Fund for Innovation, Technology, and Social-wellbeing (FITS Fund)

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Fund for Innovation, Technology, and Social-wellbeing (FITS)


What is FITS?

To fill the gap between proof of concept and practical models of social innovation initiatives in EdUHK, the KT Sub-office of Research & Development Office (RDO) launches the “Fund for Innovation, Technology, and Social-wellbeing” (FITS) scheme.  FITS is supported by The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund) of HKSAR to support applied research projects for tackling poverty and social exclusion to identify social issues in Hong Kong and facilitate the formulation of strategies to make practical and sustainable solutions.
The applied research projects of FITS must be under one of the following categories related to local social issues:
1) Education;
2) Public Health;
3) Art and Culture or
4) Social Reconstruction.
 
Aligning with the Government’s new targeted poverty alleviation strategy, community-based innovative applied projects that are dedicated to addressing social issues targeting individuals (1) residing in subdivided units, (2) from single-parent households, and (3) from elderly households will be of higher priority during the evaluation process.
 
The project period will be 12 to 24 months and the fund ceiling is HKD$400,000 per project.
 
The project should be community-based which has to consist of at least one external partner, such as government units, organisations, schools, associations, and social enterprises, who will co-create and co-develop in the project and be willing to bring the new social innovation initiatives to the community. Each project has to develop a research prototype (tangible or intangible) or conduct a community trial / pilot program to help the direct beneficiaries during the funding period.


 
Eligibility

All full-time academic staff of the University in their capacity as “project leader” are eligible for applications.
 
Details of the projects are as follows: 
Project Code Title Principal Investigator Department Faculty Start Date End Date
FITS-21/22-03                                                                                                           Novel Interactive and Audible 3D Chinese Characters for People with Special Needs: "An Inclusive Design and Educational Workshop" Prof HUNG Keung CCA FLASS  01/09/2021  31/08/2023
FITS-21/22-04             Innovating Music for Everyone: Music Creation and Performance with e-Orch Dr LEUNG Chi Hin Michael CCA FLASS 01/09/2021 31/08/2023
FITS-21/22-05 Mindfulness-based Stigma Stress Reduction Programme for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and their Parents Dr CHAN Ka Shing Kevin PS FEHD 01/09/2021 31/08/2023
FITS-21/22-15 Screening for Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Hearing Loss in Older Adults in the Community with Special Automated Audiological Assessments Dr KAM Chi Shan Anna SEC FEHD 01/09/2021 31/07/2023
FITS-24/25-03 Development and implementation of storytelling activities delivered by social robots with personalization of attention span of child users Professor YEUNG Siu Sze PS FEHD 01/08/2024 31/05/2026
FITS-24/25-04 Promoting Active Aging: Empowering Older Adults through the Train-the-Trainer Paradigm Dr LEUNG Ka Man HPE FLASS 01/08/2024 30/06/2026
FITS-24/25-06 Wearable speech training device for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Dr KONG Siu Hang Eric ECE FEHD 01/08/2024 31/01/2026
FITS-24/25-07 iVisionCare: AI Strabismus Diagnosis for Social Welfare Dr FU Hong MIT FLASS 01/08/2024 31/07/2026

Enquiries

Mr Ha Yu Fung
Tel: 2948 7507
Email: yfha@eduhk.hk
 
Dr Lemon Kwan
Tel: 2948 8158
Email: hmkwan@eduhk.hk