Croucher Foundation Seventh Report 2011 – 2015...Croucher Scholarships, Fellowships and...

Croucher FoundationSeventh Report2011 – 2015裘槎基金會第七個《五年報》

The Croucher Innovation Awards were established in 2012 to support exceptionally talented scientists at a formative stage in their careers. Winners from left to right are Dr Kam Tuen Law, Dr Hayden Kwok Hay So, Dr Stephanie Kwai Yee Ma, Dr Wang Yao, Dr Shizhong Zhang and Dr Tom Hiu Tung Cheung

“As Croucher scholars we are proud to continue a tradition of excellence and to dedicate ourselves to scientific discovery”

Croucher Foundation 裘槎基金會

About the Founder 基金會創辦人簡介

The Board of Trustees裘槎基金會董事局

Chairman's Foreword 主席序言

Scholarships and Fellowships 博士後及博士生獎學金得主

Croucher Innovation Awards裘槎前瞻科研大獎得主

Clinical Assistant Professorships臨床助理教授獎得主

Croucher Senior Research Fellowships 裘槎優秀科研者計劃

Croucher Advanced Study Institutes 裘槎資深科研院項目

Sponsorship of conferences, symposia and workshops 贊助國際會議及學術活動概覽

Joint Funding Scheme with the Chinese Academy of Sciences 中港聯合實驗室研究資助

Summer Courses 暑期項目

Lectures and workshops for school students 學生講座及工作坊

Fund for students with Emergency Needs學生緊急援助基金

Croucher Chinese Visitorships 裘槎中國內地來訪學者計劃

Special Project Grants 特別資助項目

The Staff 職員

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In these five years the Foundation awarded

6 early-career awards38 postdoctoral fellowships

52 scholarships for PhD study

2 clinical assistant professorships

23 senior research fellowships

We funded

10 CAS-Croucher Joint Laboratories10 Summer Courses

17 Advanced Study Institutes42 Gordon Research Conferences

74 international conferences

200 university students

We offered support to more than

experiencing sudden financial difficulty

The Croucher Foundation is a private foundation established by the late

Noel Croucher in 1979 to promote the standard of the natural sciences,

technology and medicine in Hong Kong. The work of the Foundation is

organised into five broad areas:

– scholarships and fellowships for promising young Hong Kong

scientists and medical doctors to pursue research overseas;

– research fellowships to enable scientists in Hong Kong to pursue their

intellectual inclinations, and to engage in bold new work;

– conferences, workshops and collaborative research to facilitate

the exchange of ideas between Hong Kong scientists and their

counterparts overseas;

– demonstration lectures to promote a wider understanding of science

among Hong Kong school students and undergraduate students; and

– support for any undergraduate or postgraduate student in Hong Kong

experiencing sudden financial difficulty.

Noel Croucher entrusted the governance of his Foundation to the

discretion of a Board of Trustees. Lord Todd, the Nobel Laureate and

Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge, was the founding President of the

Foundation. The current Chairman is Professor Tak Wah Mak, a Fellow

of the Royal Society, a foreign associate of the US National Academy of

Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an internationally

recognised pioneer in the fields of immunology and cancer research.

Professor Mak took up the chairmanship of the Croucher Foundation in

June 2011. The immediate past Chairman is Professor

Yuet Wai Kan FRS.

裘槎基金會是一個私人基金會，於1979年由已故的裘槎先生創辦，旨在提昇香港自然科學、科技及醫學的水平。基金會的工作分為以下五大範疇：

– 為有潛質的香港青年科學家及醫生於海外供讀博士學位或進行博士後研究；

– 讓香港的科研者能專心發展其科研潛能並進行創新的研究工作;

– 資助舉辦研討會及合作研究，促進香港與海外科學家的交流溝通；

– 資助舉辦學術活動，促進香港中學生及本科生對科學知識的了解；及

– 為有緊急財務困難的香港大學生提供資助。

裘槎先生委託董事局全權管理其基金會。基金會的創會會長陶德勳爵，是諾貝爾獎得主及劍橋大學基督書院院長。現任主席麥德華教授，為英國皇家學院院士、美國科學院海外院士、加拿大皇家學院院士、也是一位免疫學和癌症研究上國際公認先驅。麥教授由2011年6月起擔任裘槎基金會主席一職，接替已卸任的前主席簡悅威教授。


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Noel Croucher was a legendary character - conventional yet eccentric,

extremely rich yet mean to himself. From simple beginnings in England, he

came to Hong Kong at the turn of the twentieth century to live through eight

decades of change on the China Coast. At his death he endowed Hong Kong

with its richest academic charity, the Croucher Foundation.

His life and times were researched and written by Vaudine England in

consultation with leading Hong Kong historian Dr Elizabeth Sinn. The Quest

of Noel Croucher, Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist was published in 1998 by

the Hong Kong University Press. Copies can be ordered from 14th floor Hing

Wai Centre, 7 Tin Wan Praya Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. All proceeds from

the sale of this book go to one of Croucher's best-loved charities, the Society

for the Relief of Disabled Children.

基金創辦人裘槎先生是個傳奇人物。既可獨斷獨行卻又維護傳統，極富有又非常吝嗇。在英國出身寒微的他，於二十世紀初踏足香港，見証了香港八十年的滄桑，並憑一己努力創出事業。辭世前更將其畢生財富給香港賜贈了最富有的學術專用基金。

有關裘槎的傳奇生平，本會邀請了著名記者應嘉倫女士，經一年多的資料搜集，和會見不少當年與裘槎認識的人士，並由知名香港學者冼玉儀任顧問，考證和研究，寫成傳記。由香港大學出版社出版。有興趣人士可直接向該出版社訂購，地址為香港田灣海旁道七號興瑋中心十四樓。售書所得，全部捐贈香港弱能兒童護助會，該會是裘槎先生生前最愛的慈善團體之一。

About The Founder 基金會創辦人簡介

Professor Tak Wah Mak, F.R.S.C., F.R.S. (Chairman)

麥德華教授 (主席)

Professor Timothy M. Cox, M.D., F.R.C.P., FMedSci (Vice-Chairman)

郭思恬教授 (副主席)

Professor Roland Chin

錢大康教授

Mr George W. Long

郎橋志先生

Ms Josephine Price

潘佐芬女士

Professor Dennis Lo, F.R.S.

盧煜明教授

Professor Vivian Wing Wah Yam

任詠華教授

Mr Wong Yan Lung

黃仁龍大律師

Professor Artur Ekert, F.R.S.

艾克之教授


Trustees

董事局

Director

總監

Office

辦公室地址

Mr David Foster

傅德偉先生

501 Nine Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong

香港皇后大道中9號501室Tel: (852) 2736-6337 Fax: (852) 2730-0742

www.croucher.org.hk

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Over the period covered by this, our seventh, report we introduced a

substantial funding initiative for promising early career scientists; signed

agreements with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Council for

the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings; expanded our support of scientific

meetings including summer courses; and helped to establish an informal

network of local foundations: the Hong Kong Foundations Exchange.

The Croucher Innovation Award

In October 2012, following a period of consultation with the academic

community in Hong Kong and a review of similar schemes operating in

other parts of the world, the Trustees introduced a funding initiative to

support promising early career scientists wishing to establish research

groups in Hong Kong. Croucher Innovation Awards are awards of up to

five million Hong Kong dollars each for research expenses to be used

over five years at the discretion of the recipient.

Our goal is to identify a small number of very promising young scientists

working at an internationally competitive level and to offer meaningful

support at a formative career stage. These substantial early career

awards are designed to enable recipients to pursue their own scientific,

intellectual and professional inclinations, to advance their expertise,

to engage in bold new work, and to contribute to the development of

education and research in Hong Kong.

Selection takes place through a highly competitive process involving

nomination by an academic institution, a paper-based preliminary

screening, extensive peer review, and an interview involving at least

one internationally renowned expert in the field of the candidate.

At interview, each candidate is invited to present a detailed research

proposal for scrutiny by the panel. Over the reporting period we

funded five awards including one joint award.

Clinical Assistant Professorships

Building on the Foundation’s support from 2007 for a combined MBBS/

PhD programme in Hong Kong which aims to equip a small cohort of

highly talented postgraduate students with both a thorough and up-

to-date medical training and also knowledge of the scientific basis of

medicine, in 2012 the Trustees resolved to establish, in partnership with

the medical faculties of the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese

University of Hong Kong, a new initiative to support the appointment of

junior physician scientists to be appointed by their respective faculties

to the post of Clinical Assistant Professor. One year later, following

a rigorous selection exercise, including an interview at the Croucher

Foundation, the first two clinical assistant professors were appointed.

Senior Research Fellowships

Croucher Senior Research Fellowships are prestigious awards supporting

mid-career scientists in Hong Kong universities who wish to spend

more time on research, and less time on their heavy teaching and

administrative commitments. All candidates go through a stringent

process of assessment and selection, including review by a group of

leading scientists, with the result that the award winners are Hong Kong

scientists who are internationally acknowledged to be at the forefront

of their respective fields. In 2015, the Trustees reviewed the terms

of the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship and resolved to increase

significantly the value of each award with the addition of a two million

Hong Kong dollar research allowance. The purpose of the research

allowance is to provide robust support to award recipients during the

period of the fellowship, enabling them to intensify the pursuit of

their scientific objectives, with a continuation once they return to their

teaching and administrative duties.

Croucher Scholarships, Fellowships and Studentships

Family circumstances denied a formal education to our Founder, the late

Noel Croucher, who began work at an early age as a postal clerk. We are

always mindful of his generosity in deciding, towards the end of his life,

to return his entire fortune to the Hong Kong community; his foresight in

identifying the natural sciences, technology and medicine as the bedrock

of future economic prosperity in Hong Kong; and his specific desire to

help outstanding Hong Kong students at the outset of their careers.

Over five years from 2011, the Foundation awarded scholarships,

fellowships and studentships to 90 exceptionally talented Hong Kong

students. Croucher Scholars and Fellows were admitted to world-class

universities and research institutes in Canada, France, Germany, Sweden,

Switzerland, UK and the USA. Our objective is to select and nurture

a group of outstanding students who, through a process of intensive

education and exposure to prominent academics in their respective

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fields, will develop independent and critical abilities and form academic

relationships which will be of enduring value as they progress in their

careers and who will in turn become the next generation of leaders of

science, technology and medicine in Hong Kong.

In 2012, the Trustees introduced a supplementary start-up allowance

payable to award recipients returning to Hong Kong to take up tenure-

track faculty positions. The start-up allowance enables recipients to have

funds available immediately upon arrival in Hong Kong for research

expenses including salaries for research assistants, purchase of laboratory

equipment and consumables. In 2014, We increased the annual stipend

offered to each Croucher Scholar and Fellow and introduced new

allowances including an academic development allowance, a family

allowance and, for postdoctoral fellows, a significantly increased research

allowance. Together these changes represent a significant improvement

in the financial terms of our study awards. In 2015, the value of a typical

three-year Croucher Scholarship was US$235,000.

Strengthening the network of Croucher scholars

In July 2011, we held an inaugural “send-off party” in Hong Kong to

congratulate the most recent recipients of Croucher Scholarships and

Croucher Fellowships. Since then, this informal gathering has become an

important annual tradition of the Foundation providing an opportunity

for award recipients to meet each other and sparking friendships which

we trust will endure for many years.

To provide an up-to-date list of scholarships and fellowships awarded by

the Foundation, to facilitate communication between past and present

award recipients, and to help recognise the scientific achievements of

Croucher Scholars and Croucher Fellows over the years, the Foundation

commissioned an online yearbook which was launched in 2012. The basic

yearbook, a list of over 900 scholarships and fellowships awarded by

Trustees since 1979, was generated automatically from the Foundation’s

existing scholarship database. Scholars were invited to add photos,

self-introductions and contact information. The online yearbook has

become an integral part of Foundation’s web site which includes detailed

information on the various funding programmes offered by

the Foundation.

