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NameProject TitleSponsorAward Year
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 GangyiThe Brain Reorganization After Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: Mechanism and PrognosisNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 2022
Yip Choy Yin VirginiaVR 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 GangyiNeural and cognitive fingerprints of general language learning abilityGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2021
Sze Yim Binh FelixExploring 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 PatrickNeural-pragmatic relationships and cross-linguistic differences in prosodic endophenotypes in autismHealth and Medical Research Fund2020
Wong Chun Man PatrickUsing 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 PeggyA phonetic investigation of the voicing contrast and tone in contemporary WuGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2019
Wong Chun Man PatrickUsing Neuroimaging to Predict Language Outcomes in Chinese-Learning Children with Cochlear ImplantsGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2019
Wong Chun Man PatrickNeural Predictors of Language DevelopmentInnovative Technology Fund2019
Wong Chun Man PatrickDopamine-Related Genes and Language LearningHumanities and Social Science Prestigious Fellowship Scheme 2018/19, Research Grants Council2018
Feng GangyiCortico-striatal systems underlying supervised speech learningGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2018
Sze Yim Binh FelixImpact 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 PatrickImproving cognitive functions in mild cognitive impairment via mobile-app foreign language learningHealth and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) 2018
Wong Chun Man PatrickNeural Predictors of Language Outcomes in Young Children with Cochlear ImplantsNational Institutes of Health (USA) 2018
Wong Chun Man PatrickCollaborative Research: The Role of Narrative in Music PerceptionNational Science Foundation (USA) 2017
Sze Yim Binh FelixHong Kong Sign Language Fundamental Medical Knowledge DatabankSocial Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund, HKSAR Government2017
Sze Yim Binh FelixHong 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 FelixHong Kong Sign Language Browser (Phase V)Implementing Public Education Activities on Rehabilitation in 2016-2017, Labour and Welfare Bureau, HKSAR Government2016
Wong Chun Man PatrickOnline Modulation of Auditory Brainstem Responses to SpeechNational Institutes of Health, US2016
Yip Choy Yin VirginiaChildhood bilingualism and heritage language developmentGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2016
Lee Hun Tak ThomasThe 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 PeggyRe-visiting Tone Acquisition of Cantonese Speaking Children in Hong KongGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2015
Mok Pik Ki PeggyFrom Speech to Spelling: Improving Chinese Proficiency of Non-Chinese Speaking Students through Cantonese Speech LearningStanding Committee on Language Education and Research, HK2015
Pan HaihuaCross-linguistic Investigation into Universal Quantification and Other Related Notions and their Semantic MapGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2015
Sze Yim Binh FelixHong Kong Sign Language Browser (Phase IV)Implement Public Education Activities on Rehabilitation in 2015-2016, Labour and Welfare Bureau, HKSAR Government2015
Tang Wai Lan GladysProfiling 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 PatrickNeural Responses to Pitch in Cantonese-speaking Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersHealth and Medical Research Fund, HK2015
Pan HaihuaLong-distance Reflexives - an Asian PerspectiveGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2014
Peng GangNeural Mechanism of Extrinsic Normalization in Vowel PerceptionGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2014
Peng GangPsychological Bases of Speech PerceptionGeneral Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, China2014
Sze Yim Binh FelixHong 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 VirginiaInput Conditions and Bilingual Development in Hong Kong ChildrenGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2014
Peng GangTalker Normalization in Lexical Tone Perception and Perceptual ConstancyGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2013
Sze Yim Binh FelixBasic Word Order in Asian Sign Languages: a Cross-Linguistic PerspectiveGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2013
Sze Yim Binh FelixPreliminary Documentation in Macau Sign LanguageEndangered Languages Documentation Programme, SOAS, University of London, UK2013
Sze Yim Binh FelixHong Kong Sign Language Browser (Phase II)Implementing Public Education Activities on Rehabilitation in 2013-20142013
Tang Wai Lan GladysA Reference Grammar of Hong Kong Sign LanguageGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2013
Wong Chun Man PatrickLanguage Learning in Older Adults as Preventive Therapy for Cognitive ImpairmentsGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2013
Wong Chun Man PatrickForeign Language Learning as Potential Treatment for Mild Cognitive ImpairmentHealth and Medical Research Fund, HK 2013
Cheung Yam Leung LawrenceAnalyzing Stakeholders' Views on Environmental Issues through Text Analysis - An Interdisciplinary Approach Using Computational Content AnalysisPublic Policy Research, Research Grants Council, HK2012
Lee Hun Tak ThomasDocumenting 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 GloriaOptimal Personalized Online Pinyin Trainings for Cantonese Speakers of Hong KongGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2012
Mok Pik Ki PeggyProduction and Perception of Juncture Characteristics in Three Varieties of EnglishACU Grants for International Collaboration 2010, British Academy 2010
Lee Hun Tak ThomasThe Interpretation of Numeral Phrases by Chinese-speaking ChildrenGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2009
Yip Choy Yin VirginiaFrom Lexicon to Syntax in Childhood BilingualismGeneral Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK2009
Lee Hun Tak ThomasIssues of Continuity in Early Lexical and Syntactic DevelopmentEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2007
Yip Choy Yin VirginiaChildhood Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition in Hong Kong ChildrenEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2005
YapP Foong HaAspectual Asymmetries in the Human Mind: Evidence from Reaction Time StudiesEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2005
Wang Shi Yuan WilliamModeling Language Endangerment among the Minority Languages of ChinaEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2004
Gu YangOrder and Constituency in KachinEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2003
Wang Shi Yuan WilliamThe Position of Chinese among the Languages of AsiaEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2002
Yip Choy Yin VirginiaMultimedia Perspectives on Bilingual DevelopmentEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2002
Tang Wai Lan GladysDevelopment of Hong Kong Sign Language by Deaf ChildrenEarmarked Grants, Research Grants Council, HK 2001