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Name

Project TitleSponsorAward Year

CHEUNG Yam Leung Lawrence (as a Co-PI)

Cross-Cultural Analytics: Using Big Data, Large Language Models, Knowledge Graphs and Rare Books to Chart the Influence of Chinese Culture in the West, 1550-1900

Young Collaborative Research Grant, Research Grant Council, HK

2026

WONG Patrick Chun Man

Optimizing Early Childhood Development of Children from Low-Resource Settings by Leveraging Technology and Biological Data

Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme, Research Grants Council, HK

2025

CHEUNG Yam Leung Lawrence

A Cross-linguistic, Family-genetic Study of Language in Autism and the Broad Autism Phenotype

Croucher Emergency Fund/Croucher Foundation

2025

WONG Patrick Chun Man

Neural Prediction to Enhance Language Outcomes in Children with Cochlear Implant

Croucher Emergency Fund/Croucher Foundation

2025

MOK Pik Ki Peggy

The Mental Representation of Tone Sandhi

Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme, Research Grants Council, HK 

2025

CAI Zhenguang

Do people treat personalized large language models as humans in communication?

General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK

2025

MAI Ziyin

Input dilution and supplementation in monolingual and bilingual siblings

General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK

2025

PAN Haihua

How does semantic distance drive real-time sentence interpretation? A theoretical and neurocognitive approach to Chinese topic construction.

General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK

2025

THIERFELDER David Philip

Decoding the Visuo-Orthographic Advantage: An investigation of cognitive adaptations in deaf readers of Chinese

Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council, HK

2025

WONG Patrick Chun Man

Prenatal Music Training to Enhance Postnatal Neurocognitive Development

Collaborative Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK

2025

WONG Patrick Chun Man

Multimodal Sensory Integration in Language Processing: Neural Mechanisms and Applications

Guangdong Key Scheme for Research and Development of Innovation and

Technology Commission,

HKSAR Government, HK

2024

FENG Gangyi

Neurophysiological Markers of Successful Normalization and Abstraction in Speech Learning

General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK

2024

PAN Victor Junnan

Minimalist Derivation of Discourse Particles: A Comparative Survey

General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK

2024

PAN Haihua

Cognitive Factors in Language Design: Through the Lens of Wh-questions

General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK

2024

FENG Gangyi

A Predictive Personalization Approach to Enhance Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Young Collaborative Research Grant,

Research Grants Council, HK

2024

WONG Patrick Chun Man

A Cross-linguistic, Family-genetic Study of Language in Autism and the Broad Autism Phenotype

National Institutes of Health, USA

2024

FENG Gangyi

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Learning

Excellent Young Scientist Fund (Hong Kong & Macau),

National Natural Science Foundation of China, PRC

2023

SZE Yim Binh Felix

HKSL Browser (Phase XII)

Labour and Welfare Bureau,

HKSAR Government, HK

2023

SZE Yim Binh Felix

2023-24 Raising Public Awareness of Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment

Labour and Welfare Bureau,

HKSAR Government, HK

2023

MOK Pik Ki PeggyHuman vs AI: Speech Register and Speech Accommodation in Human-machine InteractionGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2023
FENG GangyiNeural Representations Underlying Successful Generalization in Auditory Category LearningGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2023
SZE Yim Binh FelixThe Impact of Sign-phonological Awareness Training on Language and Literacy Development in Deaf and Hearing Bimodal Bilingual ChildrenGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2023
YIP Choy Yin VirginiaROBI Project: Community-based Holistic Service Supporting At-risk Families With Age 0-2 ChildrenThe Hong Kong Jockey Club 2023
WONG Patrick Chun ManNeural Prediction to Enhance Language Outcomes in Children with Cochlear ImplantNational Institutes of Health, USA2023
WONG Patrick Chun ManHyperscanning to Explore the Human Mind in EnsembleCollaborative Research Equipment Grant, Research Grants Council, HK2023
WONG Patrick Chun ManA Predict-to-Prescribe Approach to Social Communication Treatment in Chinese Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum DisorderCollaborative Research Equipment Grant, Research Grants Council, HK2023
WONG Patrick Chun ManThe Speech Neural Encoding Test for Early InfancyInnovation and Technology Fund for Better Living, Government of HKSAR, HK2023
SZE Yim Binh FelixNippon Foundation - The Asia Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training Program (Phase 4 Year 5)Nippon Foundation, Japan2023
PAN HaihuaFormal Semantic Studies of Chinese Language and Theoretical Innovations in Formal SemanticsNational Social Science Fund of China, PRC2023
TANG Wai Lan GladysPromoting Deaf Access to Justice: Legal Basics in Hong Kong Sign LanguageThe Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund) 2023
SZE Yim Binh FelixEnhancing Mental Health of Deaf Community in Hong KongThe Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund) 2023
SZE Yim Binh FelixEnhancing Mental Health of Deaf Community in Hong Kong (Phase 2)The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund) 2023
CAI Zhenguang GarryNeurocognitive Mechanisms of Character Amnesia in Chinese HandwritingGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2022
LAI Regine Yee-kingThe Role of Computational Complexity in Early Phonological LearningGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2022
MOK Pik Ki PeggyThe Acquisition of Complex Tone SandhiGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2022
SZE Yim Binh FelixDeveloping Sign Language Towards Quality Deaf Education and Social InclusionKrousar Thmey Foundation 2022

