Competitive Research Grants
Research Grants since joining Simon Fraser University in 2018
- July 2021 – June 2024
Integrating Critical/Media Literacies in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Teacher Education. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant. Partnering with the Surrey School District, York University, and Bishops University.
Award amount: CAD 200,000.
Partnership Development Grant. #1137351. Co-Investigators: Drs. Sean Chorney, Wendy Chun, Steve Marshall, Saskia van Viegan, Sunny Lau, Maurice Cheng.
- March 2020- February 2022
Co-Designing Innovative Strategies in Developing Multilingual Students' STEM Literacies in Public Schools, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grant.
CAD 25,000. Grant #1590611 (Co-I: Dr. Bong-gi Song; Collaborator: Dr. Sean Chorney)
- Jan-Dec 2020
“Expanding STEM Literacy through Content-Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in an Undergraduate Biology Classroom”, Teaching and Learning Development Grants, SFU.
Co-Applicant: Dr. Bong-gi Sohn; Collaborators: Elizabeth Steves; Joan C. Sharp; Megan K. Barker; Sharla Stolhandske)
- Mar 2020 – Mar 2021
“Multilingual approaches to assessment and education symposium”
Van Viegan, S. (P-I), Angel M. Y. Lin (Co-I), & Sunny M. C. Lau (Co-I).
SSHRC Individual Connection Grant, CAD 13,455.
External Grants since joining the University of Hong Kong in 2010
- 2017–2020
Theoretical Construction and Empirical Study of English Academic Literacy in Critical Pedagogy (批判教育视角下英语学术素养理论建构与实证研究)
Co-Investigator, in collarboation with Principal Investigator, Dr. Ivy Yang, Shantou University
Social Sciences Research Fund, Ministry of Education, China, RMB 10,000
- 2016–2018
Integrating content and language learning in EMI education - Exploring "thematic patterns" as pedagogical strategies
Principal Investigator
Funded by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR), Hong Kong Government, HK $1,184,825
- 2016–2017
Impact of genre-based pedagogy on students' academic literacy development in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): A quasi-experimental study
Co-Investigator in collaboration with Dr. Yuen Yi Lo
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, HK $366,750
- 2015–2017
Developing KS3 Students' Self-directed Learning in English Literacy Skills Development Through Promoting Assessment As Learning
Co-Investigator in collaboration with Dr. Yuen Yi Lo
Education Development Fund, University–School Support Programmes, Hong Kong Education Bureau, HK $4,250,300
- 2014–2015
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) for South Asian Students: Building Teacher Capacity to Cater for Learner Diversity
Principal Investigator
Quality Education Fund, Hong Kong Education Bureau, HK $493,500
- 2013–2015
Promoting Talking and Writing in Science at Junior Secondary Level Using English as the Medium of Instruction
Principal Investigator; in collaboration with Drs. Dennis Fung, Yuen Yi Lo, Simon Chan
Commissed Research by the Curriculum Development Unit (Science Section), Hong Kong Education Bureau, HK $1.16 million
- 2012–2014
The New Fine-Tuned Medium of Instruction Policy in Hong Kong: Analysis of Policy Interpretation and Local Implementation Policies
Principal Investigator
Public Policy Research (PPR) Grant, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, HK $255,102
- 2011–2014
School-based Language Across the Curriculum (LAC) Development Project
Principal Investigator
Commissioned Research through Refined English Enhancement Scheme (REES), Kowloon True Light School, HK $1.2 million
- 2011–2013
Integrating Culture and English Language Education at Senior Secondary Level in Hong Kong Through Popular Cultural Texts
Co-Investigator in collaboration with Dr. Jasmine Luk
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, HK $574,975