Support for Teaching & Research

Start-up Funds

To improve the University’s competitiveness in hiring new professoriate staff and to enhance our academic capacity, the University provides start-up funds to support research/teaching/professional activities of new appointees, e.g. hiring of research support staff, equipment and general expenses.

Named Professorships

Professoriate appointees with distinguished scholastic achievements may be awarded Named Professorships with support for their appointment-related activities.

Research Funding Opportunities

• an array of grants are available for consultancy, technology transfer, and collaborative projects with external communities, to name just a few examples:
  
  • research grants from Hong Kong Research Grants Council / University Grants Committee
  • Quality Education Fund
  • Innovation and Technology Fund
  • Health and Medical Research Fund
• a multitude of charitable, trust, industry and individual benefactors also offer staunch support, e.g. the Croucher Foundation
  

Research Personnel

Apart from invigorating input provided by postgraduate research students, there is dedicated support from research staff appointed to various ranks such as Research Assistant, Research Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow to buttress ongoing as well as new initiatives.

Teaching Resources

• The University Library System of CUHK is one of the leading academic libraries in East Asia, with a significant bilingual collection of over 130,000 electronic and print journal subscriptions, 4.5 million e-books, 2.5 million print volumes and Special Collections. It comprises the University Library, New Asia College Chien Mu Library, Chung Chi College Elisabeth Luce Moore Library, United College Wu Chung Multimedia Library, Li Ping Medical Library at the Prince of Wales Hospital,  the Architecture Library and the Lee Quo Wei Law Library
• Young teaching staff members can join the Professional Development Course offered by the Center for Learning Enhancement And Research to learn more about teaching and learning at CUHK, as well as  useful and relevant tools to help them realize the educational objectives of their courses

Recognition for quality teaching and research work

Faculty members’ efforts for research excellence and quality teaching always receive the encouragement they well deserve; a few examples of sector-wide or institutional recognition are:

• Research Excellence Award
• Young Researcher Award
• Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award
• Hong Kong University Grants Council - UGC Teaching Award