Programme – InnoPort

Target
Programme Type

Undergrad Postgrad Professor Alumni Open for all

Funding programme Competition Education Service & Support

PEF

(Professional Enhancement Fund)

Encourage academic and research staffs to participate in professional development related to knowledge transfer

PEF

Professional Enhancement Fund (PEF) aims to encourage academic and research staff to participate in professional development related to knowledge transfer (KT), so as to foster an innovative culture within CUHK. Specifically, PEF provides financial support to staff members to learn about the best practices of KT through different activities.

Details

Target

– Full-time CUHK academic and research staff

Support

– Financial support to knowledge transfer activities such as KT related conference / training / workshop, visiting companies for exploring KT / commercialisation / business collaboration

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TBF

(Technology and Business Development Fund)

Encourage faculty to explore the commercial potential of new technologies and inventions developed from their research

TBF

Technology and Business Development Fund (TBF) aims to encourage professors to explore the commercial potential of new technologies and inventions developed from their research. TBF provides capital to turn intellectual property into outputs conducive for commercialisation.

Details

Target

Full-time CUHK academic staff

Support

Funding – up to HK$200,000 for 1 year
Partnership Liaison

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VCCE

(Vice-Chancellor’s Cup of Student Entrepreneurship)

Pitch your business ideas and start-ups

VCCE

VCCE aims to systematically nurture future entrepreneurs from the University network and to select student teams to represent the University to attend regional, national, and international competitions, thereby nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship for the community.

Details

Target

CUHK full-time students
CUHK alumni

Support

Prizes – up to HK$50,000 per team
Internship awards for current CUHK students
Mentorship

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PCKKSCA

(Professor Charles K Kao Student Creativity Awards)

Shine with your technological innovation

PCKKSCA

A biennial competition for student technological innovation, the Awards aims to

promote the culture of innovation on campus;
encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration among undergraduate and postgraduate students to innovate in technologies relating to engineering, medicine, science and social science; and
promote entrepreneurship amongst students.

Target

CUHK full-time students

Project categories

Life Sciences
Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
Information Technology
Mathematics and Physics / Mechanics and Control Systems

Support

Prizes – up to HK$18,000 for group entries and HK$10,000 for individual entries
Membership in the Professor Charles K. Kao Scholars Association
Opportunities to represent CUHK at national and international competitions

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HKSEC

(Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge)

Kickstart your social venture through this start-up competition

HKSEC

HKSEC is a social venture start-up competition educating students and the general public about social enterprises in Hong Kong. Through a structured competition model, HKSEC encourages students and young people to employ a creative entrepreneurial approach to solve real world social issues.

Details

Target

Hong Kong tertiary education students
Youth aged 18-35

Support

Prizes – up to HK$300,000 per team

Social innovation training, e.g. design thinking and lean start-up approaches
1-to-1 business coaching for semi-final teams
6-month incubation with principle mentors for winning teams
Opportunities to join overseas competitions for Grand Final teams

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S-KPF

(Sustainable Knowledge Transfer Project Fund)

Nurtures professors to transform social innovation ideas into social enterprises

S-KPF

The scheme nurtures CUHK professors to transform social innovation ideas into social enterprises by providing seed funding and incubation services.

Details

Target

CUHK full-time professors

Support

Funding – up to HK$600,000 for 2 years
Business development consultancy
Publicity and media engagement
Partnership liaison

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KPF

(Knowledge Transfer Project Fund)

Supports faculty to initiate social innovation projects

KPF

The Scheme supports CUHK professors to initiate social innovation projects exemplifying the translation of academic knowledge into social impact.

Details

Target

CUHK full-time professors

Support

Funding – up to HK$400,000 for 1-2 years
Social impact training and assessment
Publicity and media engagement
Partnership liaison

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I-CARE Social Enterprise Startup Scheme

Enables students and young alumni to turn creative business ideas into meaningful start-ups

I-CARE Social Enterprise Startup Scheme

The Scheme not only nurtures CUHK students and young alumni to transform creative business ideas into meaningful start-ups, but more importantly offers mentorship to them by experts in the business sector. Participants may receive from the CUSE Fund seed money to set up enterprises with a social mission.

Details

Target

CUHK full-time students
CUHK alumni graduated within 3 years

Support

Funding – Up to HK$100,000 for 1-2 years
Mentorship
Training activities

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TSSSU

(Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities)

Empowers faculty to transform research output into real businesses

TSSSU

TSSSU aims at supporting CUHK professors, students and alumni to transform research output into a real business. With funding and dedicated support from ORKTS, CUHK members can focus on the commercialisation of technologies and innovation of the University.

Details

Target

CUHK full-time professors
CUHK full-time students
CUHK alumni graduated within 3 years

Support

Funding – up to HK$700,000 per year, up to 3 years
Opportunities to enter incubation programmes at HKSTP
Mentorship
Access to potential investors and industry partners

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PI Centre

Supports aspiring entrepreneurs to prepare and fine-tune start-ups

PI Centre

PI supports aspiring entrepreneurs to prepare and fine-tune their start-ups. The PILOTS Lite programme is a pre-incubation programme for start-ups with a proof–of–concept funding. PI offers admitted teams advice and industry connections, actualising preliminary ideas into working business models, and providing workspace, facilities, training and mentoring services.

Details

Target

CUHK full-time staff

CUHK full-time students

Support

Funding – up to HK$30,000 for 1 year
Opportunities to enter incubation programmes at HKSTP
Access to local and international angel investors and venture capitalists

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EPIN

(Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor Programme)

Learn and get hands-on with the basics

EPIN

The first of its kind in Hong Kong, EPIN is a pioneering Minor Programme founded in 2017 to promote an entrepreneurial culture and mindset for all in the University. EPIN aims at cultivating entrepreneurship among students with events that enrich their understanding of entrepreneurship and challenge their creativity and perseverance.

The design of the EPIN curriculum employs an interdisciplinary approach and is open to all undergraduate students from different faculties.

Details

Target

CUHK full-time undergraduate students

Elements and support

Credit-bearing courses on entrepreneurship and innovation
Internship programmes
Overseas study tours
Entrepreneurship bootcamps
Scholarship and subsidy
Inspiring talks and workshops

CUHK Programmes

PEF

TBF

VCCE

PCKKSCA

HKSEC

S-KPF

KPF

I-CARE Social Enterprise Startup Scheme

TSSSU

PI Centre

EPIN

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