In December 2015, to provide our newest awardees with an opportunity

to present their scientific work, in 2015 we also launched the Croucher

Symposium. Held in the historic Hung Hing Ying Building on the Main

Campus of the University of Hong Kong, the “Croucher Class of 2015”

was invited to make presentations to a group of recently returned

scholars and Innovation Award recipients. Immediately after the

symposium we held an inaugural Foundation Day Dinner to celebrate

with the wider family of scholars, grant recipients, partners and friends

the anniversary of the signing of the Foundation’s Deed of Trust.

We are proud of the achievements of our family of scholars and

encouraged that, during the period of this awards, many of them

received international recognition for their work.

Funding Scheme with the Chinese Academy of Sciences

The relationship between the Foundation and the Chinese Academy

of Sciences dates back to 1984 when an agreement between the two

parties was concluded following an official visit to Beijing by Trustees

led by our Founding President, Lord Todd. In the intervening years, the

Foundation supported a steadily growing number of exchange visits

between scientists in Hong Kong universities and their counterparts in

the institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The visits would often

result in proposals for collaborative research.

In 2003, upon consultation with our colleagues in the Chinese Academy,

we decided to introduce a programme to encourage more systematically

scientific cooperation between the two sides. In October 2012, the

Croucher Foundation and the Chinese Academy of Science held a one-

day meeting in Kunming to review the progress of the funding scheme.

Thirteen teams of researchers described the research questions they

had set out to address and the main scientific achievements of the

collaborative projects. In addition to scientific outcomes, each team noted

wider benefits including educational benefits, institutional benefits, and

sequential grant proposals.

In December 2013, the Trustees welcomed Professor Bai Chunli, President

of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on his first visit to the Croucher

Foundation. In October 2014, to mark the occasion of the thirtieth

anniversary of the signing of the original agreement, a new agreement


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was signed in Beijing. This agreement confirms the shared commitment

of the two organisations to the support of collaboration between

researchers in Hong Kong universities and their counterparts in Chinese

Academy of Sciences research institutes, and provides a framework for

future funding initiatives.

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

Since 1951 some 30-40 Nobel Laureates have gathered each year in

Lindau to meet the next generation of scientific leaders – outstanding

postgraduate students and early career researchers selected from around

the world. In 2012, the Foundation was invited to become an academic

partner of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

The scientific programme of each Lindau Meeting facilitates an exchange

across disciplines, geographies and generations. Feedback from Hong

Kong participants since 2012 has been extremely positive. It is clear

that the meetings represent a very special opportunity for Hong Kong

students and postdoctoral researchers to present their work, to engage

with peers, to learn about science across a wide range of disciplines –

and of course to meet some of the 30-40 Laureates attending

each meeting.

In June 2015, at the invitation of Countess Bettina Bernadotte, President

of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings, an agreement

was signed between the two organisations to confirm the terms of our

partnership.

Gordon Research Conferences

The Gordon Research Conferences were established in the USA in

the 1920s to provide an international forum for the presentation and

discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical

sciences, and their related technologies. Scientists with common

professional interests come together for a full week of intense discussion

and examination of the most advanced aspects of their field. Over the

years, Gordon Research Conferences have become a valuable means of

disseminating information and ideas in a way that cannot be achieved

through publications or presentations at large scientific meetings.

In July 2011, the Trustees invited Dr Nancy Gray, Director of Gordon

Research Conferences, and colleagues to visit Hong Kong to meet

senior representatives of the academic community and government, to

visit possible conference sites, and to explore possibility of establishing

an expanded programme in Hong Kong. The Board of Trustees of

the Gordon Research Conferences subsequently resolved upon a very

significant expansion.

In 2015, thirteen residential meetings were held in Hong Kong reaching

a total of 1058 participants. Several of these meetings were preceded by

shorter seminars organised by and for local postgraduate students. Six

of the thirteen meetings held in 2015 were new meetings proposed by

Hong Kong researchers and selected competitively.

Croucher Summer Courses

Hong Kong is an attractive venue for postgraduate students and young

researchers from overseas. In 2008, the Foundation and the Royal Society

organised a Frontiers of Science meeting in Hong Kong. Thirty-five

young scientists from the UK were invited to attend the meeting, with an

equal number of participants from Hong Kong. In light of very positive

feedback from UK participants, and noting that residential summer

schools are a useful mechanism to encourage informal interaction

between participants, and between participants and invited lecturers,

the Trustees announced a new initiative to support short courses in

Hong Kong.

A Croucher Summer Course is a residential course held in Hong Kong

over a period of approximately five days, which sets out to educate and

inspire a small group of promising postgraduate students and early career

researchers. Each course is held once every two years. Participants from

all over the world gain the opportunity to visit Hong Kong and learn from

world-renowned scientists, network with peers, participate in engaging

and interactive discussions and, depending on the subject of the course,

gain practical experience in the laboratory. Organisers of Croucher

Summer Courses apply for funding from the Foundation through a

competitive multi-stage process. Grants are awarded for a six-year period

in the first instance.

Chairman’s Foreword 主席序言

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The Foundation’s Investment Portfolio

In our last report we described how, in 2007, the Foundation invited an

independent investment consultant to conduct a detailed strategic review

of the investment approach of the Foundation, including comments

on the governance of the investment process. This review underlined

the potential benefits of additional diversification in terms of reduced

portfolio volatility and resulted in two critical decisions which, with the

benefit of hindsight, helped to protect the value of the Foundation’s

assets during a period of extraordinary volatility: in October 2007,

after extensive discussion, the Trustees agreed broad policy targets for

individual asset classes within the portfolio and began a gradual process

of rebalancing towards those targets; and in 2008, we established an

investment committee to monitor the performance of the Foundation’s

portfolio against agreed targets, recommend changes to policy targets

where appropriate and to determine manager additions and terminations.

In June 2015, the Investment Committee reviewed with input from

an independent external consultant the effectiveness of its decision-

making and governance, this being the latest in a series of periodic

evaluations designed to inform the actions of the Foundation in future.

The financial and economic climate continues to be challenging, and we

remain cautious. It is clear however that the decisions of the Investment

Committee in relation to tactical asset allocation, portfolio construction

and manager selection are in line with international standards and

have been effective in helping the Foundation to achieve its long-term

investment and policy objectives.

Hong Kong Foundations Exchange

The Croucher Foundation is a founding member of the Hong Kong

Foundations Exchange, an informal gathering established in May 2012 to

encourage stronger ties between private foundations, charitable trusts,

philanthropies and other similarly-constituted grant-making organisations

in Hong Kong. The number of foundations which have participated

in meetings of the Hong Kong Foundations Exchange has increased

gradually and by the end of 2015 had reached over thirty.

Meetings of the Hong Kong Foundations Exchange provide an

opportunity for the board members and staff of local foundations to get

to know each other, to share ideas and experiences, and to discuss some

of the common questions they encounter in their work. Participants use

an intranet site to post information about upcoming events and, where

appropriate, to share funding proposals received from grant-seeking

organisations in case another foundation is interested in becoming a co-

sponsor. In addition to providing a platform for general discussion, the

Exchange also has a programme of training seminars and has invited

speakers to give talks on topics of specific interest.

The Board of Trustees

It is with utmost sadness that I record here the tragic loss of two

of our founding Trustees: Ian Robert Anderson MacCallum (1931-

2014) and Rayson Huang (1920-2015). Both were appointed by Noel

Croucher as Original Trustees in 1979 and served the Foundation for

unbroken periods of 35 and 36 years respectively. Ian MacCallum was

the Vice Chairman of the Croucher Foundation and, at the time of his

appointment as an Original Trustee, the senior partner of a leading Hong

Kong law firm Wilkinson & Grist. Professor Rayson Huang was a Rhodes

Scholar (1943-1946) and Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong

(1972-1986).

Ian MacCallum and Rayson Huang made inestimable contributions,

not only to the work of the Croucher Foundation, but also to the

development of science, technology and medicine in Hong Kong.

They brought a wealth of experience, as prominent and successful

professionals, as individuals deeply committed to the development of

civil society and education in Hong Kong, and as indefatigable and good-

natured committee members with an unerring sense of how best to get

things done. We shall miss them greatly.

In respect of new appointments, we were very pleased that Mr Wong

Yan Lung and Professor Artur Ekert graciously consented to join us

as Trustees in 2014 and 2015 respectively, bringing with them an

extraordinary wealth of experience, at a very senior level, in their

respective professions. We are also most grateful for the dedication and

support of a group of six talented and highly-professional Committee

Members who, during the period of this report, served alongside our

Trustees on the Foundation’s Investment and Audit Committees: Mr John

Budge, Dr Michael Chen, Ms Ingrid Child, Mr Peter Wong, Mr Benjamin

Tang and Ms Sophia Zhu. We value their expert guidance and their

selfless commitment to the work of the Foundation.


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Professor Yuet Wai Kan, Trustee and Chairman of the Croucher

Foundation

In 2011, after twenty years of unstinting service as a Trustee of the

Foundation and as the Chairman of our Board of Trustees, Professor Yuet

Wai Kan retired from his official Croucher Foundation positions. Professor

Kan is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the US National

Academy of Sciences, a member of the Academia Sinica, a foreign

member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an internationally

renowned pioneer in the field of human genetics. This is an opportunity

to express, on behalf of my fellow Trustees, our deep appreciation of

the gifted leadership provided by Professor Kan during a period of great

change both for the Foundation and for Hong Kong. We are extremely

thankful to him for his guidance and wisdom over the years. In 2012, in

recognition of the contribution of Professor Y W Kan over twenty years

to the work of the Foundation and to Hong Kong science, the Trustees

of the Croucher Foundation were proud to establish the Y W Kan

Professorship in Natural Sciences tenable at Professor Kan’s alma mater,

the University of Hong Kong.

Some observations on the natural sciences, technology and

medicine in Hong Kong

We are encouraged to note that over the period of this report new

funding was made available by the Government of the Hong Kong

Special Administrative Region to help Hong Kong’s continuing

development as a regional centre for education and research. Several

initiatives were announced including a scheme to support early career

research which we believe can complement our own efforts in this area,

the establishment of an endowment to support applied research, and a

new scheme offering partial support for undergraduate and postgraduate

study overseas.

Although as a proportion of the economy, the amount spent on research

and development in Hong Kong continues to be quite low compared

with some other parts of the region, we nonetheless welcome these

positive steps by Government, and note also the rapid increase in funding

for research in mainland China, which will in turn provide opportunities

for the scientific community in Hong Kong. In 2014, the Hong Kong

University Grants Committee completed a comprehensive research

assessment exercise, with extensive input from leading overseas scholars

and scientists, and concluded that in several areas the research output of

Hong Kong universities was judged by international experts to be

world-class.

For over thirty-five years, the Trustees of the Foundation have been

dedicated to promoting the standard of the natural sciences, technology

and medicine in Hong Kong. It has been particularly gratifying over the

past five years to see how the modest resources of the Foundation can

be deployed systematically to provide support for some of the brightest

minds in Hong Kong. Our strategic framework continues to evolve, and

as the Foundation approaches its forty-year anniversary, we look forward

to growing together with, and in support of, the scientific community of

Hong Kong.

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Finally, the Trustees wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge with

appreciation the support given to the Foundation by renowned scientists

from some fifteen countries who have most generously responded to

our invitations to help with the evaluation of the many requests for

substantial financial support we receive each year. With their guidance

the Foundation can always be assured of good scientific value for the

grants it awards. We would also like to thank the leading scientists, at

home and aboard, who helped in interviewing candidates in our annual

Scholarship and Fellowship selections exercises, and particularly those

from the University of Cambridge for their constant support over the last

three decades in offering their expertise in selection exercises conducted

in the UK.

