HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH (HIR)

UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

BIRTH OF THE HIR ERA

Background for Chancellory HIR

• HIR in UM started in February 2010 with internal fund

• Central HIR Committee chaired by Tan Sri VC

• Developed strong system to manage UM HIR projects

• In 2010 & 2011, 4 cycles a year

• In 2012, reduced to 2 cycles a year because of MoHE Fund (www.hir.um.edu.my)

Background for Chancellory HIR

• Cost-effectiveness : RM60K per Tier 1 ISI publication

• Capped at RM500K per project

• Duration for 2 years only

• Emphasis on niche areas and strengths of UM researchers

• International collaborations, including with Malaysian scientists overseas and Academic Icons

Background of HIR-MoHE

• Cabinet decision to support at least one research university to break into the Top 100 world ranked universities by 2015 based on QS Ranking

• In one quixotic move, Tan Sri VC accepted the challenge

• MOHE Fund started in July/August 2011

• Total allocation – RM590 million for 5 years

• Five faculties and one Special Chancellory Project

HIR StructuralHIR Committee (Central)

Chairman – Tan Sri Dr. Ghauth Jasmon

Committee Members:

1) Prof. Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin

2) Emeritus Prof. Dr. Lam Sai Kit

3) Prof. Dr. Ishak Abdul Razak

4) Emeritus Prof. Dr. Yong Hoi Sen

5) Prof. Dr. Mohd Ali Hashim

HIR Committee (Faculty Level)

Chairman – Dean

Committee Members:

1) 1 person from the faculty

2) Director of IPPP/1 Cluster Chairman

3) 1 person from HIR Central

4) 1 person from another PTj

5) Secretary – Deputy Dean/Appointed Officer

*Chorum: 4 people including Secretary

1) Research Output – 40%2) Quality of Faculty – 40%3) Quality of Education – 10%4) Size of Institution – 10%

1) Academic Peer Review – 40%2) Research Excellence – 20%3) Teaching Excellence – 20%4) Employer Survey – 10%5) International Students – 5%6) International Faculty – 5%

THE World University Ranking

(QS)

1) Academic Peer Review – 40%2) Citations per faculty – 20%3) Student faculty ratio – 20%4) Employer/Recruiter review – 10%5) International Students – 5%6) International Faculty – 5%

QS World University Ranking (QS)

WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING

2025

2020

2015

OVERALL BUDGET HIR-MoHE PER CYCLEYear Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Total

2011

80,000,000

-

-

80,000,000

2012

110,166,980

53,122,460

-

163,289,440

2013

49,414,114

25,389,349

95,639,831

170,443,294

2014

41,119,437

17,768,206

40,843,374

99,731,017

2015

36,063,479

12,088,706

28,540,524

76,692,709

Total Per Cycle

316,764,010

108,368,721

165,023,729

590,156,460

DETAILS BUDGET FOR HIR-MoHE

No PTj

Proposed & Approvedby MOHE

Allocation forCycle 1

Allocation forCycle 2 Amount Balanced

for Cycle 3 (RM)RM

No. of projects

RMNo. of

projectsRM

No. of projects

1 MEDICINE 129,697,000 20 72,919,330 17 18,677,800 5

38,099,870

2 ENGINEERING 200,000,000 62 52,837,469 23 65,108,120 27

82,054,411

3 SCIENCE 79,904,130 13 60,014,503 13 0 0

19,889,627

4 DENTAL 28,287,330 22 13,194,753 8 15,092,351 13 226

5 COMPUTER SCIENCE 27,268,000 13 9,126,490 8 3,201,200 6

14,940,310

6 CHANCELLORY 125,000,000 10 104,341,948 9 6,289,250 1

14,368,802

SecretariatBalanced Revised 68% : 4,329,517

Total :

590,156,460 140 316,764,010 78 108,368,721 52 165,023,729

CRITERIA FOR HIR-MoHE FUNDING

• Emphasis is on Fundamental Research

• Quality projects in niche priority areas

• Internationalism and partnership with ivy-league universities

• Publication in ISI/WoS Tier 1 high impact journals in respective disciplines

• PIs must have good track record of Tier 1 publications, not meant for “rookies”

• Cost-effectiveness at RM100K/Tier 1 paper

• Other targets include manpower development, patents

Stringent internal and external review process

Tough but transparent monitoring and audit systems

Regular progress reports and oral presentations

Dedicated HIR Secretariat to expedite process of purchases, employment of RA, etc.

Flagship projects which can attract Bright Sparks

Investment in high-end equipment (RM100 million)for central facility labs

GCMS

Cary 60

GC MIDI

EQUIPMENT IN PLACE

HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH (HIR) ADVISORY COUNCIL

UM Nobel Fellow Dr. Barry Marshall UM Nobel Fellow Dr. Ryoji Noyori UM Nobel Fellow Dr. David Baltimore UM Distinguished Fellow Dr. Rita Colwell UM Distinguished Fellow Dr. Chi-Huey Wong

UM HIR BUILDING UM HIR BUILDING

UM MARSHALL CENTRE

UM RYOJI NOYORI

UM BALTIMORE CENTRE

UM COLWELL CENTRE

HIR RESEARCH COLLABORATORS

Helicobacter/Tropical Diseases

Systems Biology/Bioinformatics

Epigenetics

Chemistry/Materials Science

Ryoji Noyori

Rita Colwell

THE NOBEL WINNERS LABORATORIES

UM Publications Indexed in Web of Science 2008-2012 As of 17th April 2012

Year Published

No. of Articles indexed (excluded journals banned by MOHE)

No. of Tier 1 Article

%

2008 594 102 17.17%2009 1074 174 16.20%2010 1481 279 18.84%2011 1955 430 21.99%

2012 # 414 --

# 2012 publications is based on JCR2011; and it will only be released in July 2012

Source : UM Library

2012 2013 2014 2015 Total

Nature

1 2 4 5 12

Science

1 1 3 0 5

Lancet

0 0 0 1 1

PNAS 0 2 3 3 8

PLoS 0 2 3 12 19

TARGETING HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS