Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector
Year
No. of Applications
No. of Grants Approved (Success Rate)
Overall
Success Rate
Total Amount
(in HK$)
FDS
IIDS
FDS
IIDS
2024/25
4
1
3 (75.0%)
0 (0.00%)
60.0%
$2,535,619
2023/24
7
0
4 (57.1%)
NA
57.1%
$4,079,879
2022/23
8
0
3 (37.5%)
NA
37.5%
$4,179,250
2021/22
4
0
2 (50.0%)
NA
50.0%
$1,888,270
2020/21
6
0
4 (66.7%)
NA
66.7%
$4,807,300
2019/20
5
0
1 (20.0%)
NA
20.0%
$985,144
2018/19
2
1
2 (100.0%)
1 (100.0%)
100.0%
$2,016,250
2017/18
7
3
6 (85.7%)
1 (33.3%)
70.0%
$3,879,966
2016/17
7
2
4 (57.1%)
0 (0.00%)
44.4%
$4,182,883
2015/16
7
1
3 (42.9%)
1 (100.0%)
50.0%
$3,354,991
2014/15
6
1
4 (66.7%)
1 (100.0%)
71.4%
$3,230,787
Total
63
9
36 (57.1%)
4 (44.4%)
55.6%
$35,140,339
24/25
23/24
22/23
21/22
20/21
19/20
18/19
17/18
16/17
15/16
14/15
FDS
Fung, W. H., (UGC/FDS14/H01/24) HK$897,704 Healthcare in a Dual-Track System: Hong Kong Citizens’ Demands and Preferences for the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme
Ng, W. L., (UGC/FDS14/P01/24) HK$670,550 Multiple Change-point Detection in Spatio-temporal Gaussian Random Fields under Spatial Fixed-domain and Mixed-domain Asymptotic Frameworks
Siu, C. C., (UGC/FDS14/E04/24) HK$967,365 Dynamic Models of Salesforce Compensations
FDS
Chen, Y., (UGC/FDS14/P03/23) HK$1,183,400 InsurTech: Risk Classification and Premium Calibration with Data Analytics
Lam, S. Y., (UGC/FDS14/P04/23) HK$828,859 Probabilistic Classification Error Modeling for Distance Metric Learning and Deep Metric Learning Theory and Applications
Ng, C. T., (UGC/FDS14/P02/23) HK$709,420 Principal Contrast Analysis of High-dimensional Time Series
Yu, K. W., (UGC/FDS14/P05/23) HK$1,358,200 Nonconvex Structured Optimization: Theory and Application
FDS
Ng, C. T., (UGC/FDS14/P04/22) HK$1,529,550 Admixture Analysis of Multi-Site Multivariate Time Series
Ng, W. L., (UGC/FDS14/P05/22) HK$1,324,850 Generalized Fiducial Inference and Model Selection on Multiple Change-point Detection in Autoregressive Time Series
Yu, K. W., (UGC/FDS14/P07/22) HK$1,324,850 Joint Sparse Optimization: Nonconvex Penalty Theory and Applications
FDS
Ng, W. L., (UGC/FDS14/P04/21) HK$973,000 Sequential Change-Point Detection in High-Dimensional Vector Autoregressive Models
Yu, K. W., (UGC/FDS14/P02/21) HK$915,270 Partially Separable and Sparse Optimization: Theory and Applications
FDS
Ng, W. L., (UGC/FDS14/P01/20) HK$1,628,450 Inference for Multiple Change-points in Piecewise Locally Stationary Time Series
Siu, C. C., (UGC/FDS14/P02/20) HK$759,100 Generalized Sethi Advertising Model and Extensions
Tang, M. L., (UGC/FDS14/P05/20) HK$1,453,650 Variable Selection Methods for Complex Data Analysis
Yu, K. W., (UGC/FDS14/P03/20) HK$966,100 Low-rank Matrix Optimization via Nonconvex Regularization with Applications
FDS
Choy, S. K., (UGC/FDS14/P02/19) HK$985,144 Unsupervised Fuzzy Superpixel-based Image Segmentation
Research Matching Grant Scheme
