Funds totalling $8.7 million have been approved for research into language projects.
Director of Education Helen Yu Lai Ching-ping, who also is Trustee of the Language Fund, approved money for the first batch of 15 projects.
Two of the projects recommended address the committee's priority research tenders.
One involves studying the application of computer software to enhance Chinese-language learning.
The other will investigate the development of phonological awareness (as related to reading and spelling competence) in primary students learning English.
Of the nine other Chinese projects approved, seven are targeted at improving primary language education, which is the vetting priority of the SCOLAR committee involved in choosing recipients.