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HKUST has set up a supportive infrastructure for research
breakthroughs to make the transition from idea to market and
on to improving people’s lives. This infrastructure includes
entrepreneurship programs, funding, and knowledge transfer
systems and processes offered through the Technology
Transfer Center, Entrepreneurship Center, and HKUST R and D
Corporation Ltd. The University also leverages funding
opportunities provided by the Hong Kong government through the
Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU)
under the Innovation and Technology Fund. HKUST has
incubated more than 90 technology-based start-up companies,
many born from joint research efforts between faculty members
and their students. It has licensed hundreds more research
discoveries to industry partners. Here, three HKUST research
teams, who are helping the world see and hear better, showcase
the innovations that have led to spin-off companies.