FENG Gangyi

The Brain Reorganization After Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: Mechanism and PrognosisNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 2022

YIP Choy Yin Virginia

VR Training Protocol for Early Childhood Professionals” of Hong Kong Christian ServiceCommunity Chest Social Innovation Fund2022
SZE Yim Binh FelixThe Asia Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training Program (Phase 4 Year 4)Nippon Foundation 2021
SZE Yim Binh FelixSign Language Dictionary and Learning Platform DevelopmentNippon Foundation 2021
WONG Patrick Chun ManA Predict-to-Prescribe Approach to Social Communication Treatment in Chinese Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum DisorderCollaborative Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2021

FENG Gangyi

Neural and cognitive fingerprints of general language learning abilityGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2021

SZEYim Binh Felix

Exploring the potential benefits of sign language learning for the hearing elderly in Hong KongGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2021
Mai ZiyinInput and experience in early trilingual developmentGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2020
Cai ZhenguangRational interlocutor modelling in language comprehension and productionGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2020

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Neural-pragmatic relationships and cross-linguistic differences in prosodic endophenotypes in autismHealth and Medical Research Fund2020

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Using Advanced Neuroimaging to Predict Language and Cognitive Outcomes in Pre-Term Infants (36 months)Collaborative Research fund 2019/20, Research Grants Council, HK2020

MOK Pik Ki Peggy

A phonetic investigation of the voicing contrast and tone in contemporary WuGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2019

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Using Neuroimaging to Predict Language Outcomes in Chinese-Learning Children with Cochlear ImplantsGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2019

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Neural Predictors of Language DevelopmentInnovative Technology Fund2019

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Dopamine-Related Genes and Language LearningHumanities and Social Science Prestigious Fellowship Scheme 2018/19, Research Grants Council2018

FENG Gangyi

Cortico-striatal systems underlying supervised speech learningGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2018

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Impact of sign language learning on the linguistic, cognitive and fine motor development of hearing and deaf/hard-of-hearing children in Hong KongGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2018

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Improving cognitive functions in mild cognitive impairment via mobile-app foreign language learningHealth and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) 2018

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Neural Predictors of Language Outcomes in Young Children with Cochlear ImplantsNational Institutes of Health (USA) 2018

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Collaborative Research: The Role of Narrative in Music PerceptionNational Science Foundation (USA) 2017

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Hong Kong Sign Language Fundamental Medical Knowledge DatabankSocial Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund, HKSAR Government2017

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Hong Kong Sign Language Browser (Phase VI)Implementing Public Education Activities on Rehabilitation in 2017-2018, Labour and Welfare Bureau, HKSAR Government2017
Tang Wai Lan GladysSLCO Community Resources Limited Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund, HKSAR Government2017

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Hong Kong Sign Language Browser (Phase V)Implementing Public Education Activities on Rehabilitation in 2016-2017, Labour and Welfare Bureau, HKSAR Government2016

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Online Modulation of Auditory Brainstem Responses to SpeechNational Institutes of Health, US2016

YIP Choy Yin Virginia

Childhood bilingualism and heritage language developmentGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2016

LEE Hun Tak Thomas

The acquisition of grammar by Shanghainese-speaking children as studied from the perspective of parametric variation in Chinese dialectsGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2015

