Event Highlight: BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize (STIP) 2024 Press Conference (11 November 2024)
The Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK) Science and Technology Innovation Prize (STIP) 2024 press conference, organized by the Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation and sponsored by BOCHK, was recently held on 11th November 2024. Two scholars from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have been honored to receive this year’s prestigious awards.
Professor Siew Ng, Croucher Professor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, and Assistant Dean (Development) of Faculty of Medicine; and Professor Chen Shih-Chi, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, were recognized for their outstanding scientific research achievements in the fields of “Life and Health” and “Advanced Manufacturing” respectively. Each awardee will receive a prize of HK$2 million.
About the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize
The BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize is a non-governmental merit-based award that aims at rewarding outstanding scientists and research teams in Hong Kong or research-related institutions set up by Hong Kong higher education institutions and located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, for their significant achievements in scientific and technological innovation and transformation. Each awardee will receive a HK$2 million cash prize.
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