Funds

  1. The origin and evolution of archaeal symbiosis in sponges
    • General Research Fund (GRF) - Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)
    • Principal Investigator
    • 2026 - 2028
    • 1,062,475 HKD
    • For more detail
  2. Generating high-quality sponge symbiont genomes using Nanopore’s adaptive sampling strategy
    • UNSW Science ECAN Seed Grant scheme
    • Principal Investigator
    • 2,000 AUD
    • 2022

Funds under review

  1. Development of a Specimen Library and Database for Hong Kong Sponges and Their Associated Microbial Symbionts
    • Research and Development (R&D) Project - Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF)
    • Principal Investigator
    • 2026-2028 (proposed)
    • 1,199,870 HKD (requested)
    • Result release date: Early 2026
  2. Decoding the functional basis of distinct microbial symbiont associations in deep-sea corals
    • General Research Fund (GRF) - Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)
    • Principal Investigator
    • 2027-2029 (proposed)
    • 1,215,590 HKD (requested)
    • Result release date: June 2026

Awards

  • Tuition Fee Scholarship (UNSW)
    • 2015 - 2019
    • AUD 147,000
  • Overseas Student Scholarship (China Scholarship Council)
    • 2015 - 2019
    • AUD 61,000
  • Conference Travel Funding (UNSW)
    • 2017, AUD 800
    • 2018, AUD 2,600
  • PhD Top-Up Scholarship (UNSW)
    • 2017, AUD 5,000
    • 2018, AUD 2,500