# University Research Committee

**Source**: https://hku.hk/research/urc.html
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HKU’s research strategies and policies are formulated by the University Research Committee (URC), which is a committee of the Senate chaired by the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research). The URC designs and administers funding schemes to strengthen the University’s research performance.

**Membership**

| Category | Name |
| --- | --- |
| A Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, appointed by the President and Vice-Chancellor (Chairman) (ex-officio) | [Professor S.K.Y Ma](https://www.presidentsoffice.hku.hk/leadership/professor-stephanie-ma "This link will pop up in a new window") |
| A Chair Professor, appointed by the President and Vice-Chancellor (Deputy Chairman) | [Professor A.S.T. Wong](https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00805 "This link will pop up in a new window") |
| Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) (ex-officio) | [Professor J.S. Siegel](https://www.presidentsoffice.hku.hk/leadership/professor-jay-siegel "This link will pop up in a new window") |
| The Dean of the Graduate School or his/her representative (ex-officio) | [Professor D. Jin](https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00452 "This link will pop up in a new window") |
| Director, Technology Transfer Office (ex-officio) | [Professor S.K.Y Ma](https://www.presidentsoffice.hku.hk/leadership/professor-stephanie-ma "This link will pop up in a new window") (Acting Director) |
| Up to six teachers appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | [Professor D.M. Bishai](https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp03114 "This link will pop up in a new window")  [Professor S. He](https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp01996 "This link will pop up in a new window")  [Professor T.Y.S. Lum](https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp01513 "This link will pop up in a new window")  [Professor V.W.W. Yam](http://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00822 "This link will pop up in a new window")  [Professor C.K.Y. Yiu](http://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00018 "This link will pop up in a new window")  [Professor S.N.M. Young](http://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp01275 "This link will pop up in a new window") |
| Up to four teachers co-opted by the Committee for one year at a time | [Professor H.W. Cappelen](https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp02716 "This link will pop up in a new window")  [Professor G. Chiribella](https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp02035 "This link will pop up in a new window")  [Professor P. Gao](https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp02688 "This link will pop up in a new window")  [Professor N. Rao](https://repository.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00953 "This link will pop up in a new window") |
| President and Vice-Chancellor (Statutory) | [Professor X. Zhang](https://www.presidentsoffice.hku.hk/leadership/professor-xiang-zhang%2C-jp "This link will pop up in a new window") |

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