Institute of Ageing

Selected Research Grants

Project Title	Funding Source
Development of a new Telomere length measurement protocol by digital PCR method and application to the HK community elderly cohort	Vice-Chancellor’s One-off Discretionary Fund
Designing better urban green space for active ageing in high-density cities	Research Grants Council - General Research Fund
Establishment of an active ageing index for Hong Kong: Re-inventing the lived experience and potential of older people	Research Grants Council - General Research Fund
Healthy Ageing x Ageing in Place (also named as “Nutcrackers 2.0”)	Knowledge Transfer Project Fund
“Hou2” Living Gallery: Co-creating Age-friendly Neighbourhood in Hong Kong's Private Housing Estate 好好生活館: 共創年齡友善社區實驗計劃 (Status: ongoing)	Knowledge Transfer Project Fund
Improving the psychological well-being of older adults with an online lifestyle medicine program (Status: ongoing)	Knowledge Transfer Project Fund
Increasing the resilience to the health impacts of extreme weather on elderly people under future climate change (Status: ongoing)	Research Impact Fund
Intervention for promoting old-age preparation in the community	Knowledge Transfer Project Fund
Our Everyday. Our Borders. "A study of universal accessibility in our built environment in Hong Kong	Knowledge Transfer Project Fund
Pursuing Meaningful Goals as Intervention to Reduce Loneliness Among Hong Kong Elders	Knowledge Transfer Project Fund
Research and development of artificial intelligence in extraction and identification of spoken language biomarkers for screening and monitoring of neurocognitive disorders (Status: ongoing)	Research Grants Council - Theme-based Research Scheme
The impact of climate change on elderly suicide deaths in Hong Kong and implications to suicide prevention	Health and Medical Research Fund
Virtual International Symposium: Making healthy ageing happen in later life	Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme