OAL The Chinese University of Hong Kong eNewsletter

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a member of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), an exclusive network of 19 research-led universities across 10 countries. Committed to addressing the world's most urgent challenges, WUN supports research collaborations among its members with a Research Development Fund scheme that provides seeding fund for research projects under the Global Challenges.

WUN Research Development Fund 2013

The internal application for the WUN Research Development Fund (RDF) 2013 is now opened. The WUN RDF offers seeding fund to kick-start collaborative research projects under the four WUN Global Challenges, namely "Adapting to Climate Change", "Global Higher Education and Research", "Public Health and Non-Communicable Diseases", and "Understanding Cultures".

Applicants are invited to submit preliminary proposals of their projects which will be reviewed internally and approved by the University. Once selected, the applicants will complete a detailed set of application provided by the Network. A maximum of three nominations will be submitted by CUHK to WUN by the end of October 2013.

Terms of Award

An award of up to £15,000 will be offered by WUN to each selected project from an overall fund of over £200,000.
An award from the RDF will be matched by funding provided by CUHK (up to the value awarded by WUN and only for projects led by CUHK).

In 2012, the three applications led by CUHK were supported by WUN. In addition, 10 CUHK researchers were invited to participate in eight projects led by other WUN member universities.

CUHK application deadline is Wednesday, 18 September 2013. For more information, please visit www.oal.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php/partnerships/wun/funding-opportunities.

Research Mobility Programmes for 2013–14

CUHK has a number of research mobility programmes in place that aim to facilitate joint research and develop new collaborations. They include the Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence, PhD Student Exchange Programme, and Short-term Faculty Exchange Programme. For the latter two programmes, CUHK partners with WUN member universities including the University of Bristol, University of Leeds, and University of Sydney.

Applications to these programmes for 2013–14 were concluded in April 2013. A total of 13 applications from CUHK were supported and in return, CUHK will host one PhD student from the University of Bristol and two faculty members from the University of Bristol and the University of Sydney respectively. For more information, please click here.

Visits from WUN member universities

CUHK received the following visitors from WUN member universities between 21 May and 28 July 2013:

Date	WUN Member	Delegate(s)
11 Jun 2013	University of Western Australia, Australia	Ms. Milly Ingate, Associate Director of Student Exchange and Study Abroad
19 Jun 2013	University of Rochester, US	Prof. Peter Lennie, Provost and Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences and Engineering Prof. Thomas DiPiero, Dean for Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies
27 Jun 2013	University of Leeds, UK	Prof. Oliver Carsten, Professor of Transport Safety, Institute of Transportation Studies

For more information on WUN and collaboration opportunities for WUN member universities, please contact the CUHK WUN Coordinator:

Ms. Shally Fan, Director of Academic Links, Office of Academic Links
Tel: +852 3943 7586, Email: shallyfan@cuhk.edu.hk