Tang, M. L., HK$7,008,344 Applications of SAS Viya in Big Data Analytics
FDS
Chu, M. Y., (UGC/FDS14/P01/18) HK$807,400 Longitudinal Item Response Techniques with Applications to Education and Psychosocial Interventions
Tang, M. L., (UGC/FDS14/P02/18) HK$723,450 Model Selection with High Dimensional Incomplete Data
IIDS
Mo, Y. L., (UGC/IIDS14/P01/18) HK$485,400 Symposium in Reliability Theory and Industrial Statistics
NSFC
Tang, M. L., (項目批准號：11871124) RMB$500,000 基於分層設計下的部分核實數據的統計推斷及應用
FDS
Choy, S. K., (UGC/FDS14/P01/17) HK$575,473 Fuzzy Bit-plane-dependence Multi-domain Region Competition: Mathematical Modelling and Applications
Chu, M. Y., (UGC/FDS14/P05/17) HK$506,100 Statistical Disclosure Control of Confidential Data using Vine Copulas with Applications to Finance and Healthcare Management
Ho, M. W., (UGC/FDS14/P03/17) HK$463,090 A Bayesian Semiparametric Approach to the Endogeneity Problem
LAM, S. Y., (UGC/FDS14/P04/17) HK$476,200 Supervised Dimensionality Reduction with Unsupervised Learning: Theory and Applications
Tang, M. L., (UGC/FDS14/P06/17) HK$844,200 Alternative Item Count Techniques for Sensitive Survey Questions: Theories and Methods
YU, K. W., (UGC/FDS14/P02/17) HK$611,153 Interior Subgradient Methods for Large-scale Quasi-convex Optimization and Their Applications
IIDS
Chu, M. Y., (UGC/IIDS14/P01/17) HK$403,750 Recent Developments in Business Analytics and New Research Directions
FDS
Chu, M. Y., (UGC/FDS14/P05/16) HK$1,182,250 Statistical Inference of Sensitive Randomized Dichotomous Responses with Applications to Information Management and Healthcare Management
Lee, W. Y., (UGC/FDS14/P03/16) HK$733,800 Analysis and Application of Bounds in Insolvency Problem
Tang, M. L., (UGC/FDS14/P01/16) HK$1,114,450 Advanced Statistical Methods for Complex Longitudinal Data Analysis
Yuen, F. L., (UGC/FDS14/P02/16) HK$1,152,383 On the Uncertainty of Value-at-Risk of Individual Risk
FDS
Choy, S. K., (UGC/FDS14/P04/15) HK$870,550 Fuzzy Generalised Gaussian Density Segmentation Model: Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Yu, C. Y., (UGC/FDS14/M01/15) HK$1,059,083 Investigation of Spatio-temporal Relationship between the Structure and Function in Glaucoma Using Partial Least Squares Regression (PLS-R)
Yu, K. W., (UGC/FDS14/P02/15) HK$1,006,183 Sparse Optimization Models with Application to Portfolio Management
IIDS
Zel, T. F., (UGC/IIDS14/P01/15) HK$419,175 Symposia in Data Science
FDS
Choy, S. K., (UGC/FDS14/E02/14) HK$573,620 Model-based Unsupervised Image Segmentation
Lam, S. Y., (UGC/FDS14/E03/14) HK$989,897 Data Functional Modelling with Outliers
Tang, M. L., (UGC/FDS14/P01/14) HK$618,585 New Items Count Techniques for Surveys with Sensitive Questions: Theories and Methods
Yu, K. W., (UGC/FDS14/P03/14) HK$667,115 Generalized Multicriteria Programs and Their Application in Portfolio Selection Problems
IIDS
Liu, N. W., (UGC/IIDS14/P01/14) HK$381,570 Workshop Series in Applied Statistics
