Calendar 2020-21

8 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 various stakeholders by devising overarching framework and operating mechanisms; (ii) Translational services—facilitating the establishment of infrastructures for translational medicine such as GMP cell processing facility and commercialization of animal centre services; (iii) Enterprise innovation— invigorating private and public partnerships in sectors such as green technology and marine science; and (iv) Entrepreneurship and talent development— collaborating with internal and external parties to deliver new professional training programmes, including those for professional qualifications in the field of advanced therapeutic products and a double master’s programme in translational sciences and business. Knowledge Transfer CUHK places great value on its interaction with society, and has broadened its range of knowledge transfer (KT) activities. ORKTS strives to promote interactions and partnerships between the University and industrial enterprises through conferences, contracts and licensing agreements, funding schemes, and entrepreneurship capacity building, with the aim of promoting knowledge transfer and creating economic and social impacts. Licensing income from technology transfer and the number of licences granted have increased significantly over the years. Collaboration agreements were concluded with prominent commercial firms both in mainland China and elsewhere in the world. The Knowledge Transfer Project Fund has supported a total of 209 projects since 2009, many of which were interdisciplinary efforts which promised various social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits. CUHK encourages students and researchers to contribute to society with the knowledge gained through their research. Launching startups is a direct and visible way of applying academic knowledge and skills for the benefit of the community. ORKTS has collaborated with other units to foster an entrepreneurial environment on CUHK’s campus conducive to innovation and creativity. The CUHK Pre-Incubation Centre (Pi Centre), established in early 2014, provides workspace, facilities, development and mentorship support to successful CUHK student applicants from all disciplines. Since its inception, the Pi Centre has admitted 93 student teams, 55 of which have already graduated to advanced incubation programmes outside the campus. Meanwhile, the Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU), funded by the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), encourages both faculty members and students to start technology businesses and commercialize R&D results. Since the inauguration of the scheme in late 2014, the TSSSU has supported 55 startup companies with close to HK$36 million. A new Sustainable Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (S-KPF) was introduced in 2015 to provide seed funding for innovative social enterprises; sustainable ventures that are dedicated to applying professors’ research findings to solve some of our community’s problems. Twelve social enterprises have been launched under the S-KPF scheme to serve disadvantaged segments of the locals. To complement