The University Grants Committee (the UGC) today (7 June 2000) announced that it has shortlisted 16 out of the 55 initial proposals received from the UGC-funded institutions under the second round of the Areas of Excellence (AoE) scheme. These shortlisted proposals, in alphabetical order of their titles, are:
Participating Institutions |
Title of proposal |
HKU |
Business Management in China |
CityU*, HKUST |
Chinese Language Sciences |
PolyU*, CityU / HKBU / CUHK / HKUST / HKU |
Chirotechnology for Chiral Drugs |
HKUST |
Coastal and Atmospheric Research |
CUHK |
Computer Assisted Diagnosis, Treatment and Training in Medicine |
HKUST |
E-Commerce Driven Manufacturing and Logistics Systems |
CUHK |
E-Commerce Technologies |
HKU |
Genetics and Functional Genomics in Development, Degeneration and Disease |
HKU |
HK Culture and Society : Beyond Cosmopolitanism |
HKU |
Institute of Chemical Biology : Integrated Research on Drug Development |
CUHK |
Marine Biotechnology |
HKUST*, HKBU / CUHK / HKU |
Molecular Neuroscience : Basic Research and Drug Discovery |
CUHK*, CityU / PolyU / HKUST |
Research in Chinese Medicine |
HKU |
Water Environment Engineering |
CityU*, CUHK / PolyU / HKU |
Wireless Communications |
HKUST*, CUHK |
Wireless Communication Systems |
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