Calendar 2021-22

8 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 healthcare centre of excellence—located in the Greater Bay Area, this will be a platform for interdisciplinary and multi-organizational collaboration, to conduct research and develop healthcare solutions for residents in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area; (ii) Translational services—facilitating the establishment of infrastructure 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 material science, green technology and marine science; (iv) Entrepreneurship and talent development—collaborating with internal and external partners 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; and (v) Investment resource—introducing venture funds to University spinoffs especially for startups and providing assistance for industrial partnership matching. 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 226 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 PI Centre, established in early 2014, provides workspace, facilities, seed funding, development and mentorship support to successful CUHK student applicants from all disciplines. Since its inception, the PI Centre has admitted 113 student teams, 62 of which have already incorporated, some of them have been admitted 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