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Tak Wah Mak

Chairman


在這第七份報告涵蓋的期內，本會推展了一項重大的資助計劃扶持有潛質的年輕科學家，並與中國科學院和林島諾貝爾獎得主大會理事會簽訂了協議。同期，本會亦擴展了給予科學學術會議的支持，包括暑期課程等，並且成立了一個非正式團體──香港基金交流會。

裘槎前瞻科研大獎

董事會廣泛諮詢香港學界和參考世界其他地區同類計劃後，於2012年10

月宣佈推展一項新的資助計劃，協助有意在香港建立研究小組、有潛質的年輕科學家。每位裘槎前瞻科研大獎得主最高可獲五百萬港元資助研究開支，在五年資助期內由其酌情運用。

本會的目標是發掘具國際競爭力及有潛質的年輕科學家，在他們建基立業的關鍵階段作出支持。本計劃提供可觀的起動資金，讓得獎者在科學、知識及專業領域各展所長，增進專業知識和大膽創新，為香港的教育及科研發展作出貢獻。

得獎者的選拔過程十分嚴謹。申請人須由學術機構提名，並提交研究計劃書作初步篩選和同業評審，然後接受面試。面試評審團成員包括最少一名屬於申請人特定領域的國際知名專家，而每名申請人須向評審團詳細解說研究計劃。在本報告期內, 本計劃頒發了五個獎項包括一個聯合獎項。

臨床助理教授

基金會自2007年開始提供醫學博士生獎學金，在香港設立內外全科醫學學士/醫學博士(MBBS/PhD)課程，旨在向一小撮具天賦的研究生授予最全面及最新的醫學培訓和醫學基礎知識。建立在此基礎上，董事會於2012

年決定與香港大學及香港中文大學醫學院協辦一項新計劃，資助兩所醫學院委聘初級醫學科學家出任臨床助理教授。經過一輪嚴格甄選，包括在裘槎基金會進行面試，首兩位臨床助理教授的人選於翌年正式誕生。

優秀科研者獎

裘槎優秀科研者獎享負盛名，特別頒予在科研工作上有卓越表現的學者，暫免他們沉重的教學和行政職務，讓他們騰出更多時間進行科學研究。所有申請人均須通過嚴格評估及甄選，包括由知名科學家小組評審，確保得獎者是在各自的領域上國際公認的卓越優才。董事會於2015

年檢討裘槎優秀科研者獎的條款後，議決大幅調高獎項的價值，將研究津貼增至港幣兩百萬元。研究津貼讓得獎者在獲獎期內全心投入研究，追求科研目標，並可於回復教學及行政職務之後繼續其科研工作。

Dr Wai Lung Ng (second from left) attending a Post-conference programme of 2015 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting with 20 young scientists from 17 countries at University of Stuttgart.

Professor Bai Chunli, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at a dinner to mark his visit to Hong Kong in December 2013.

Chairman, Professor Tak Wah Mak and Trustee, Ms Josephine Price with Dr Kit Cheung (2011 Scholar to study at the Imperial College London) at the 2011 Send-off party.

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裘槎博士生獎學金、博士後研究獎學金及在港博士生獎學金

本基金會的已故創辦人裘槎先生礙於家庭環境，沒有機會接受正式的教育，年紀輕輕便投身社會當郵政文員。他在耋耄之年決定回饋社會，捐出畢生財富造福香港。裘槎先生又高瞻遠矚，早已預料自然科學、科技及醫學將會成為香港未來經濟繁榮的基石，他更定下明確目標，幫助香港傑出學生開展事業。對於裘槎先生的貢獻，我們永記於心。

自2011年至今五年間，基金會向共88位優秀的香港學生頒發博士生獎學金、博士後研究獎學金和在港博士生獎學金。裘槎博士生及博士後研究獎學金得主分別獲加拿大、法國、德國、瑞典、瑞士、英國和美國的世界級學府及研究院錄取。本會旨在提拔及培育一群優秀的本地學生，透過在不同領域裏深造和接觸知名學者，助他們發展獨立和關鍵的才能，並建立持久的合作夥伴關係，從而成為香港新一代自然科學、科技及醫學領域的領袖。

本會董事局於2012年設立了初創補助金計劃，對象是回香港並獲得終身大學教職的獎學金得主。初創補助金得主抵港後即可有資金應付研究開支，如研究助理的薪金、購置實驗室器材及消耗品。自2014年，本會提高了每位裘槎博士生及博士後研究獎學金得主每年的獎學金金額，並推出多項額外津貼，包括學術發展津貼和家庭津貼，博士後研究生的研究津貼亦被大幅調高。推行一系列改革後，本會的獎學金更富經濟價值，如2015年頒發為期三年的裘槎博士生獎學金一般總值達235,000美元。

拓展裘槎獎學金得主網絡

本會於2011年7月首次在香港為最新一批博士生及博士後研究獎學金得主舉辦「歡送派對」慶祝，而這個非正式聚會自此已成為基金會每年一度的重要傳統，我們深信獎學金得主可藉此機會互相認識，建立持久的友誼。

基金會於2012年安排製作網上年刊，詳列迄今獲本會頒授博士生及博士後研究獎學金的得主名錄，促進這群精英的聯繫與交流，並藉此平台公開表揚裘槎獎學金得主多年來的驕人卓績。年刊的基本資料自動依照基金會現有的獎學金數據庫的名單發佈，載有董事會自1979年以來頒授逾900項博士生及博士後研究獎學金的資料，而各獎學金得主亦被邀請上載照片及填寫自我介紹和聯絡資料。目前網上年刊已匯入基金會網站，該網站內容涵蓋基金會各項資助項目的詳情。


為使新得獎者有機會介紹他們的科研工作，本會於2015年12月特別舉辦裘槎研討會。聚會選址於香港大學本部校園的歷史建築「孔慶熒樓」舉行，邀請到2015年裘槎獎學金得主出席及發表演說，在座的聽眾包括多位最近回港的前得獎者和前瞻科研大獎得主。研討會結束後隨即舉行首屆基金會成立日晚宴，一眾學者、資助項目與獎學金得主、合作夥伴與基金會好友們共慶基金會簽訂信託契約的周年紀念。

裘槎獎學金得主的優越成就讓我們顧盼自豪，更為許多得獎者在資助期間憑着科研佳績獲得國際肯定感到鼓舞。

與中國科學院合辦的資助計劃

基金會與中國科學院的合作可以追溯到 1984 年，當時本會的董事在創會會長陶德勳爵的帶領下前往北京正式拜訪中國科學院，雙方隨後簽訂了一份協議。這些年來，此資助計劃讓香港各大學與中國科學院的科學家們互相訪問，交流人數逐年增加，更經常促成雙方展開合作研究。

本會於2003 年與中國科學院共同商議後，決定推出一項計劃，鼓勵雙方展開更加系統化的科研合作。裘槎基金會與中國科學院在2012年10月於昆明舉行了為期一天的會議，共同檢視資助計劃的進展。會上，十三個科研小組闡述他們之前定下的研究目標，以及合作後所達到的主要科學成果。各小組除了匯報科研成果，還表示此計劃為他們造就了其他方面的利益，如教育、院校方面和日後申請資助等都有幫助。

於2013年12月，本會董事欣然接待訪港的中國科學院院長白春禮教授，歡迎白教授首次蒞臨基金會。適逢基金會與中國科學院簽訂協議十三周年，雙方於2014年10月，在北京簽訂最新合作協議以誌紀念。雙方透過新協議承諾全力支持香港各大學與中國科學院轄下各研究中心的科學家交流合作，同時為日後推展更多資助計劃建立穩健框架。

林島諾貝爾獎得主大會

自1951年以來，每年30-40位諾貝爾獎得主也會在林島聚首一堂，會見科學界的未來領袖──來自世界各地的傑出研究生及年輕科研人員。基金會於2012年獲邀成為林島諾貝爾獎得主大會的學術夥伴。

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每屆林島大會的科學議程都能促進跨越不同界別、地域和世代的交流。2012年至今曾參與其中的香港參加者均給予大會高度評價。大會是香港研究生和博士後研究生發表研究成果的寶貴機遇，也可讓他們與同儕切磋，接觸各種不同科學範疇，當然還可與每屆出席的30-40位諾貝爾獎得主見面。

本會在2015年6月應林島諾貝爾獎得主大會理事會主席白納達特伯爵夫人(Countess Bettina Bernadotte)邀請，正式為雙方合作的細節簽訂協議。

戈登研究會議

戈登研究會議是1920年代於美國始創的國際論壇，會上報告和討論涉及生物、化學和物理科學與相關技術等多個領域的前線研究。興趣相投的科學專家有整整一個星期交流和深入探討他們科學領域最深奧精闢的課題。這些年來，戈登研究會議已成為一個任何刊物或大型科學會議都難以企及，非常珍貴的科學資訊及概念發布點。

本會董事在2011年7月邀得戈登研究會議主席Nancy Gray博士聯同多位同事訪問香港，與本地學界及政府的高層代表會面，並參觀可供使用的會議場地和探討在香港擴展會議計劃的可能性。戈登研究會議理事會其後議決推行非常顯著的擴展項目。

在2015年，共1,058位科研學者參加了合共十三場在香港舉行的留宿會議，當中有數場會議更以本地研究生舉辦專為本地研究生而設的簡短研討會揭開序幕。在2015年舉行的十三場會議中，有六場是香港科研界建議，經大會精挑細選後採納的新會議。

裘槎暑期課程

對於海外研究生及年輕研究學者，香港是個有吸引力的地點。早於2008

年，基金會便偕同英國皇家學會在港協辦了一場《前沿科學》會議，從英國和香港分別邀請了各三十五位青年科學家出席。有見英國參加者非常正面的反饋，以及留宿形式的暑期課程對促進參加者之間及參加者和應邀出席的講師之間非正式互動交流所發揮的重大作用，本會董事宣佈新措施支持更多在香港舉辦的短期課程。

裘槎暑期留宿課程為期約五天，授課地點在香港。暑期課程每隔兩年開辦一次，旨在教育及啟迪一小撮具潛質的研究生和年輕科研人員。來自世界各地的參加者可藉此機會到香港遊歷，向國際知名的科學家學習，

結交同儕，並可參與趣味盎然的互動討論，個別學科的課程更會有在實驗室實踐的機會。裘槎暑期課程的籌辦機構須向基金會申請資助，並通過多個階段的遴選過程。首個資助期為六年。

基金會的投資組合

上一份報告曾匯報本會在2007 年聘請獨立投資顧問對基金會投資方式作出詳細的策略審查，包括對投資流程管治的意見。根據審查結果，增加多樣化的分散投資對降低投資組合波動性具有潛在好處，結果促使本會作出兩大關鍵決定──在2007年10月，董事局經過周詳的討論後，同意在投資組合內的個別資產類別制定廣泛的政策目標，並開始朝着這些目標逐漸重整投資項目；其後於2008年，我們成立了投資委員會，專責監察基金會投資組合實現議定目標的表現，並於適當情況下建議更改政策目標，以及決定投資經理的增補和停職事宜。從事後看來，這兩大關鍵決定確實有助於在異常波動的投資市況下保障基金會資產的價值。

在2015年6月，投資委員會跟一位外界獨立投資顧問一起檢討投資決策及管治的成效，將來會有類似的定期評估，目的是為基金會未來的行動部署。現時的金融和經濟氣候依然充滿挑戰，因此我們會繼續審慎行事，然而投資委員會就戰略性資產分配、投資組合結構和甄選投資經理所作的決定均符合國際標準，且一直以來也有效地讓基金會臻達長遠的投資及政策目標。

香港基金交流會

裘槎基金會是香港基金交流會的創始成員。這個非正式聚會於2012年5月成立，旨在促進本地私人基金會、慈善信託基金、慈善事業及其他同類結構的資助機構之間的聯繫。在香港基金交流會成立以來，參與交流會的機構數目逐漸增多，截至2015年底已超過三十間。

香港基金交流會的聚會讓本港各基金會董事和職員互相了解，分享想法、經驗與心得，並且討論工作中常遇到的問題。參加者可透過內聯網發佈有關即將舉行的活動的資訊，還可於適當情況下分享申請經費資助的提案，以供其他有興趣共同贊助的機構考慮。除了提供一個討論平台，香港基金交流會亦常舉辦培訓研討會，過去曾邀請多位講者就特別專題發表演說。


