topic: You Only Improve What You Sense: mmWave-Enhanced Recursive Self-Improvement for Robot Manipulation (in collaboration with the WiSeCom Lab at UCSD)
- Role: Co-I, drafted the proposal, and led the execution of preliminary research.
Completed
7. UGC Funding for Innovative Technology in Education (~300k HKD) 2024-2025 (Completed)
- Topic: Academia-Industry Collaboration for LLM Education: Hands-on Experiences and Co-Training Opportunities
- Role: Key Member, drafted the proposal, led the project execution, and wrote the project completion report.
8. CUHK Research Committee Direct Grant (~50k HKD) 2024-2026 (Completed)
- Topic: Robust Packet Detection for Short-packet Communications
- Role: Key Member, drafted the proposal, led the project execution, and wrote the project completion report.