MOK Pik Ki Peggy

Re-visiting Tone Acquisition of Cantonese Speaking Children in Hong KongGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2015

MOK Pik Ki Peggy

From Speech to Spelling: Improving Chinese Proficiency of Non-Chinese Speaking Students through Cantonese Speech LearningStanding Committee on Language Education and Research, HK2015

PAN Haihua

Cross-linguistic Investigation into Universal Quantification and Other Related Notions and their Semantic MapGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2015

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Hong Kong Sign Language Browser (Phase IV)Implement Public Education Activities on Rehabilitation in 2015-2016, Labour and Welfare Bureau, HKSAR Government2015

TANG Wai Lan Gladys

Profiling Chinese Grammatical Knowledge of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in HK and China - A Comparative StudyGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2015

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Neural Responses to Pitch in Cantonese-speaking Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersHealth and Medical Research Fund, HK2015

PAN Haihua

Long-distance Reflexives - an Asian PerspectiveGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2014

PENG Gang

Neural Mechanism of Extrinsic Normalization in Vowel PerceptionGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2014

PENG Gang

Psychological Bases of Speech PerceptionGeneral Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, China2014

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Hong Kong Sign Language Browser (Phase III)Implement Public Education Activities on Rehabilitation in 2014-2015, Labour and Welfare Bureau, HKSAR Government2014
Wong Chun Man PatrickMicrocephaly Genes, Language, and Auditory ProcessingGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2014
Wong Chun Man PatrickOnline Modulation of Auditory Brainstem Responses to SpeechNational Institutes of Health, US2014

YIP Choy Yin Virginia

Input Conditions and Bilingual Development in Hong Kong ChildrenGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2014

PENG Gang

Talker Normalization in Lexical Tone Perception and Perceptual ConstancyGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2013

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Basic Word Order in Asian Sign Languages: a Cross-Linguistic PerspectiveGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2013

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Preliminary Documentation in Macau Sign LanguageEndangered Languages Documentation Programme, SOAS, University of London, UK2013

SZE Yim Binh Felix

Hong Kong Sign Language Browser (Phase II)Implementing Public Education Activities on Rehabilitation in 2013-20142013

TANG Wai Lan Gladys

A Reference Grammar of Hong Kong Sign LanguageGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2013

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Language Learning in Older Adults as Preventive Therapy for Cognitive ImpairmentsGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2013

WONG Chun Man Patrick

Foreign Language Learning as Potential Treatment for Mild Cognitive ImpairmentHealth and Medical Research Fund, HK 2013

CHEUNG Yam Leung Lawrence

Analyzing Stakeholders' Views on Environmental Issues through Text Analysis - An Interdisciplinary Approach Using Computational Content AnalysisPublic Policy Research, Research Grants Council, HK2012

LEE Hun Tak Thomas

Documenting a Syntactic Change in Progress in Cantonese: An exploration of the Relationship between Language Change and Language AcquisitionGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2012

ZHANG Yanhui Gloria

Optimal Personalized Online Pinyin Trainings for Cantonese Speakers of Hong KongGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2012

MOK Pik Ki Peggy

Production and Perception of Juncture Characteristics in Three Varieties of EnglishACU Grants for International Collaboration 2010, British Academy 2010

LEE Hun Tak Thomas

The Interpretation of Numeral Phrases by Chinese-speaking ChildrenGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2009

YIP Choy Yin Virginia

From Lexicon to Syntax in Childhood BilingualismGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2009

LEE Hun Tak Thomas

Issues of Continuity in Early Lexical and Syntactic DevelopmentEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2007

YIP Choy Yin Virginia

Childhood Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition in Hong Kong ChildrenEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2005

YAPA Foong Ha

Aspectual Asymmetries in the Human Mind: Evidence from Reaction Time StudiesEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2005

WANG Shi Yuan William

Modeling Language Endangerment among the Minority Languages of ChinaEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2004

GU Yang

Order and Constituency in KachinEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2003

WANG Shi Yuan William

The Position of Chinese among the Languages of AsiaEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2002

YIP Choy Yin Virginia

Multimedia Perspectives on Bilingual DevelopmentEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2002

TANG Wai Lan Gladys

Development of Hong Kong Sign Language by Deaf ChildrenEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2001