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董事局

本人以哀傷的心情公告，本會痛失麥加林律師(1931-2013)及黃麗松教授(1920-2015)兩位創始董事。二人皆是基金會創辦人裘槎先生於1979年親自委任的原董事，一直投身基金會的工作，服務年期分別長達34及36

年，從未間斷。麥加林律師生前為裘槎基金會副主席，當年出任本會原董事時是香港著名律師事務所高露雲律師行的資深合夥人。黃麗松教授曾為羅德學者(1943-1946)和香港大學校長(1972-1986)。

麥加林律師和黃麗松教授不但對裘槎基金會的會務不遺餘力，而且對本港的科學、科技及醫學發展貢獻良多。這兩位顯赫的專業英才藉着豐富的經驗，以無比熱誠在香港推動公民社會和教育發展。作為委員會成員，他們與人為善，總能夠保持敏銳的觸覺，審時度勢後把每件事做到最好，我們將永遠懷念他們倆。

至於期內的新任命，我們很榮幸邀得黃仁龍先生及艾克之教授分別於2014年及2015年加入成為本會董事。二人是各自領域的頂尖人才，為基金會帶來專業知識和豐富經驗。此外，我們謹在此向六位高度專業、才華出眾的委員會成員致謝，感激他們於此報告期內在本基金會的投資及審計委員會與董事們並肩合作，為基金會謀福祉。六位委員分別是白仲安先生、陳世達博士、周婉琦女士、黃匡源先生、鄧國斌先生及朱驛冰女士。我們感謝他們的遠見卓識和對基金會工作的無私奉獻。

裘槎基金會董事暨主席──簡悅威教授

辛勤服務基金會二十年後，簡悅威教授於2011年榮休，卸任董事及董事局主席正式職務。簡教授是英國皇家學會院士、美國科學院院士、中央研究院院士及中國科學院外籍院士，並且是享譽國際的人類遺傳學先驅學者。本人謹借此機會代表其他董事向簡教授致萬分感謝。在他的英明領導下，我們泰然迎接基金會和香港的蛻變。我們衷心多謝簡教授多年來循循善導，為本會獻出真知灼見。於2012年，為彰表簡教授二十年來為推動基金會和香港的科學發展鞠躬盡瘁，裘槎基金會董事局欣然在簡教授的母校香港大學設立簡悅威基金教授席(自然科學)。

對於香港的自然科學、科技及醫學的一些觀察

我們很高興得悉在本報告期間香港特別行政區政府撥出新資金，幫助香港作為地區教育及研究中心的持續發展。政府就此公佈了幾個項目，包括一項相信可承輔本會相關工作的年輕科研人員資助計劃、成立基金支持應用研究，以及一個為到海外進修的本科生和研究生提供部分經費的新計劃。

儘管隨著經濟中所佔比例，香港用於研發的經費相比鄰近地區仍相當低，但我們依然歡迎港府採取這些積極措施，也注意到中國內地研究經費快速增長，這將可為香港科學界創造機會。大學教育資助委員會於2014年完成了詳盡的研究評審工作，歸納了知名海外學者及科學家的

意見，結論是本港院校數個範疇的研究成果獲國際專家評為達到世界級水平。

在過去三十五年，基金會董事局一直致力提升香港的自然科學、科技及醫學水平。尤其令人欣慰的是近五年來本會有限的資源得到最有效的運用，能幫助一些本港最傑出的菁英。未來我們會繼續拓展策略性框架，支援香港科學界，彼此一同進步，見證基金會邁向四十年。

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最後，董事局願借此機會感謝來自 15 個國家的著名科學家給予基金會協助和支持。他們對我們的邀請都慨然響應，積極協助評估我們每年接獲的眾多巨額資助項目申請。有賴於他們的專業評估，基金會才能一直保證其授予的撥款能實現良好的科學價值。我們亦向在每年博士生及博士後研究獎學金選拔過程中協助面試的本地和海外著名科學家們致謝，當中尤其要感謝劍橋大學的科學家們三十年來不斷襄助，為我們於英國進行的選拔面試提供專業意見。


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Scholarships and Fellowships博士後及博士生獎學金得主

2011 SCHOLARS 博士生

For doctoral study tenable at overseas institutions and in Hong Kong, including an intercalated eight year curriculum leading to the award of an MBBS and a PhD degree, and for postdoctoral research overseas.

Professor Alice Sze Tsai Wong of the University of Hong Kong was awarded a Croucher Studentship in 1993 and a Senior Research Fellowship in 2012

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Chan Ho

陳皓Video Processing

視頻處理Harvard University

哈佛大學

Cheng Man Chuen

鄭文銓Mathematics

數學Massachusetts Institute of

Technology

麻省理工大學University of British Columbia

英屬哥倫比亞大學

Choi Chung Hang Jonathan

蔡宗衡Bionanotechnology

生物納米技術Northwestern University

西北大學

Choy Wai Yan

蔡惠恩Cell Biology

細胞生物學University of California,

San Francisco

加州大學三藩市分校

Lai Chung Lun Alan

黎頌麟Mathematics

數學California Institute of Technology

加州理工大學

Lam King Yeung

林經洋Mathematics &

Theoretical Ecology

數學及理論生態學

Ohio State University

俄亥俄州立大學

Lau Yuk Lun Alexander

劉玉麟Stroke, Neurology, Medicine

中風，神經學，醫學University of California,

San Francisco


Law Chi Tat

羅智達Neuroscience

神經科學Stanford University

史丹福大學

To Tsz Leung

杜子亮Transcriptional Biology,

Stem Cell Biology

轉錄生物學，幹細胞生物學

University of California,

San Francisco


Chan Wai Shan

陳慧珊Pharmacology

藥理學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

2011 FELLOWS 博士後

Cheng Ming Hei

鄭銘曦Civil Engineering

土木工程California Institute of Technology

加州理工大學

Cheuk Sing Hoi

卓星愷Immunology

免疫學Karolinska Institutet

卡羅琳醫學院

Cheung Kit

張傑Computer Engineering

電腦工程Imperial College London

倫敦大學帝國學院

Chu Chun Kit

朱俊傑Chemistry

化學Colorado State University

科羅拉多州立大學

Lam Ka Kit

林嘉傑Electrical Engineering

電子工程University of California, Berkeley

加州大學柏克萊分校

Lam Wai Yeung

林偉揚Mathematics

數學Berlin Mathematical School

柏林數學研究院

Lee Pui Yan Jessia

李佩恩Chemistry

化學University of California, Berkeley


Yung Yuk Kwong

翁育光Epigenetics

表觀遺傳學Institute of Human Genetics,

CNRS, France

法國國家科學研究中心人類遺傳學研究所


2011 CROUCHER CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS 裘槎劍橋博士生

Chan Wing Lim

陳穎廉Virology

病毒學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Chan Yee Ching Tina

陳綺靜Medicine (Metabolic disorders)

醫學 (新陳代謝失調 )

University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Su Shi Chun

蘇士俊Cosmology

宇宙學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Tang Walfred

鄧渙璁Developmental Biology

發展生物學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學


2011 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD CROUCHER SCHOLARS 牛津裘槎博士生

Chan Ching Kit

陳程傑Physics

物理Harvard University

哈佛大學

Chan Kit Yu Karen

陳潔瑜Oceanography

海洋學Woods Hole Oceanographic

Institution

伍茲霍爾海洋研究所

Chu Ka Yin Karene

朱家賢Mathematics


Technology

麻省理工大學

Hung Ling Yan Janet

孔令欣Physics

物理Harvard University

哈佛大學

Law Hiu Fai

羅曉輝Mathematics

數學Universität Hamburg

漢堡大學

Lee Ho Wai Howard

李浩瑋Physics

物理California Institute of Technology

加州理工學院

Leung Hoi Tik Alvin

梁凱廸Biophysics

生物物理學University of Basel

巴塞爾大學

Lin Hoi Ying Gloria

連凱瑩Immunology

免疫學Ontario Cancer Institute

安大略癌症研究所

Tai Pui Kuen Amos

戴沛權Environmental Science

環境科學Massachusetts Institute of

Technology

麻省理工大學

Tsang Kit Man

曾潔雯Stem Cells

幹細胞Johns Hopkins University

約翰．霍普金斯大學

Wong Siu Lun Alan

黃兆麟Synthetic Biology

合成生物學Massachusetts Institute of

Technology

麻省理工大學

Lam Yan Ting

林殷霆Mathematics

數學University of Oxford

牛津大學

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Lau Hay Wun Dawn

劉㬢媛Neuroscience

神經科學King’s College London

倫敦大學國王學院

Wong Kin Yau

黃堅祐Biostatistics

生物統計學University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill

北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校

Cheung Shu Faye

莊抒斐Physics

物理University of Oxford

牛津大學

Kwan Tai Lun Terence

關泰麟Chemistry

化學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Wong Ho Wai Hovy

黃皓瑋Neuroscience

神經科學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Yu Hiu Ming Bosco

余曉明Mechanics of Materials

材料力學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Dr Dawn Lau was awarded a Croucher Scholarship in 2012 to study at the King’s College London

As a 2015 Croucher Fellow, Dr Clive Chung was exploring the development of chemical compounds for the diagnosis of cancer and a better understanding of neurone cells at the University of California, Berkeley

Dr Kimmy Wu (Croucher Fellowship 2015) visited the South Pole to measure the B-mode power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background


