The Faculty of Education and Human Development (FEHD) at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) achieved outstanding results in the 2026/27 funding and fellowship exercises of the Research Grants Council (RGC) under the University Grants Committee.
FEHD secured a total of 20 competitive research grants, comprising 18 projects under the General Research Fund (GRF) and 2 projects under the Early Career Scheme (ECS). These awards highlight the Faculty’s strong research capacity and its sustained commitment to advancing innovative research that delivers meaningful societal impact.
Commenting on the results, Prof Kevin Chan, Acting Dean and Associate Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies said, “We are proud of our colleagues’ achievements in this year’s RGC exercise. These results reflect the strength of our research culture and our shared commitment to advancing knowledge that contributes meaningfully to education and society.”
Successful applications include:
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Department |
Principal Investigator |
Scheme |
Project Title |
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C&I |
Dr CHENG, Michelle |
ECS |
Unmasking Deception: The Fight Against Fake Research Papers |
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Dr HUANG, Xianhan
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GRF |
Integrating Chatbot-facilitated Scaffolding with Self-Regulated Learning to Develop Teachers’ Intelligent-TPACK: A Randomised Controlled Trial |
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Dr ZHU, Jinxin
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GRF |
Investigating Parents’ GenAI Feedback Literacy and Its Effects on Students’ Academic Learning: Instrument Development and Validation |
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ECE
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Prof BAUTISTA, Alfredo |
GRF |
Arts-Based Performances (ABPs) in Hong Kong Kindergartens: Stakeholders’ Attitudes and Self-Reported Practices |
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Prof CHUNG, Kevin
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GRF |
Does Play Still Matter? Investigating the Roles of Achievement Goals, Play Beliefs, and Playfulness in Promoting the Well-Being of Senior Primary Children and Their Caretakers |
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Dr HU, Annie
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GRF |
Spatializing STEM Learning for Kindergarteners through Spatial Play Activities: A Controlled Experiment |
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Dr LI, Yixun
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GRF |
Bilingual Self-Teaching in Chinese Orthographic Learning: Revisiting the Self-Teaching Hypothesis within a Combinatorial Framework among Cantonese– Mandarin Bilingual Children |
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EPL |
Prof CHEN, Junjun |
GRF |
Opening the Black Box of Principal Leadership Literacy: Measures, Drivers, and Outcomes |
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Dr LEE, Trevor
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GRF |
Contested Educational Futures: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study of Alternative Pathways in Chinese Homeschooling |
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Dr LU, Jiafang
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GRF |
Assessing the Cross-cultural Effectiveness of Simulation-based Learning for School Leaders in the Asia Pacific Region |
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PS |
Prof CHAN, Kevin
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GRF |
Efficacy, Mechanism, and Economic Evaluation of Mindfulness-Enhanced Behavioral Parent Training for Families of Autistic Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
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Dr HO, Henry
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GRF |
Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice for Couples to Reduce Work-Family Conflict and Promote Wellbeing: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial |
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Prof LAU, Esther |
GRF |
A Randomised Control Trial of an Individualised and AI-assisted Nap-optimisation Protocol in Emerging Adults with Subclinical Insomnia, Depression, and Anxiety |
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Dr TONG, Xiuhong |
GRF |
BiSyntax Builder: Enhancing Bilingual Syntactic Awareness and Reading Comprehension Using a Hybrid Factorial-SMART Design |
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Dr WONG, Clive
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ECS |
Understanding the Role of Preparatory Brain States in Processing Speed and Executive Function with a Network-based EEG Connectivity Approach |
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SEC |
Dr CHAN, Winnie |
GRF |
Mathematics and Reading Integration: Overlapping Skills Development among Kindergarteners |
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Dr DENG, Qinli |
GRF |
Language to Literacy: Longitudinal Contributions of Prosodic, Syntactic, and Pragmatic Skills to Reading Development in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children |
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Prof JIANG, Da |
GRF |
Toward a Peer-support Model in Reducing Loneliness Among Older Adults: Unpacking the Mechanism and Dyadic Process of Volunteering Using a Dual Randomized Controlled Trial |
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Prof SIN, Kuen Fung
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GRF |
Enhancing Language Learning Through AI-empowered, LLM-supported Interactive Social Robots: A Mixed-methods Study Within a Three-phase Intervention Design Framework |
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Dr WANG, Hui |
GRF |
Teacher Buoyancy: Advancing Understanding of What, Where, How, Why, and When |
