The Review 2016

Funding Success $539 million in competitive grants + $599 million from other sources Æ In 2015–16, HKU received $539.359 million in funding from major RGC competitive funding programmes, such as the General Research Fund and Theme-based Research Scheme. A further $599 million was received for research work through a wide range of external grants, endowments and funding, including – amongst many other sources – $82 million from the Innovation and Technology Commission and $123 million from industry. Interdisciplinary Pursuits 4 theme-based research projects Æ HKU scholars led four of the seven interdisciplinary, cross-institutional projects awarded under the Research Grants Council’s 2016 Theme-based Research Scheme, and are members of the other three. A total $140 million was awarded to the HKU-led projects which are focused on understanding liver cancer stem cells, gastric cancer genomics, waste water treatment, and digital citizenship. Multi-skilled 19 cross-disciplinary appointments Æ 19 staff have been granted joint appointments between two or more faculties to pursue interdisciplinary research. These appointments are in eight areas: environmental sustainability, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, educational and cognitive neuroscience, medical humanities, gender studies, law and humanities, the urban Silk Road (in particular China’s One Belt One Road initiative), and the impact of the built, natural and social environment on global public health issues. Science Citations 111 scientists in top 1% of their fields Æ 111 professoriate staff were ranked by Thomson Reuters as being among the world’s top 1% of scientists based on the number of citations of their publications. Top Scholars 10 ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ Ten HKU scholars were named among the world’s most cited researchers in 2016 in Thomson Reuters ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ list. These included Professor Nagendra Shah in the School of Biological Sciences; Professor Kevin Zhou Zheng in the School of Business; Dr Yiu Siu-ming in the Department of Computer Science; Professor Sun Min and Professor Zhao Guochun in the Department of Earth Sciences; Professor James Lam in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Professor Yuen Kwok-yung in the Department of Microbiology; and Professor Guan Yi, Professor Malik Peiris and Professor Leo Poon in the School of Public Health. Professor Guan Yi Professor James Lam Professor Malik Peiris Professor Kevin Zhou Zheng Professor Nagendra Shah Professor Yuen Kwok-yung Professor Leo Poon Professor Sun Min Professor Zhao Guochun Dr Yiu Siu-ming 31 Research