CityUHK and UW Seed Funding Information Session

Information and networking session

Please join us for an online information and networking session to launch the joint City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and the University of Waterloo Seed Fund, introduce the scheme and explore mapping opportunities between the two institutions.

Session Details

Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Time: 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. (ET; Waterloo) | 9:30 – 11:00 p.m. (Hong Kong)

Agenda

• Introduction of the Seed Fund scheme and other funding opportunities
• Self-introductions from participating faculty
• Discussion of potential collaborative opportunities

We warmly invite researchers from both institutions with interests in health and life science technologies to join this session and help shape the future of this collaboration.

If you are unable to join the networking session and require support in finding partners, please email us and we will work with our counterparts to identify potential collaborators. If you have any questions about the Seed Fund or the upcoming session, please contact:

• Waterloo: partnerships@uwaterloo.ca
• CityUHK: roger@cityu.edu.hk

About the Seed Fund

City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and the University of Waterloo, in partnership with the Faculty of Health and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN), are launching a new initiative — the Joint CityUHK–UW Seed Fund — to foster collaborative research in the field of health and life science technologies, aligning with Health and Technological Futures. This Seed Fund aims to promote mobility and exchange of academic staff between the universities, helping to build a strong institutional track record for future major research platform funding programmes. A maximum of five projects will be awarded. The call for proposals will be open until Friday, January 23, 2026. Projects must be completed by Wednesday, March 31, 2027.

• Grant Amount: Up to HK$100,000 + CAD$26,000 per collaborative pair
• Eligibility: Full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty at both institutions; preference for Faculty of Health and WIN members; each proposal must have at least one PI from CityUHK and one from Waterloo; projects must be related to health and life science technologies.

Application process

• Joint proposals should be submitted via electronic submission
  • On Waterloo’s side, this will be launched as a special International Research Partnership Grant (IRPG)
• Proposals will be no more than four pages and must clearly outline:
  • Project objectives and relevance to health research
  • Planned activities
  • Expected outcomes and potential for future collaboration and joint funding
• Application deadline: Friday, January 23, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET (Canada)
• Results announcement: March 2026

For full details on eligibility, funding scope, and application, please refer to the official guidelines below.