External Research Grants

RGC General Research Fund (formerly known as Competitive Earmarked Research Grant)

as the Principal Investigator:

• Analysis of multivariate spatial point patterns, January 2017 - December 2019, HK$410,371.
• Asymptotic methods for spatial point processes, January 2016 - December 2018, HK$451,255.
• Anisotropy, local interaction and distortions in spatial processes, January 2011 - December 2013, HK$655,700.
• (with Rau, C.) Directionality tests and support estimation for spatial point processes, January 2008 - December 2009, HK$267,000.
• Spatial competition processes, January 2006 - December 2008, HK$231,000.
• A new graph related to the locations of nearest neighbours of points in a spatial point process, January 2004 - December 2006, HK$411,000.
• Statistical analysis for spatial point patterns, January 2003 - December 2005, HK$350,000.
• Random birth--growth processes and the resultant space-filling structures, January 1999 - December 2000, HK$415,000.

as the co-Investigator:

• Lee, K. Y. S., Chiu, S. N., Kirk, K. I., Ng, I. H. Y., Soli, S. D., Tong, M. C. F., van Hasselt, C. A. and Yuen, K. C. P., The construction and validation of the Cantonese Spoken Word Recognition Test (SWORT) to measure the word perception ability of Cantonese-speaking children, January 2010 - December 2012, HK$658,071.
• Lee, K. Y. S., Chiu, S. N., Law, T. K. T. Tong, M. C. F. and van Hasselt, C. A., The construction and validation of the Cantonese Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CanPEV) to measure the voice quality of Cantonese-speaking population, January 2009 - December 2011, HK$907,206.
• Lee, K. Y. S., Chiu, S. N., van Hasselt, C. A., Kwan Chen, L. L. Y., Tong, M. C. F. and Wong, M. C. E., The construction and validation of the Cantonese Tone Identification Test (CanTIT) to measure the tone perception ability of Cantonese-speaking children, January 2008 - December 2009, HK$758,500.

UK/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme

• Chiu, S. N. and Molchanov, I. S., Point processes modelling of neuronal activation, April 2000 - June 2001, GBP6,000.
• Chiu, S. N. and Molchanov, I. S., Coverage processes and their applications, April 1998 - March 1999, HK$77,700.

British EPSRC

• Molchanov, I. S. and Chiu, S. N., Germination-growth processes, Boolean model statistics and neuronal networks, Visiting Fellowship, January 2002 - June 2002, GBP10,250.

Health Services Research Committee

• Van Hasselt, C. A., Lee, K. Y. S., Tong, M. C. F., Chiu, S. N. and Wong, T. K. C., Development of a Cantonese basic speech perception test for hearing-impaired children and children with minimal language ability - validity and reliability, March 1999 - February 2001, HK$762,838.

Health and Health Services Research Fund

• Zhang, S. P., Chiu, T. W. and Chiu, S. N., A randomized controlled trial of the long-term efficacy of electroacupuncture for chronic neck pain, November 2006 - October 2008, HK$470,175.

Health and Medical Research Fund

• Lee, K. Y. S., Tong, M. C. F., van Hasselt, C. A., Chiu, S. N. and Lee, T. The development and validation of a language screening test for preschool children in HK - an extension of the newly validated tool in Macau, June 2017 - May 2019, HK$894,306.

Internal Research Grants

HKBU FRG

• Variance estimation for higher-order statistics of multivariate spatial point processes, July 2010 - June 2012, HK$84,000.
• Improving level accuracy of Monte Carlo tests by Quasi-Monte Carlo methods, January 2009 - December 2010, HK$96,000.
• Goodness-of-fit tests for multivariate distribution, January 2008 - December 2009, HK$82,000.
• Approximate and parametric bootstrap tests for two Poisson variates, June 2007 - May 2009, HK$93,000.
• Edge-effects corrections for spatial point process statistics, May 2006 - April 2008, HK$90,000.
• Generating functions in spatial point process statistics, April 2005 - March 2007, HK$102,000.
• Detection of noise points in a spatial point pattern, February 2003 - July 2005, HK$121,176.
• Statistical analysis for spatial point patterns, August 2001 - January 2002, HK$35,000.
• Maximum likelihood estimation for a stochastic model of synaptic transmission, September 2000 - August 2002, HK$109,500.
• A goodness-of-fit test for spatial point patterns, July 2000 - June 2002, HK$109,500.
• Nonparametric estimation of a stochastic model of synaptic transmission, September 1997 - March 1999, HK$81,496.