Prof. Kai LIU's RGC Research Fellow 2024/25 Achievement Highlighted at the HKUST Faculty Recognition Ceremony 2024
The HKUST Faculty Recognition Ceremony 2024 was held on December 4 to acknowledge and applaud the outstanding academic achievements of the University’s faculty members in the 2023-24 academic year. Among the 22 honorees, 11 of them are from the School of Engineering (SENG) or have a joint position in the School. All of them were recipients of significant external accolades or major research funding in the past year, demonstrating their impactful contributions to the fields and unwavering commitment to excellence.
Prof. Kai LIU, Professor of Division of Life Science and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was recognized as Research Fellowship by the RGC for his project titled “Enhance locomotor recovery by transforming a complete spinal cord injury into an incomplete injury”.
The RGC Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) aims to provide sustained research support integrated with relief from teaching and administrative duties for outstanding researchers at Associate Professor rank at UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong, with a view to facilitating academics to dedicate their career to research and development as well as to give them the time and resources to nurture and train the next generation of local research talent for Hong Kong.
RFS provides ten awards in each round of the yearly exercise. Each awardee will be conferred the title "RGC Research Fellow", and receive sustained support for a period of 60 months. The resource may be used for relief from teaching and administrative duties, as well as for research funding support covering salary costs for relief teachers and support for the research project including resources for staff, equipment, travel, subsistence and dissemination costs.
For more information, please refer to: Celebrating Faculty Excellence at HKUST Faculty Recognition Ceremony 2024 | HKUST School of Engineering
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