CUHK received eight Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) from the Ministry of Education in 2014, including two first-class awards and five second-class awards in natural sciences, as well as one first-class award in scientific and technological progress, again making it the institution receiving the highest number of awards in the local tertiary sector.

The award presentation ceremony was held on 7 May at Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK. Prof. Li Lu, Director General of the Education, Science and Technology Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in HKSAR; Mr. Lo Sai-hung Brian, Deputy Secretary for Education, HKSAR Government; and Mr. Li Nai-yiu, President of Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre, presented the prizes at the ceremony.

First-class Award in Natural Sciences

• Integrative research on molecular basis and potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets for colorectal cancer
  Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, Prof. Yu Jun, Prof. Ng Siu-man Simon, Prof. Wu Ka-kei, Prof. Ng Siew-chien
• Vascularized and innervated tissue-engineered bone: its construction and bone mechanisms
  Prof. Li Gang

Second-class Award in Natural Sciences

• Mechanism of TGF-beta / Smad signaling in renal fibrosis and molecular targeted therapy
  Prof. Lan Hui-yao, Prof. Chung Chi-kong Arthur
• Studies on virtual geographic environments for geographic experiments: theory and methods
  Prof. Lin Hui, Dr. Chen Min, Dr. Hu Mingyuan
• Personalized medicine for lung cancer
  Prof. Mok Shu-kam Tony
• Interface engineering for graphene transistors and photodetectors
  Prof. Xu Jianbin, Prof. Tsang Hon-ki, Dr. Chen Kun, Dr. Cheng Zhenzhou, Dr. Wan Xi, Dr. Wang Xiaomu, Dr. Tian Xiaoqing
• Rich phenomena and interesting physics in complex systems
  Prof. Xu Lei

First-class Award in Scientific and Technological Progress

• The advanced strategy of risk assessment, prevention and therapy for ischemic cerebrovascular diseases
  Prof. Wong Ka-sing Lawrence