Hong Kong Institution of Science

Major Objective

To foster and increase the general knowledge of the public in the sciences;

To promote and encourage for the benefit of the public the advancement of knowledge in the field of scientific studies, research, developments and practice in all respects;

To promote education, training and research in the field of general and/or specific pure and/or applied scientific research, development and practice;

To sponsor and co-ordinate scientific interchange and cooperation between science practitioners in all science related departments of all tertiary educational institutions, government and industrial sector ( collectively called as "the Hong Kong scientific community");

To organise courses, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, television and radio programmes and other events for the dissemination of knowledge and information in science;

To award prizes, scholarships and bursaries to such persons and for such purposes as are conducive to the promotion of science;

To organise competitions and similar events for the promotion of invention, research and development in science;

To organise and/or provide funding for research projects, study groups and other events for the promotion of invention, research and development in science;

To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and information in science on local, regional and international levels.