Bulletin No. 2, 2015

Arts (31) Business Administration (8) Education (17) Engineering (16) Law (5) Medicine (66) Science (14) Social Science (32) 15.35% 3.96% 8.42% 7.92% 2.48% 32.67% 6.93% 15.83% 6.44% Total: 202 academic and research staff Research Unit (13) KPF Participation by Faculty Dr. Tony Tsoi Types of KPF Projects ICON (Inter-disciplinary Collaboration) projects are funded up to $400,000 each and emphasize interdisciplinary partnership. INSEED (Individual New Initiative) projects are funded up to HK$150,000 each and are not required to involve more than one academic department. Projects applying for the KPF should fall into one of four key knowledge areas—Culture and Heritage, Environment and Communal Harmony, Healthy Living, and Sustainability and Productivity. The Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF), one of five funds administered by the ORKTS, encourages CUHK researchers to be personally involved in applying knowledge through projects and bringing visible benefits to the community. As opposed to funding for conventional technology transfer activities, it targets community-based projects of any discipline or any combination of disciplines. According to Dr. Tony Tsoi , associate director of the ORKTS, the KPF has supported 130 projects with a total funding of over HK$32 million since its inception in 2009. Thanks to the fund, over 200 CUHK researchers of all academic areas have transferred their expertise to the local community with promising results. A More Hands-on Type of Knowledge Transfer 4 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2015