Kwok Ka Wai

郭嘉威Robot-assisted Minimally

Invasive Surgery

機器輔助微創手術

University of Georgia

喬治亞大學Harvard Medical School

哈佛醫學院

Tse Ying Lung Steve

謝應龍Theoretical Chemistry

理論化學University of Chicago

芝加哥大學

Li Man Chun

李文俊Mathematics


Technology

麻省理工學院

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Pak On Shun

白安順Mechanical Engineering - Fluid

Mechanics

機械工程 - 流體力學

Princeton University

普林斯頓大學

Lau Tsz Cham

劉子湛Microbiology

微生物學Harvard Medical School

哈佛醫學院

Chu Tin Yi

朱天怡Biochemistry and Biophysics

生物化學及生物物理學University of Cornell

康乃爾大學

Ng Ngai Fung

吳藝峰Mathematics

數學Purdue University

普度大學

Lam Hiu Yue Monatrice

林曉愉Chemistry

化學University of California, Berkeley


Tse Chun Ming Edmund

謝俊銘Inorganic Chemistry

無機化學University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign

伊利諾州大學烏班納分校

To Wing Fung

杜穎峰Chemical Engineering

化學工程Stanford University

史丹福大學

Pang Ho Cheung

彭浩彰Mathematics, Nonlinear Partial

Differential Equations

數學 , 非線性偏微分方程

University of Oxford

牛津大學

Chan Ka Ki

陳家岐Developmental Biology

發育生物學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學



Hung Oi Ying Christy

洪藹楹Neurobiology

神經生物學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Lau Shing Hing Michael

劉承鑫Organic Synthetic Chemistry

有機合成化學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學


Chow Kwan Ting

周筠庭Immunology

免疫學University of Washington

華盛頓大學

Hui Pui Chuen

許沛銓Neuroscience

神經科學Harvard Medical School

哈佛醫學院

Kwok Chun Kit

郭駿傑Biological Science

生物科學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Lau Hoi Kwan

劉愷堃Physics

物理University of Ulm

烏爾姆大學

Leung Chuen Yan

梁傳昕Regenerative Biology

再生生物學Karolinska Institutet

卡羅琳醫學院

Ng Wai Lung

吳濰龍Chemical Biology

化學生物學University of Oxford

牛津大學

Wong Man Yan

黃敏欣Neurobiology

神經生物學Harvard Medical School

哈佛醫學院

2013 MBBS/PhD Curr iculum for Medical Students 醫學博士生

Lam Sze Yuen, Stephen

林思遠Medicine

內科The University of Hong Kong

香港大學


Chow Yin Lam Dick

周彥霖Operations Research

運籌學Stanford University

史丹福大學

Chue Chun Yin Ricky

朱俊彥Cosmology

宇宙學University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign


Fung Ho Yee Joyce

馮可怡Molecular Biophysics

分子生物物理學University of Texas

德克薩斯大學

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Fung Sui Ling Ella

馮瑞玲Oncology

腫瘤學University of Oxford

牛津大學

Wang Ging-Ji Nathan

王敬智Materials Chemistry

材料化學Stanford University

史丹福大學

So Lam Tsz Nina

蘇林子Neurobiology

神經生物學Columbia University

哥倫比亞大學

Wong Man Ho

王文豪Molecular Neurobiology

分子神經生物學Georg-August-Universitaet

Goettingen

哥廷根大學


Chan Shiu Hin Daniel

陳劭軒Chemistry

化學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學


Lau Kui Kai Gary

劉巨基Neurology

神經學University of Oxford

牛津大學

Hon Yu Sing

韓汝星Applied Mathematics

應用數學University of Oxford

牛津大學


Chan Kei Yuen

陳佳源Representation Theory

表示論University of Amsterdam

阿姆斯特丹大學

Chung Yik Sham Clive

鍾亦琛Neurochemistry

神經化學University of California, Berkeley


Li Man Chung Carman

李敏聰Cancer Biology

癌症生物學Harvard Medical School

哈佛醫學院

Wong Lok Sang Lawson

黃樂生Machine Learning

機器學習Brown University

布朗大學

Wu Ching Hai Nicholas

胡正希Structural Biology

結構生物學Scripps Research Institute

斯克里普斯研究所

Wu Wai Ling Kimmy

巫惠玲Cosmology

宇宙學University of California, Berkeley



Sean Carim

譚傳立Synthetic Biology

合成生物學University of California, Berkeley


Cheung Ka Ming Vincent

張家銘Neuroscience

神經細胞學Max Planck Institute for Human

Cognitive and Brain Sciences

馬克斯普朗克人類認知及腦科學研究所

Fan Yung Kong Anthony

范容剛Neuromechanics

神經機械學University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign


Ho Hin Chung Jonathan

何顯聰Water and Environmental

Engineering

水及環境工程

University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Li Chui Lam Vickie

李翠林Cognitive Neuroscience

認知神經科學University of Oxford

牛津大學

Poon Chun Yin Jeffrey

潘俊彥Nanoelectrochemistry

納米電化學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Tsang Tin Ki Angela

曾天琪Neurobiology

神經生物學University of California,

San Diego

加州大學聖地牙哥分校

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Chan Hau Sun

陳巧新Organic Synthesis & Methodology

有機合成及方法論University of Oxford

牛津大學

Chin Chun Mann

錢俊文Solid-State Chemistry

固體化學University of Oxford

牛津大學


2015 HONG KONG STUDENTSHIPS 在港博士生

2015 MBBS/PhD CURRICULUM FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS 醫學博士生

Hung Man Chiu Johnathan

孔文超Cosmology

宇宙學University of Cambridge

劍橋大學

Lee Kit Hang Brian

李杰衡Medical Robotics, Real-time Image

Processing, Haptics Interaction

醫療機械人學，實時影像處理 ,

觸覺互動

The University of Hong Kong

香港大學

Yiu Sze Wan, Rachel

姚詩韻Surgery

外科The University of Hong Kong

香港大學

Dr Jonathan Choi, a 2011 Croucher scholar, received a start-up allowance when he returned to Hong Kong in 2014

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Croucher Innovation Awards裘槎前瞻科研大獎得主

Clinical Assistant Professorships臨床助理教授獎得主

2013

2014

Dr SO Kwok-Hay, Hayden

蘇國希Dept of Electrical & Electronic

Engineering


香港大學電子及電機工程系

Power-efficient High-

performance Heterogeneous

Computing Systems

Dr YAO Wang

姚望Dept of Physics


香港大學物理系

Manipulate Correlation and

Entanglement in Spin Ensembles

via Collective Channels

Dr MA Kwai-Yee Stephanie

馬桂宜Dept of Anatomy


香港大學解剖學系

A Multidisciplinary Study on

Hepatic Cancer Stem Cells

2015

Dr CHEUNG Hiu-Tung, Tom

張曉東Division of Life Science

The Hong Kong University of

Science and Technology

香港科技大學生命科學部

Molecular Regulation of Muscle

Stem Cell Ageing

Dr LAW Kam-Tuen

羅錦團Dept of Physics



香港科技大學物理系

Study of Topological Materials

Dr ZHANG Shizhong

張世忠Dept of Physics


香港大學物理系

Quantum Transport in Unitary

Fermi Gases

2013

Dr Shea Ka Hon Graham

佘嘉翰醫生Department of Orthopaedics ＆

Traumatology


香港大學矯型外科及創傷學系

Mechanism of fate commitment

in bone marrow-derived

Schwann cells via Notch / ErbB

sequential signaling

Dr Wong Hei Sunny

黃曦醫生Department of Medicine &

Therapeutics

The Chinese University of

Hong Kong

香港中文大學內科及藥物治療學系

A metagenomic study on

patients with pre-malignant

neoplastic polyps

Substantial support for early-career scientists wishing to establish independent research groups in Hong Kong

Early-career awards for promising physician scientists offered in partnership with the two medical faculties in Hong Kong.

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Professor Yang Tong

楊彤教授

Department of Mathematics

City University of Hong Kong

城市大學數學系

Mathematical theories of the

boltzmann equation and related

models

Professor Lui Chi Shing John

呂自成教授Department of Computer

Science & Engineering


Hong Kong

香港中文大學計算機科學與

工程學系

On the mathematical and

algorithmic theory in

network sciences


2011/12

Professor David Karl Banfield

彭大衛教授

Division of Life Science



香港科技大學生命科學部

Mechanisms of protein

retention and sorting in the

golgi apparatus

Professor Wu Ed X

吳學奎教授

Department of Electrical &

Electronic Engineering


香港大學電機電子工程系

Magnetic resonance imaging of

neurogenesis in vivo

Professor Lu Liwei

呂力為教授Department of Pathology


香港大學病理學系

Roles of B cells in autoimmunity

Professor Wong Sze Tsai Alice

黃思齊教授School of Biological Sciences


香港大學生物科學學院

A novel syngenic model for new

insights in metastasis

2012/13

2014/15

Professor Huang Yu

黃聿教授School of Biomedical Sciences


Hong Kong

香港中文大學生物醫學學院

Physical exercise promotes

vascular health and novel

molecular mechanisms

Professor Danny Chan

陳振勝教授School of Biomedical Sciences


香港大學生物醫學科學學院

Genetic and cellular basis

of protective/regenerative

mechanisms in skeletal tissues

Professor Jin Dong-Yan

金冬雁教授School of Biomedical Sciences



Novel regulatory mechanisms

in RIG-I-dependent innate

antiviral response

Professor Kwong Fuk Yee

鄺褔兒教授Department of Applied Biology &

Chemical Technology

The Hong Kong Polytechnic

University

香港理工大學應用生物及

化學科技學系

Development of new and

modular catalysts for unexplored

coupling reactions

2013/14

Professor Lau Kin Nang Vincent

劉堅能教授Department of Electronics &

Computer Engineering



香港科技大學電子及計算機

工程學系

Green wireless networks for big

data systems

Professor Hui Shu Yuen Ron

許樹源教授Department of Electrical &

Electronic Engineering


香港大學電機電子工程系

Sustainable light-emitting diode

(LED) system technology

For a sabbatical period of research away from teaching and administrative responsibilities. 105 fellowships have been awarded since the programme was launched in 1997.

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Professor Lo Kam-Wing Kenneth

羅錦榮教授Department of Biology

and Chemistry


香港城市大學生物及化學系

Phosphorescent transition metal

complexes as photofunctional

biological reagents

2015/16

Professor Jiang Liwen

姜里文教授School of Life Sciences


Hong Kong

香港中文大學生命科學

學院

Organelle biogenesis and

function in plants: EXPO &

autophagosome

Professor Benjamin John Cowling

高本恩教授School of Public Health


香港大學公共衛生學院

Transmission dynamics of

influenza and the role of

immunity in the dynamics of

influenza and other

respiratory infections

Professor Zhou Zhongjun

周中軍教授School of Biomedical Science



Lamin A in chromatin dynamics

and aging

Professor Chan Lik Yuen Henry

陳力元教授

Department of Medicine &

Therapeutics


Hong Kong

香港中文大學內科及藥物治療學系

Establishment of specimen bank

for hepatology research

Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowships 裘槎優秀科研者《醫學》計劃

2011/12

Professor Wong Ka Sing

Lawrence

黃家星教授

Department of Medicine &

Therapeutics


Hong Kong

香港中文大學內科及藥物

治療學系

Epidemiology and

pathophysiological mechanism

of intracranial atherosclerosis

in Chinese

Professor Cheung Nga-Yin Annie

張雅賢教授Department of Pathology



NANOG and chemoresistance of

ovarian cancer-initiaing cells

Professor Irene Oi Lin NG

吳呂愛蓮教授Department of Pathology



Liver cancer research –

from bench to translational

applications

Professor Lau Yun Wong James

劉潤皇教授Department of Surgery


Hong Kong

香港中文大學外科學系

Towards zero rate of recurrent

bleeding and mortality following

endoscopic treatment to

bleeding peptic ulcers

2013/14

2014/15


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Professor Khoo Ui Soon

邱瑋璇教授Department of Pathology



Characterization of a novel splice

variant in tamoxifen resistant

breast cancer

2015/16

Professor Woo Chiu Yat Patrick

胡釗逸教授Department of Microbiology


香港大學微生物學系

Novel microbe discovery and

microbial genomics

Professor Emily Ying Yang Chan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was a Summer Course Director in 2013 and 2015.

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Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowships 裘槎優秀科研者《醫學》計劃

ASI Topic ASI Director


Urban Climatology for Tropical and Professor Edward Y.Y. Ng

Sub-tropical Regions School of Architecture

5-10 December 2011 The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dynamical Control of Quantum Professor R.B. Liu

Coherence for Current and Future Dept of Physics

Information Technologies The Chinese University of Hong Kong

4-8 January 2012

Frontier in Cell Biology Research Professor L.W. Jiang

4-8 January 2012 School of Life Sciences

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tumour Microenvironment - New Professor Annie N.Y. Cheung

Concepts and Molecular Mechanisms Dept of Pathology

9-13 January 2012 The University of Hong Kong

New Materials and New Concepts Professor C.T. Chan

For Controlling Light and Waves Dept of Physics

3-7 October 2012 The Hong Kong University of Science

and Technology

Stem Cells: Niches, Regeneration and Professor Kathryn S.E. Cheah

Repair School of Biomedical Sciences

4-8 March 2013 The University of Hong Kong

Printed Electronics Professor J.B. Xu

9-11 December 2013 Dept of Electronic Engineering


Chemical Biology Professor D. Yang

10-12 December 2013 Dept of Chemistry


Integrative Approaches to Understanding Professor Danny Chan

Disorders of the Skeleton School of Biomedical Sciences

16-20 December 2013 The University of Hong Kong

For intensive training at a senior level in a specific topic of current scientific interest. The scheme was first started in 1998.

