External competitive research grants
Neurocognitive mechanisms of character amnesia in Chinese handwriting
Funding source: General Research Fund (14613722), University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$803,050
Project duration: January 2023 – December 2025
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai (CUHK)
Co-investigators: Markus Damian (University of Bristol), Marieke Longcamp (Aix-Marseille Université), and Joseph Devlin (UCL)
Rational interlocutor modelling in language comprehension and production
Funding source: General Research Fund (14600220), University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$751,708
Project duration: January 2021 – December 2023
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
Co-investigators: Paul Engelhardt (University of East Anglia), Maarten Speekenbrink (University College London), Holly Branigan (University of Edinburgh)
Sensorimotor simulation in bilingual language comprehension
Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation (31571142), China
Funding amount: ¥250,000
Project duration: January 2016 – December 2017
Principle investigator: Ruiming Wang (South China Normal University)
Co-investigators: Zhenguang Cai and ohers
Embodied language production
Funding source: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC; ES/L010224/1), UK
Funding amount: £192,455
Project duration: March 2015 – March 2018
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
Internal competitive research grants
Harnessing the potential of large language models for language research, assessment and clinical use
Funding source: Research Assistant Professorship scheme, Research Committee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$2,000,000
Project duration: April 2025 - March 2028
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai (CUHK)
Co-investigator: Xixin Wu (CUHK), Xiaoming Xi (HKEAA), Patrick Wong (CUHK)
Utilizing Large Language Models in Second Language English Proficiency Assessment
Funding source: Direct Grant, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$100,000
Project duration: March 2024 - Feb 2025
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
Co-investigator: Zhuang Qiu (CUHK)
A Combined TMS-EEG System
Funding source: Academic Equipment Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$1,577,663
Project duration: NA
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai (CUHK)
Chinese handwriting in the digital age: neurocognitive mechanisms of character amnesia
Funding source: Strategic Partnership Award for Research Collaboration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$150,000
Project duration: Feburary 2022 – January 2023
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai (CUHK) and Joseph Devlin (UCL)
A developmental study of Chinese character handwriting among Hong Kong school students
Funding source: Direct Grant, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$100,000
Project duration: September 2021 – August 2022
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
The role of linguistic prediction in interpreting
Funding source: Direct Grant, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$90,000
Project duration: April 2020 – March 2021
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
Co-investigator: Xiaocong Chen (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
The embodiment of language syntax in the brain
Funding source: CUHK-University of Manchester Research Fund – Seed-corn Fund
2019
Funding amount: HK$50,000Project duration: August 2019 – July 2020
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
Co-investigator: Bo Yao (The University of Manchester)
Interlocutor-sensitive language comprehension and production: The case of lexical processing
Funding source: Direct Grant, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$96,443
Project duration: April 2019 – March 2020
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
Internal competitive teaching grants
Virtual behavioral research for humanities and social sciences
Funding source: Funding Scheme for Virtual Teaching and Learning, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$204,284
Project duration: September 2021 – August 2022
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
A self-learning statistical platform for students of linguistics and humanities
Funding source: Courseware Development Grant Scheme 2019-22, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Funding amount: HK$98,471
Project duration: November 2020 – October 2021
Principle investigator: Zhenguang Cai
PhD fellowships and studentships
Bei Xiao, CUHK Provost’s Strategic Allocation (August 2024 – July 2028)
Xiaohui Rao, CUHK PhD studentship (August 2024 – July 2028)
Yichi Zhang, CUHK PhD studentship (August 2023 – July 2027)
Zebo Xu, CUHK Provost’s Strategic Allocation (August 2022 – July 2026)
Shuqi Wang, Hong Kong PhD fellowship (August 2021 – July 2024)
Hanlin Wu, CUHK PhD studentship (August 2021 – July 2024)
Dave A. Haslett, Hong Kong PhD fellowship (August 2020 – July 2024)
Xufeng Duan, CUHK PhD studentship (August 2020 – August 2024)
Max S. Dunn, Hong Kong PhD fellowship (January 2020 – December 2023)
Wenyi Zhang, CUHK PhD studentship (August 2019 – July 2023)