Annual Report 2010–11

40 下一站，社群 大學教育資助委員會（教資會）近年積極 推動本港高等院校加強知識轉移，作為 教學和研究以外的第三使命。為發揮協同 效應，並為校內各學院及業界提供更高 效率的支援，大學在 2011 年 3 月把知識轉 移辦公室及科技授權處合併為知識轉移 處，專責技術開發，開展社區為本項目， 以及處理合約與法律事務。 本年報所涵蓋的年度，為教資會所提供之 三年期 (2009–2012) 知識轉移經常撥款的 第二年，大學在多個範疇皆取得佳績。 科技發展方面，大學推出兩項新的資助計 劃──「專利申請基金」和「科技及業務 發展基金」，進一步支持技術保護、開發 和產業化。在 2010 至 11 年度，大學共申請 一百四十八項專利，成功取得六十八項， 合約研究及顧問服務方面的收入也創出 新高。 自 2010 年起，知識轉移基金不但資助各 學院的項目，還支持全校一切有助推展知 識轉移工作的項目，以及能加強大學實力 的跨部門合作，其中包括創新科技中心統 籌的「業界網絡數據庫」，以及創業研究 中心主辦和創立的「全球企業家香港周」 和「中大創業校友網絡」等。 在 2010 至 11 年度，共有二十五個對社會有 重要價值的項目獲知識轉移基金支持展 開。在甄選項目的過程中，創新意念是重 點之一，比如「上環文化知識旅遊」，就是 人類學系與酒店及旅遊管理學院跨學科 合作的成果。該項目透過創新的步行遊 覽，向遊客推廣上環及鄰近社區傳統和 乾貨食品貿易的知識，從而增進遊客 對香港的認識和興趣，並為傳統社區 帶來生氣。遊客可以使用互動網站、步 行地圖及 iPhone 應用程式，自定旅遊 日程。 Next Stop, Community In recent years, the University Grants Committee (UGC) has encouraged Hong Kong’s tertiary institutions to regard the boosting of capacity in knowledge transfer (KT) as their third mission, in addition to teaching and research. In order to achieve synergy and offer streamlined support and services for its Faculties and the industries, the University established the Knowledge Transfer Office by merging the Knowledge Transfer Unit and the Technology Licensing Office in March 2011. The three core functions of the office are technology development, community- based projects, and contracts and legal affairs. The UGC has provided Recurrent Funding for Knowledge Transfer for the triennium 2009–2012. The year under review was the second year of this triennium, in which the University reaped a rich harvest. On the technology front, two new funding schemes, namely, ‘Patent Application Fund’ and ‘Technology and Business Development Fund’, have been launched to further support technology protection, development and commercialization. In 2010–11, a total of 148 patents were filed and 68 of them were granted. There has also been a remarkable growth in the income generated from contract research and consultancy. Since 2010, the KT Fund has been utilized to support not only projects of the Faculties, but also university-wide initiatives that build and enhance infrastructure to facilitate KT. There is inter-departmental collaboration to contribute to the overall capacity of the University. Examples of such funded projects are Databases for Industrial Contacts (led by the Centre for Innovation and Technology), Global Entrepreneurship Week Hong Kong and CUHK Alumni Entrepreneur Network (led by the Centre for Entrepreneurship). A total of 25 projects with high social impact were supported by the Knowledge Transfer Project Fund. For this new round of projects in 2010–11, ‘new initiatives’ was one of the criteria for funding. A typical example is Learning from Neighbourhood Tourism in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, which is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Department of Anthropology and the