Advanced in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Professor Maria Lung

Studies Dept of Clinical Oncology

1-4 November 2014 The University of Hong Kong

Toward a New Generation of Dynamic Professor Hong K. Lo

Network Models Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering

18-20 November 2014 The Hong Kong University of Science

and Technology

Information Security and Privacy in Professor X.H. Jia

Social Networks and Cloud Computing Dept of Computer Science

2-4 December 2014 City University of Hong Kong

Alzheimer’s and Dementia in a Global Professor Karl Herrup

Context Division of Life Science

10-13 January 2015 The Hong Kong University of Science

and Technology

Changing Urban Climate and the Impact Professor Edward Y.Y. Ng

on Urban Thermal Environment and Professor C. Ren

Urban Living School of Architecture


Frontiers in Big Data Graph Research Dr Byron Y.Y. Choi

16-18 December 2015 Dept of Computer Science

Hong Kong Baptist University

Frontier in Immunometabolism Professor A.M. Xu

19-21 April 2016 Depts of Medicine, Pharmacology and

Pharmacy


New Functional Materials Concept: Dr W. Yao

Two Dimensional Atomic Crystals and Dept of Physics

their van de Waals Heterostructures The University of Hong Kong

3-7 May 2016

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ASI Topic ASI Director

* Biomarkers for Early Detection of Professor Ronnie T.P. Poon

Cancers: Technological Advances Dept of Surgery

and Clinical Readiness The University of Hong Kong

2 November 2010

* Remediation of Contaminated Land Professor M.H. Wong

- Bioavailability and Health Risk Croucher Institute for Environmental

9-13 December 2010 Sciences

Hong Kong Baptist University

Dr J.D. Gu

School of Biological Sciences


* Mitochondrial Stress in Diabetes and Aging Professor S.K. Chung

29 April 2011 Dept of Anatomy


* Recent Developments in Nonlinear Professor J.C. Wei

Partial Differential Equations: Part II Professor Z.P. Xin

15-21 May 2011 Dept of Mathematics


* Frontiers of Systems Biology II: Dr Jade J. Shi

Systemic Quantification, Modeling Dept of Physics

and Engineering Hong Kong Baptist University

1-2 December 2011

* Structure-based Screening and Professor P.C. Shaw

Design of Ligands for Protein Targets School of Life Sciences


* New Developments in Optical Professor Andrew Miller

Microscopy: Advanced Super-resolution Division of Life Science

Microscopy Workshop The Hong Kong University of Science

11-12 January 2012 and Technology

* Molecular Genetics and Clinical Professor Simon Y.K. Law

Advances in the Study of Esophageal Cancers Dept of Surgery

24 February 2012 The University of Hong Kong

* The Biology of Aging Professor Z.J. Zhou

6-7 September 2013 School of Biomedical Sciences


* Tumour Microenvironment - Professor Annie N.Y. Cheung

New Concepts and Molecular Mechanisms Dept of Pathology

13 November 2013 The University of Hong Kong

* Stem Cells: Biology and Applications Professor Kathryn S.E. Cheah

5-7 January 2015 School of Biomedical Sciences


* Advanced in Cancer Genetics, Cells Signaling, Professor Maria Lung

and Translational Studies Dept of Clinical Oncology

19-20 November 2015 The University of Hong Kong

* Integrative Approaches to Understanding Professor Danny Chan

Disorders of the Skeleton School of Biomedical Sciences

11-13 January 2016 The University of Hong Kong

Consequential Advanced Study Institutes and Seminars

裘槎資深科研院附加項目*


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Sponsorship of Conferences, Symposia and Workshops 裘槎基金會贊助國際會議及學術活動概覽

Events mainly organized by the City University of Hong Kong 香港城市大學主辦

The 4th International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies 30 November-

3 December 2011

Workshop on Photonics of Functional Nanomaterials 6-9 May 2013

International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and 15-17 November 2013

Computer Graphics

International Conference on Molecular Electronic Materials and Devises 6-8 January 2015

2015 IEEE Taiwan/Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Information Theory and 19-20 January 2015

Communications Engineering

International Symposium of Electronic Art 2016 16-22 May 2016

Events mainly organized by the Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學主辦

The 4th International Conference on Scientific Computing and 5-9 December 2011

Partial Differential Equations

The 8th International Conference on Computational Physics 7-11 January 2013

SEAM Conference on Imaging Science 12-14 May 2014

International Conference on Eco-aquaculture and Public Health 28-29 November 2014

International Conference on Solid Waste 2015: 20-23 May 2015

Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Resource

The 9th Dynamics Days Asia-Pacific 11-14 August 2016

Events mainly organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學主辦

The 6th International Conference on Cutting-edge 11-14 December 2011

Organic Chemistry in Asia, Asian Core Program

To facilitate the exchange of ideas between scientists in Hong Kong and their counterparts on the mainland and overseas.

Events mainly organized by The Education University of Hong Kong 香港教育大學主辦

Global Conference on Disorders in Auditory Processing, Literacy, 4-7 January 2012

Language and Related Sciences

Seminar on Advanced Statistical Modeling 12-14 October 2012

EASE 2013 International Conference 4-6 July 2013

Assessment Conference 2014 15-16 January 2014

International Conference on Synergy between Science and 29-30 September 2016

Social Development in Solid Waste Management

Events mainly organized by The Open University of Hong Kong 香港公開大學主辦

2011 International Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning: 11-13 July 2011

Education Unplugged: Mobile Technologies and Web 2.0

Gastrointestinal Oncology Summit: Translational Medicine and 28-29 January 2012

Future Perspectives

International Conference on Rayleigh-Bénard Turbulence 10-14 December 2012

The 3rd CUHK International Symposium on Stem Cell Biology and 11-12 November 2013

Regenerative Medicine

International Convention of SPM/SMI 2014 26-30 October 2014

The 1st International Conference on Organelle Biogenesis and 4-6 December 2014

Function in Hong Kong

Society for Medical Decision Making: 2nd Biennial Asia-Pacific 8-10 January 2016

Conference on Making Difficult Clinical and Policy Decisions:

The Example of Ageing and End of Life Care in Asia-Pacific

The 4th Institute of Mathematical Statistics – Asia Pacific Rim Meeting 27-30 June 2016

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International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Development – 23-28 October 2011

Response to Global Climate Change cum Cross-Strait Scientists Forum

on Energy Efficiency and Management

2012 International Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning: 4-6 July 2012

Engaging Learners through Emerging Technologies

The 2nd International Conference on Water Resource and Water Quality 26-29 October 2012

Management cum Forum on Water Resource and Water Quality

Management in South China Sea

The 1st International Conference on Beneficial Uses of Algal Biomass 4-9 November 2013

Inaugural International Conference on Open and Flexible Education 16-17 January 2014

2015 International Conference on Open and Flexible Education: 16-17 July 2015

Making Learning Mobile and Ubiquitious

The 2nd International Conference on Beneficial Uses of Algal Biomass 3-6 November 2015

Events mainly organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 香港理工大學主辦

2011 International Conference on Cloud and Service Computing 12-14 December 2011

The 6th Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference 5-8 November 2012

The 1st International Conference on Performance-based 5-7 December 2012

and Life-cycle Structural Engineering

The 5th International Symposium of Transportation Network Reliability 18-19 December 2012

The 6th International Conference on Structural Health 9-11 December 2013

Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure

The 2nd International Conference on Engineering and 16-18 December 2013

Computational Mathematics

The 4th East Asia Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Workshop 24-25 October 2014

The Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Process Association 16-19 December 2015

Annual Summit and Conference 2015

Events mainly organized by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 香港科技大學主辦

International Symposium on Carbon Cycling in China Seas 9-11 December 2011

IUTAM Symposium on Hysteresis and Pattern Evolution in Non-equilibrium 15-18 August 2012

Solid-solid Phase Transitions

The HKUST International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 10-12 January 2013

Symposium on Biomedical Research Across the 7-8 March 2013

Continents-Insight and Innovation

StatPhysHK: Statistical Physics and Computational Neuroscience 17-19 July 2013

The 6th Asia-Oceania Zebrafish Meeting 19-22 January 2014

International Conference for Sustainable Infrastructure 6-9 June 2015

Development and Management

IAS Conference and AoE Symposium on Organelle 7-9 December 2015

Biogenesis and membrane Trafficking

IAS Focused Program on Genome Damage and Stability 16-19 December 2015

2015 International Conference on Organ Photovoltaic Materials and Devices 5-7 March 2016

Events mainly organized by The University of Hong Kong 香港大學主辦

The 4th Asian Symposium on Plant Lipids 2-4 December 2011

The 3rd International Symposium on Development of 26-28 March 2012

the Enteric Nervous System: Cells, Signals and Genes

HK Society for Developmental Biology Symposium – 26-27 November 2012

from Embryology to Disease Mechanisms

Molecular Mechanisms of Innate Immunity 14 June 2013

The 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Societies Symposium – 24-27 November 2013

the Extracellular Matrix Niche


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Frontiers in Biomedical Research HKU 2013 - from Gene to Genomic Medicine 13-14 December 2013

Advances in Live Cell and Intravital Imaging in Biomedicine 28 March 2014

International Food Safety Conference – from Experience to Perspectives 16-18 June 2014

International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology 1-3 June 2015

and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015

The 5th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry 12-16 July 2015

The 10th Scientific Conference on Cardiovascular 19-22 November 2015

Science Across the Strait

The 11th Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics: 13-17 December 2015

Physics and Chemistry of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution

The 8th International Symposium on Microchemistry 30 May – 1 June 2016

and Microsystems


Events mainly organized by the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 香港大學─巴斯德研究中心主辦

The 8th Pasteur-Asia Virology Course 2011: Arboviruses 6-22 July 2011

The 5th HKU-Pasteur Immunology Course: Adaptive Immunity 18-30 November 2012

The 10th Pasteur-Asia Virology Course 2013: HIV/AIDS 14-26 July 2013

The 6th HKU-Pasteur Immunology Course: Innate Immunity and Inflammation 17-29 November 2013

Events mainly organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Science 香港科學會主辦

The 18th Annual Conference of the HKIS 2010: 6 November 2010

Green Technology

The 20th Annual Conference of the HKIS 2012: 3 November 2012

Biological Advances Made in Hong Kong

Events mainly organized by the Hong Kong Biotechnology Organisation 香港生物科技協會主辦

The 12th International Conference on Brian Energy Metabolism – 27-30 May 2016

Hong Kong Biotechnology Organisation Series: Ageing Brain in Health

The 21st Annual Conference of the HKIS 2013: 23 November 2013

Clean Energy – Made in Hong Kong

The 22nd Annual Conference of the HKIS 2014: 8 November 2014

Fundamental Physics

The 23rd Annual Conference of the HKIS 2015: 5 December 2015

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Professor Henry Wong (CUHK) Asymmetric Formation of HK$1,000,000

黃乃正教授 (香港中文大學) Carbon-Carbon Bond with

Catalytic Tetrahydroxy-

Professor Hou Xuelong (CAS) tetraphenylene Species and

侯雪龍教授 (中國科學院上海有機化學研究所) SIOCPhox Ligands: Application

in Total Synthesis of Dhilirolide

D and Isocedrene Family

基於 Tetraphenylene 和 SIOCPhox 發展不對稱催化方法學及其在天然產物 Dhilirolide D and Isocedrene

家族全合成研究中的應用

Professor Li Wen-jung (CityU) Bio-Manipulation and Bio-Making HK$1,000,000

李文榮教授 (香港城市大學) by Optically-Induced Electrokinetics

基於光誘導電液動力學的生物Professor Wang Yuechao (CAS) 操縱與標識王越超教授 (中國科學院沈陽自動化研究所)

Professor Xie Zuowei (CUHK) Functionalization of Carboranes HK$1,000,000

謝作偉教授 (香港中文大學) via Five-Membered

基於金屬雜五元環的碳硼烷Professor You Shuli (CAS) 官能團化的研究游書力教授 (中國科學院上海有機化學研究所)

Professor Che Chi-ming (HKU) Long-lived Triplet Excited States HK$1,000,000

支志明教授 (香港大學) for Water Oxidation and Carbon

Dioxide Reduction

Professor Fu Wenfu (CAS) 長壽命激發三重態在光催化氧水付文甫教授 (中國科學院金屬研究所) 和二氧化碳還原中的應用

Professor Qin Ling (CUHK) Magnesium as a Promising HK$1,000,000

秦岭教授 (香港中文大學) Biodegradable Metal for Fixation

of Bone Fracture – A Patellar

Professor Yang Ke (CAS) Fracture Repair Model in Rabbits

楊柯教授 (中國科學院金屬研究所) 新型可降解金屬鎂在骨折固定中的研究－兔髕骨骨折修復模型

Principal Investigators Project Title Amount

合作人項目名稱資助額

For collaborative work between research groups in Hong Kong and their counterparts in institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in support of the establishment of accredited Joint Laboratories.

