Funding & Grants

Selected Grants & Funded Projects

PI. Empowering Teachers to Foster Children’s Computational Thinking with Coding Robots: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund (RGC/GRF) (Ref. No. 18601925). HK$907,740 (2026-2028)

Co-I. AI, New Media, Social Media and Futures of Education: A Multigenerational and Multistakeholder Exploration. Hong Kong Research Grants Council Research Matching Grant Scheme (RGC/RMGS). HK$10 million (2025-2028)

PI. Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes, and Self-efficacy: A Pilot Study of Strengthening Early Childhood Teachers’ Ability to Teach Coding and Computational Thinking. Departmental Research Grant (Ref. No. DRG2022-23/002), EdUHK, HK$100,000 (Feb 2023 – Feb 2024)

PI. Robot Programming Through Play: Effects on Kindergarten Children’s Engagement and Computational Thinking. Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund (RGC/GRF) (Ref. No. 18604423). HK$855,296 (2024-2025)

PI. Effects of a Story-Inspired Robotics Coding Curriculum on Children’s Computational Thinking and School Readiness Skills. Hong Kong Research Grants Council Early Career Scheme (RGC/ECS) (Ref. No. 28615122). HK$762,634 (2023-2025)

Co-I. KeySteps@JC Phase Two. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (Ref. No. 2022-0114-008). HK$70.34 million (2022-2027)

PI. AI for Kids: A Pilot Study of an Embodied Curriculum for Scaffolding Children to Acquire AI Literacy. Seed Funding Grant (RG 39/2021-2022R). HK$125,000 (Completed)

PI. Development and Evaluation of a Culturally Responsive Coding Curriculum: A Pilot Study. Start-up Research Grant. (No. RG84/2020-2021R). HKD30,000 (Completed)

PI. Leading Quality Improvement in Early Childhood Settings: Curricular and Pedagogical Transformation in a Singapore Child Care Centre. Applied Research Committee Grant from SUSS (No. RF19NSH01). SGD23,740 (Completed)

PI. Promoting Young Children’s Prosocial Behaviors through the Thematic Instruction Based on Story Picture Books: A Quasi-experimental Study. MOE University Student Grant. RMB15,000 (Completed with an Outstanding Award)

Co-I. Theoretical and Practical Research on Computerized and Non-Computerized Coding Education for Children. National Education Science “13th Five-Year Plan” Grant (No. CCA190261). RMB200,000