CityU Successfully Holds the First Scientific Research Excellence Award Ceremony and Launch Meeting of Scientific Research Projects
On December 19, the First Scientific Research Excellence Award Ceremony and Launch Meeting of Scientific Research Projects was held successfully at the International Conference Hall of CityU.
The 2017-2018 academic year witnessed the steady development in scientific research of CityU. On the basis of alleviating teaching burdens, simplifying administrative procedures, adding the academic affairs director and other institutional arrangements for promoting scientific research in the early stage, the Measures for Promoting Scientific Research was promulgated in June 2018. Thanks to the efforts of all teaching and research colleagues and administrative colleagues, the implementation of scientific research projects in the 2017-2018 academic year was satisfactory, all project teams had completed the scientific research plans on schedule, and the faculty and staff of CityU had published more than 170 academic papers of various types, among which 80 papers were published in SSCI/SCI and other core academic journals and international academic conferences.
At the award ceremony, Rector Shu Guang Zhang presented awards to the three faculty members winning the "Scientific Research Excellence Award", and Pro-Rector Ip Kuai Peng presented appreciation awards to the faculty members winning the "Outstanding Scientific Research Appreciation Award" and "Excellent Scientific Research Appreciation Award". Rector Shu Guang Zhang stressed in his speech that CityU would continue to invest resources to support scientific research, emphatically build a research sector of preponderant disciplines, focus on the construction of discipline laboratory and other scientific research platforms, encourage interdisciplinary and inter-agency scientific research cooperation and construction of scientific research echelon, encourage scientific research personnel to broaden academic vision and strive for more scientific research cooperation resources in the context of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
In this academic year, CityU launched 28 vertical scientific research projects, including 8 key research sector projects and 20 general research projects. The launching meeting of scientific research projects was the second consecutive year for CityU to hold the project launching meeting and the sixth scientific research seminar. Consensus was built and experience exchanged through the form of seminar. It was discussed and decided in the meeting to invite the three faculty members who won the "Scientific Research Excellence Award" to hold a research salon toward all the faculty and staff to share their research experience and promote the formation of a new scientific research team.