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Dr Philip Yuk Kwong Yung was awarded a Croucher Scholarship in 2011 to study at the Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, France

Professor Jiang Liwen (CUHK) Molecular Mechanisms of Yield HK$1,000,000

姜里文教授 (香港中文大學) and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice

水稻產量和抗逆分子機理

Professor Lin Hongxuan (CAS)

林鴻宣教授 (中國科學院上海生科院植物生理生態研究所)

Professor Wang Xunli (CityU) Neutron Scattering Science and HK$1,000,000

王循理教授 (香港城市大學) Technology

中子散射科技Professor Chen Heshen (CAS)

陳和生教授 (中國科學院高能物理研究所)

Professor Xin Zhouping and Nonlinear Partial Differential HK$800,000

Professor Wei Juncheng (CUHK) Equations and Nonlinear Analysis

辛周平教授及魏軍城教授 (香港中文大學) 非綫性偏微分方程和非綫性分析

Professor Cao Daomin (CAS)

曹道民教授 (中國科學院數學與系統科學研究所)

Dr Wallace Choy (HKU) Organic/Inorganic Soft Matter HK$1,000,000

蔡植豪博士 (香港大學) Based Green-energy

Optoelectronics

Professor Hou Jianhui (CAS) 基於有機/無機柔性材料候劍輝教授 (中國科學院化學研究所) 的綠色能源光電器件

Professor Lu Aiping (HKBU) Toward Cell-targeted Therapeutics HK$1,000,000

呂愛平教授 (香港浸會大學) in Osteosarcoma: A Smart

Triptolide-aptamer Conjugate

Professor Guo De-an (CAS) 細胞特異性適配子修飾的果德安教授 (中國科學院上海葯物研究所) 雷公藤甲素抗骨肉瘤研究

Croucher Summer Courses 2013-2015裘槎暑期項目

Summer Course Topic Summer Course Director

Intensive residential courses for postgraduate students and early career researchers from Hong Kong and the wider region. Courses are held biennially.

Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response

22-26 July 2013 and 13-17 July 2015

Professor Emily Ying Yang Chan

The Jockey Club School of Public Health and

Primary Care


Professor Jeremy Farrar

Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam

Cell and Developmental Biology Research

12-16 August 2013 and 15-19 June 2015

Professor Liwen Jiang

School of Life Sciences


David G. Drubin

University of California, Berkeley

Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems

17-21 June 2013 and 27 July -1 August 2015

Dr Hongbin Liu

Division of Life Science

The Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology

Dr Paul J Harrison

University of British Columbia

Cancer Biology

14-18 August 2013 and 10-14 August 2015

Professor Irene Oi-lin Ng

Department of Pathology


Professor Tak-Wah Mak

University of Toronto

Performance-Aware Computer Programming

with Application Accelerators

18 July – 1 August 2014

Dr Hayden Kwok-Hay So

Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering


Dr Martin Herbordt

Boston University


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Advances in Immunology in Health

and Disease

23-28 July 2014

Professor Chak Sing Lau

Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education


Professor Tak Wah Mak

University of Toronto

GPS/Beidou / GNSS Satellite Positioning and

Navigation and Earth Observation

26-31 May 2014

Dr George Zhizhao Liu

Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr Yang Gao

University of Calgary

Neutron Scattering –

A Powerful Method for Materials Research

11-15 August 2014

Prof Xun-Li Wang

Department of Physics and Materials Science


Prof Takashi Egami

University of Tennessee

Advanced Imaging –

From System Biology to Single Cell &

Single Molecule Analysis

2-7 August 2015

Professor George Sai-Wah Tsao

Department of Anatomy


Professor Roberto Bruzzone

HKU-Pasteur Research Pole

Dr Musa Mhlanga

CSIR-South Africa & Institute for Molecular

Medicine

Information Theory –

East Asian School of Information Theory

8-12 June 2015

Professor Sidharth Jaggi

Department of Information Engineering


Professor Gerhard Kramer

Technische Universitat Munchen

Croucher Summer Courses 2013-2015裘槎暑期項目

Professor Ed X Wu of the University of Hong Kong was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship in 2012

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Students participating in the Science Alive 2015 programme

Lectures and Workshops for School Students學生講座及工作坊

Since 1998, the Foundation has been the main sponsor of the Science

Alive programme of demonstration lectures and teacher workshops

which is now firmly established as a regular school activity in Hong

Kong involving eminent UK scientists and Hong Kong secondary

school students, together with their teachers and parents.

The programme has become a high profile and popular event with

young people in Hong Kong. This is partly because of the specific

support and involvement of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong

SAR Government, which over the years has greatly encouraged

schools to involve both students and teachers as a formal education

activity. Participation in the programme has offered secondary schools

a rare opportunity to share experience collectively with scientists from

overseas, and to learn about recent developments in science and

science teaching. Participating scientists are identified by the British

Council, which is responsible for coordinating the event. The activity

is also supported actively by the Hong Kong Science Museum.

This programme contributes to the development of education in

Hong Kong by encouraging young people to become more engaged

in scientific discovery, helping to prepare the ground for the next

generation of research scientists. The Foundation supported four

annual Science Alive events from 2011-2015 contributing over

HK$3.5 million.

從 1998 年開始，基金會一直為「活的科學」活動的主要贊助機構。

「活的科學」已成為香港學界每年的重要活動，包括示範講座及教師工作坊等，每年邀請英國著名科學家，與香港中學生、教師及學生家長

參與各項活動。

「活的科學」廣受香港年輕人歡迎，亦屬矚目盛事，香港特區政府屬下教育局多年來一直積極參與及不遺餘力支持，推動學校鼓勵學生及教師積極參與，發展成為常規教學活動。參與活動的學生、教師及學生家長可藉此難得機會，得以分享海外科學家研究心得，了解科學及科學教學的最新發展情況。合辦機構英國文化協會負責邀請科學家出席活動及協調活動的工作。香港科學館亦積極支持有關活動。

「活的科學」推動年輕人參與科學探索工作，為培育新一代科學研究學者奠定基礎。在 2011 至 2015 年期間，基金會合共資助了四屆每年舉辦的「活的科學」活動，資助總額逾 350 萬港元。

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本本基金於1982年設立，一直運作至今，專為全日制大學本科生提供財政支持，藉以應付無法預計的個人或家庭危困，以免因而輟學或學業受到過度困擾。

基金的行政管理工作，乃由香港九所大學的學生事務處分擔。此項援助計劃透過海報、電郵及網上宣傳方式推廣宣傳。各學生事務處每年為各教職員及學生輔導人員舉辦多次簡報會，確保全體員工認識該計劃，在發現學生有突發經濟困難時得以知悉如何處理。獲專業資格的學生輔導人員將會與有關學生會面後作出決定。

緊急援助情況主要包括適時緩解學生因突發事件（如患病、意外、學生家庭經濟支柱去世等）造成的困境，以及為因嚴重家庭問題或特殊家庭危困而無法繼續學業的學生提供資助，讓學生免除輟學之苦。

此項計劃惠及香港社會極待援手的貧困學生，讓他們可繼續接受全日制教育。董事局誠摯感謝各參與機構分擔計劃的行政費用，讓援助金的一分一毫得以全數用於援助受惠人。

2011 年至 2015 年五年期間，基金合共撥款 3,336,500 港元，資助學生

逾 200 人。

The Croucher Foundation Fund for Students with Emergency Needs裘槎基金會學生緊急援助基金

This fund has been in operation since 1982 for the explicit purpose of

providing financial support for full time undergraduate students who run

into unexpected personal or family crises that may cause termination or

undue interruption to their academic studies.

The administration of the fund is delegated to the student affairs offices

of nine universities in Hong Kong. The scheme is promoted using poster

campaigns, direct email and online publicity. The student affairs offices

arrange several briefing sessions each year for teaching staff and student

counsellors to ensure that all staff are familiar with the scheme and

know what to do if they identify a student experiencing sudden financial

difficulty. Grants are made to individual students following an interview

with a professionally-qualified student counsellor.

The emergencies as reported cover mainly timely relief to students with

needs caused by unexpected events such as illness, accident or death

of the income earner in the student's family, and assistance to students

who do not have adequate support because of serious family problems,

or specific types of family crisis, to the extent that without such financial

support, these students may have to terminate their studies.

This scheme reaches some of the most disadvantaged students in Hong

Kong, who might otherwise have to leave full time education, perhaps

permanently. The Trustees wish to express appreciations to each of the

participant institutions for meeting the cost of the administration of the

scheme, providing a guarantee that the full amount of each grant was

used to the direct benefit of the eligible candidates.

For the five years from 2011 to 2015, the Fund allocated HK$3,336,500

and supported over 200 students.

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MA Chaodong Tianjin Open University The Open University of Hong Kong

馬朝東天津公開大學 University Research Centre

香港公開大學大學研究中心

SI Zhiguo Capital Normal University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

司治國 Dept of Educational Technology Dept of Mathematics & Information

首都師範大學教育技術系 Technology

香港教育學院數學與資訊科技學系

SUN Dan Beijing Radio & Television University The Open University of Hong Kong

孫丹北京廣播電視大學 Centre for Research in Distance &

Adult Learning

香港公開大學遙距及成人教育研究中心

SUN Lin Xiamen University The Open University of Hong Kong

孫琳 School of Life Sciences School of Science & Technology

廈門大學生命科學學院香港公開大學科技學院

WANG Aihua Peking University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

王愛華 Dept of Education Technology Dept of Mathematics & Information

北京大學教育學院技術系 Technology


WANG Xiaochen Capital Normal University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

王曉晨 Dept of Educational Technology Dept of Mathematics & Information

首都師範大學教育技術系 Technology


XIE Linhua Sichuan Normal University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

謝林華 School of Physics & Electronic Dept of Science & Environmental Studies

Engineering 香港教育學院科學與環境學系四川師範大學物理與電子工程學院

XU Yafeng Tibet University for Nationalities The Open University of Hong Kong

許亞鋒 Dept of Educational Technology University Research Centre

西藏民族學院教育學院香港公開大學大學研究中心

CHEN Changping Xiamen University The Open University of Hong Kong

陳長平 School of Life Sciences School of Science & Technology

廈門大學生命科學院香港公開大學科技學院

CHEN Qiuying Beijing Normal University The Open University of Hong Kong

陳秋穎 School of Environment School of Science & Technology

北京師範大學環境學院香港公開大學科技學院

GONG Chengbin Southwest University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

龔成斌 School of Chemistry & Chemical Dept of Science & Environmental Studies

Engineering 香港教育學院科學與環境學系西南大學化學化工學院

HUANG Jiuxiang South China Agricultural University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

黃久香 College of Forestry Dept of Science & Environmental Studies

華南農業大學林學院香港教育學院科學與環境學系

JIANG Tao Jinan University The Open University of Hong Kong

江濤 Research Centre for the Harmful School of Science & Technology

Algae and Aquatic Environment 香港公開大學科技學院暨南大學赤潮與水環境研究中心

LI Baoping Beijing Normal University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

李葆萍 Faculty of Education Dept of Mathematics & Information

北京師範大學教育學部 Technology


LI Cheng Xiamen University The Open University of Hong Kong

李成 College of Oceanography & School of Science & Technology

Environmental Science 香港公開大學科技學院廈門大學海洋及環境科學學院

LI Yuanyuan East China Normal University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

李媛媛 College of Resources and Dept of Science & Environmental Studies

Environmental Sciences 香港教育學院科學與環境學系華東師範大學資源與環境科學學院

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Croucher Chinese Visitorships裘槎中國內地來訪學者計劃

Name 姓名 Host Universities 訪問單位

For periods of research at postdoctoral level in selected institutions in Hong Kong.

