Annual Report 1994-95

2 8 硏究 Research projects, a n d £ 3 5 , 0 00 f r om the U K - HK joint research s c h eme f or six projects. Staff w e r e also successful i n t a p p i ng o t h er resources to f i n a n ce t h e ir research. Seven ma j or p r o j e c ts w i t h g o o d p o t e n t i al f or i n d u s t r i al a p p l i c a t i o ns attracted $7.85 m i l l i on f r om the Industrial Support F u nd o f the Industry a n d T e c h n o l o gy D e v e l o pme nt Council. T e n me d i c al projects received f u n d i ng to the t u ne o f $2.81 m i l l i o n f r o m the He a l th Services Research Comm i t t e e. T h e University continues to d r aw f r om b o th the B l o ck Grant a nd private f u n ds a n d channel s u ch resources t h r o u gh its Research Comm i t t ee to s u p p o rt research i n different fields. Such s u p p o rt a m o u n t ed to s ome $8 m i l l i on i n 1994-95, i n c l u d i ng $5 m i l l i o n as seed m o n e y for eight strategic p r o g r ammes i n v o l v i ng a large n umb er o f academics, a n d the rest for other smaller projects a n d the Ma i n l i ne Research Scheme, w h i c h s u p p o r ts c o l l a b o r a t i on w i t h l e a d i ng institutions abroad. Wh i l e the Un i v e r s i ty has b e e n successful i n attracting v e ry substantial s ums i n s u p p o rt o f ma ny research projects, it mu st be stressed that i n ma ny specialities there are e x c e l l e nt research projects that d o n ot r e q u i re m u c h f u n d i n g. 研究評核 R e s e a r ch A s s e s s me nt 隨著公私撥款的增加，校方有更大責任向公眾交代其硏究成績。本校的科硏成績於一 九九三至九四年度曾接受大學教育資助委員會評核；委員會更把評核結果與其部分撥款掛 鈎。校方因應此發展，於一九九四至九五年間擬訂新的內部資源分配計劃，把研究表現列 爲校內資源分配的考慮因素之一。爲此，各學系都接受正式的硏究評核，成績優異者，將 伍德華博士(右) 現正與同事合編一本中、英文對照的香港手語工具書。 Dr. James Woodward (right) and a group of scholars at the University are working on a three-way reference book for Hong Kong sign language translated in both Chinese and English. 黃潘慧仙教授的研究小組發現某個遺傳基因的缺失，可能是鼻咽癌成因之 一。鼻咽 癌在香港華裔人士之中發病率特別高。 A group led by Dr. Dolly Huang have identified a missing gene as a possible cause of the unusually high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer among Hong Kong Chinese.