The Review 2002

The Review 2002 Research 17 As an English-language university on the doorstep of Mainland China, The University of Hong Kong offers researchers unique opportunities to bridge cultures and continents. Our lively, leading- edge research programmes span the globe and, in terms of outputs, place us among the top universities in the world. Quality and utility underscore our efforts and this has been recognised in several ways. Our staff have published in many respected, high-impact and peer-reviewed international journals and received high honours from the Mainland and overseas. We have active joint programmes with top mainland universities and with leading institutions elsewhere, such as the Institut Pasteur of France. The University is also in the process of establishing a world-class Genome Research Centre. This was given added weight by the appointment of one of the world’s leading human genome experts, Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University in 2002. Our achievements have enabled us to become the most successful university in Hong Kong in securing competitive research funding from the Research Grants Council (RGC). In 2001– 02 we received more than $170 million from the RGC’s Competitive Earmarked Research Grant and the Innovation and Technology Fund’s Innovation and Technology Support Programme and the General Support Programme. Broadening Perspectives RESEARCH