The HKU COA JMK Dementia Care Scholarships have been supported younger researchers interested in the area of dementia since 2013. In 2013, the Sau Po Centre on Ageing of The University of Hong Kong Centre received a donation of HK$1 million from Mr. Joe Ma and Dr. Karen Cheung to support the academic initiatives on dementia care with an aim to raise public awareness and care to dementia patients, their families and caregivers. Under this donation, the scholarships scheme was established to support dementia research conducted by research postgraduate students in the Faculty of Social Sciences of The University of Hong Kong. The awardees would receive an amount of HK$10,000 per person to support their studies. Since 2013/2014, a total of 7 research postgraduate students have been supported by this scholarships scheme.