Special Project Grants特別資助項目

Best Science Reporting Awards for Hong Kong newspapers — To increase public awareness of

science and the standard of science journalism in Hong Kong, the Trustees awarded a grant for an initial

period of three years to the Hong Kong Newspaper Society. The first Best Science Reporting Awards were

presented in April 2006 at a ceremony for the Hong Kong News Awards officiated by the Chief Executive

of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. With strong support from journalists and editors, the

Best Science Reporting category has become an established part of this annual journalism competition.

The Trustees renewed the annual grant for three years in 2012 and 2015.

Hong Kong Newspaper Society HK$660,000

UK-Hong Kong Frontiers of Science meeting — The second Frontiers of Science symposium for young

scientists from UK and Hong Kong was held in September 2011 at the Royal Society’s new residential

centre at Chicheley Hall in Buckinghamshire. Professor Lorna Casselton FRS, Foreign Secretary of the

Royal Society spoke at the opening of the meeting. 35 young HK scientists participated in the meeting

and discussions were held over three days with an equal number of counterpart researchers from the UK.

The residential format allowed time for intensive interaction between speakers and participants. Topics

covered included the formation of planetary systems, micro RNAs, biophotonics, artificial photosynthesis

and stem cell research. Dr Jade Shi of Hong Kong Baptist University, a participant in the meeting, made

the following comment: ”It is exactly this kind of intimate gathering that reminds us of the very essence

of science, that it is without borders, founded upon reason, dedicated to understanding the unknown,

and seeking wisdom behind data.”

The Royal Society HK$876,278

Gordon Research Conferences — Gordon Research Conferences provide an international forum for

the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge scientific research. In 2011 the Board of Trustees of the

Gordon Research Conferences resolved upon a significant expansion of activity in Hong Kong. Each

subsequent meeting held in Hong Kong has received financial support from the Croucher Foundation.

Since 2012 the Foundation approved grants to support 42 meetings. In 2015 thirteen Gordon Research

Conferences were held in Hong Kong reaching a total number of 1,508 participants. Several meetings

were preceded by shorter seminars organised by and for postgraduate students.

Gordon Research Conferences Meetings HK$8,112,000

The Trustees are prepared to consider applications for support towards projects and initiatives that do not fall within the terms and pattern of the Foundation’s regular funding programmes. Here are some of the examples of these special project grants.

ZHANG Guangnan Sun Yat-Sen University Lingnan University

張光南 Center for Studies of Hong Kong, Dept of Economics

Macao and Pearl River Delta 嶺南大學經濟學系中山大學港澳珠江三角洲研究中心

ZHANG Lulu Beijing Normal University The Open University of Hong Kong

張璐璐 School of Environment School of Science & Technology

北京師範大學環境學院香港公開大學科技學院

ZHAO Hong Beijing Normal University The Open University of Hong Kong

趙宏北京師範大學 University Research Centre

香港公開大學大學研究中心

ZHOU Ying Beijing Normal University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

周穎 Faculty of Education Dept of Mathematics & Information

北京師範大學教育學部 Technology


ZHAO Yongcun Institute of Soil Science, CAS The Hong Kong Institute of Education

趙永存中國科學院南京土壤研究所 Dept of Science & Environmental Studies

香港教育學院科學與環境學系

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Croucher Chinese Visitorships裘槎中國內地來訪學者計劃

Max Planck Society — The Max Planck Society, a leading research organisation in Germany and Europe,

invited the Foundation for matching funding to support research collaboration between Hong Kong and

Germany, with an initial focus on biophysics. In 2015, the Foundation awarded a grant of €20,000 for the

Max Planck Society – Croucher Foundation Joint Workshop on Molecular Systems Engineering Systems

organised by the HKUST and held from 5-7 April 2016. The grant was matched by the Max Planck Society.

Professor King L. Chow, Division of Life Science, HKUST HK$173,065

Y.W. Kan Professorship in Natural Sciences — In recognition of Professor Y.W. Kan’s contribution

over twenty years to the work of the Foundation, and to Hong Kong Science, the Foundation approved

a grant of HK$10 million to establish the Y.W. Kan Professorship in Natural Sciences as an endowed

professorship, noting that HKU had offered to match the Foundation’s contribution to form a total

endowment of HK$20 million, with the possibility of designating the professorship as a junior endowed

professorship for a rising academic star, who would most likely be a new recruit to the University.

The University of Hong Kong HK$10 million

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting — the Foundation agreed in June 2015 to make a one-off

contribution of €100,000 to the endowment of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting to be used at the

discretion of the Lindau Council to support the development of the meeting. The Foundation has been an

academic partner of the Lindau Meeting since 2012. Working alongside several national academies and

national research councils, the role of the Foundation is to identify and nominate participants from Hong

Kong. In the past, although young scientists from mainland China were regular participants, there was no

agreement with Hong Kong. The 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting was held from 28th June to 3rd

July 2015. Four Croucher fellows were invited as young scientists to attend the meeting. They joined over

60 Nobel Laureates and over 600 young researchers from around the world.

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting HK$846,600

Summer Science Institute, Weizmann Institute of Science — the Foundation approved two young

talented science-oriented students from the La Salle College to attend the Science Summer School

Programme of the International Summer Science Institute in 2013 and 2014. The students spent three

weeks working in Weizmann Institute labs under the supervision of graduate students and scientists

on actual research projects at the Institute and also participated the social activities, trips and scientific

lectures.

Weizmann Institute of Science HK$73,320

Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences – Le French May — the Foundation approved a grant

towards the exhibition to mark the 120th anniversary of the isolation of Yersinia Pestus. The exhibition

was produced by the Institut Pasteur and held at the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences as part of

the French May, a large festival established in 1992 to promote cultural exchange between France and

Hong Kong. It was the first time that the French May included a science event.

Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau HK$100,000


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《最佳科學新聞報道獎》— 本著提高公眾對科學認識以及提升香港科學新聞專業水準的理念，董事局撥款資助香港報業公會創辦《最佳科學新聞報道獎》，首筆資助為期三年。於 2006 年 4 月的香港最佳新聞獎頒獎典禮上，由香港特別行政區行政長官蒞臨主禮，首度頒發《最佳科學新聞報道獎》。深得新聞記者及編輯鼎力支持的《最佳科學新聞報道獎》已確立成為一年一度的常設獎項。董事局分別於

2012 年及 2015 年再度撥款資助該年度獎項，每筆資助為期三年。

香港報業公會 660,000 港元

英國－香港《前沿科學》會議 — 2011年9月，第二屆《前沿科學》會議假座英國皇家學會新設於英國白金漢郡 Chicheley Hall 的宿舍大樓舉行，英國及香港的青年科學家薈聚一堂。開幕儀式由英國皇家學會院士兼該會秘書 Lorna Casselton 教授致辭。會議為期三天，有三十五位來自香港的年青科學家及相等人數的英國青年研究學者與會。因會議及住宿均位於同一地點，講者及參加者有充分時間深入交流，討論議題包括星系的形成、小分子核糖核酸、生物光子學、人工光合作用、幹細胞研究等。與會者之一，香港浸會大學的史珏博士讚嘆道：「這樣深入的研討會，正正提醒我們，科學無分國界、以理性為本，既是對仍有待發掘的無窮知識的追求，也是對浩如煙海數據背後的真理的追尋。」

英國皇家學會 876,278 港元

戈登研究會議 — 戈登研究會議是一個國際學術研討會，為科學家提供匯報及討論尖端科學研究的平台。董事局於 2009 年注意到該會議為研究生及年輕科學家而設的暑期寄宿學校，能促進參加者與獲邀講者之間的非正式交流。有鑑於此，基金會通過撥款支持 2012 年以來舉辦的四十二場會議。於 2015

年內，多達 1,508 人參加了在香港舉行的十三場戈登研究會議。

戈登研究會議 8,112,000 港元

馬克斯．普朗克學會 — 德國科學研究機構馬克斯．普朗克學會邀請基金會與其合作，雙方以等額資助形式，以生物物理學研究為初期資助重點，支持港德兩地的科研合作。在 2015 年，基金會撥款

20,000 歐元，資助香港科技大學於 2016 年 4 月 5-7 日舉辦馬克斯．普朗克學會－裘槎基金會分子系統工程聯合研討會。該學會亦撥出同等金額，配合資助是屆研討會。

周敬流博士（香港科技大學生命科學部） 173,065 港元

董事局願意審議基金會常規資助計劃條款與模式以外的項目申請。以下是基金會近五年通過審批的特別資助項目：

簡悅威基金（自然科學）明德教授席 — 為表揚簡悅威教授過去二十多年對裘槎基金會以至香港科學發展的貢獻，基金會特別向香港大學撥款港幣一千萬元，設立簡悅威基金（自然科學）明德教授席。而香港大學也配以等額撥款，以合計港幣二千萬元資助獲委任教授的研究工作。為勉勵科學界的後起之秀，香港大學新聘的學者亦很大機會以新進明德教授的名義獲得委任。

香港大學 10,000,000 港元

林島諾貝爾獎得主大會 — 基金會於 2015 年 6 月議決向林島諾貝爾獎得主大會一次捐贈十萬歐元，

並讓該會理事會自行決定如何善用是項捐款支持大會的發展。自 2012 年起，基金會已與林島諾貝爾獎得主大會建立學術合作夥伴關係。基金會一直與多個國家學院、國家研究委員會攜手合作，負責在香港物色合適提名人選。雖然以往常有來自中國內地的年輕科學家參與會議，香港方面尚未就此訂立相關協議。第 65 屆林島諾貝爾獎得主大會於 2015 年 6 月 28 日至 7 月 3 日在德國林島舉行。四位同為裘槎博士後獎學金得主應邀參加，與來自世界各地的 600 多位青年科學家一起會晤 60 多位諾貝爾獎得主。

林島諾貝爾獎得主大會 846,600 港元

以色列魏茨曼科學研究學院暑期科學院 — 基金會贊助喇沙書院兩名有志投身科學研究的傑出學生，

分別於 2013 年及 2014 年遠赴以色列魏茨曼科學研究學院參加為期三星期的暑期學校課程。在該三星期的進修期間，兩人得魏茨曼研究所的研究生及科學家悉心指導，參與實驗室實際的研究工作，此外，

更獲安排參加社交活動、旅遊參觀、科學講座等。

以色列魏茨曼科學研究學院 73,320 港元

《法國五月》之香港醫學博物館展覽會 — 為紀念發現鼠疫杆菌 120 週年，基金會通過撥款贊助該展覽會。展覽會由巴斯德研究所主辦，假座香港醫學博物館舉行，並成為《法國五月》首個介紹科學的活動。始於 1992 年的《法國五月》是一個旨在促進法國與香港文化交流的大型藝術節。

法國駐港澳總領事館 100,000 港元

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The Staff 職員

Ms. Elaine Y.L. Sit 薛彥玲Administrative Officer

Ms. Aggie Y.Y. Ho 何映瑤Executive Officer (Finance)

Ms. Macy M.S. Leung 梁美思Secretary

Ms. Carol K.P. Wong 王嘉寶Programme Assistant

Mr. Michael W.L. Kei 紀永樂Clerical Officer

Professor Wayne Luk 陸永青教授

Honorary Fellowship Advisor榮譽獎學金計劃顧問

Acknowledgements 鳴謝

Some of the photographs in this report are provided

by individual grant recipients, and are used with

their kind permission. The photographs of the

'Science Alive' events are provided by the British

Council and the Science Museum of Hong Kong.

The Foundation acknowledges and thanks all those

who helped.

本報告中所採用照片，部份由個別學者提供，並同意本刊使用。《活的科學》由英國文化協會和香港科學博物館提供。本會特此致謝。 Professor Liwen Jiang of the Chinese

University of Hong Kong was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship in 2009 and 2015. He was also the Director of a CAS-Croucher Joint Laboratory in 2012 and a Croucher Summer Course in 2013 and 2015

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In partnership with the two medical faculties in Hong Kong the Foundation offered early-career awards to promising physician scientists. From left to right are Dr Sunny Hei Wong and Dr Graham Ka Hon Shea.

“Working at the frontiers of science and medicine, we feel deeply grateful to the Foundation for its enduring support”

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