HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH (HIR) UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

University of Malaya Researchers’ Conference 2012

BIRTH OF THE HIR ERA

Background for Chancellory HIR

HIR in UM started in February 2010 with internal fund

Central HIR Committee chaired by Tan Sri VC

Developed strong system to manage UM HIR projects

In 2010 & 2011, 4 cycles a year

In 2012, reduced to 2 cycles a year because of MoHE Fund (www.hir.um.edu.my)

Background for Chancellory HIR

Cost-effectiveness : RM60K per Tier One publication

Capped at RM500K per project

Duration for 2 years only

Emphasis on niche areas and strengths of UM researchers

International collaborations, including with Malaysian scientists overseas and Academic Icons

Background of MoHE HIR

Cabinet decision to support at least one research university to break into the Top 100 world ranked universities by 2015 based on QS Ranking

In one quixotic move, Tan Sri VC accepted the challenge (placing our necks on the chopping board!)

MOHE Fund started in July/August 2011

Total allocation – RM590 million for 5 years

Five faculties and one Special Chancellory Project

UM RANKING PERFORMANCE IN

QS (2004-2011)

2004(THES-QS)

2005(THES-QS)

2006(THES-QS)

2007(THES-QS)

2008(THE-QS)

2009(THE-QS)

2010(QS)

2011(QS)

89 169 192 246 230 180 207

167

Erroneous data submission

PUBLICATIONS RECORD 1980 - 2010

1) Research Output – 40%2) Quality of Faculty – 40%3) Quality of Education – 10%4) Size of Institution – 10%

1) Academic Peer Review – 40%2) Research Excellence – 20%3) Teaching Excellence – 20%4) Employer Survey – 10%5) International Students – 5%6) International Faculty – 5%

THE World University Ranking

(QS)

1) Academic Peer Review – 40%2) Citations per faculty – 20%3) Student faculty ratio – 20%4) Employer/Recruiter review – 10%5) International Students – 5%6) International Faculty – 5%

QS World University Ranking (QS)

WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING

2025

2020

2015

FUNDING OF CYCLE 3 HIR-MOHE

No PTj

Proposed & Approvedby MOHE

Allocation forCycle 1

Allocation forCycle 2 Amount Balanced

for Cycle 3 (RM)RM

No. of projects

RMNo. of

projectsRM

No. of projects

1 MEDICINE 129,697,000 20 72,919,330 17 18,677,800 5

38,099,870

2 ENGINEERING 200,000,000 62 52,837,469 23 65,108,120 27

82,054,411

3 SCIENCE 79,904,130 13 60,014,503 13 0 0

19,889,627

4 DENTAL 28,287,330 22 13,194,753 8 15,092,351 13 226

5 COMPUTER SCIENCE 27,268,000 13 9,126,490 8 3,201,200 6

14,940,310

6 CHANCELLORY 125,000,000 10 104,341,948 9 6,289,250 1

14,368,802

Secretariat Balanced Revised 68% : 4,329,517

Total :

590,156,460 140 316,764,010 78 108,368,721 52 165,023,729

CRITERIA FOR MOHE FUNDING

Emphasis is on Fundamental Research

Quality projects in niche priority areas

Internationalism and partnership with ivy-league universities

Publication in ISI/WoS Tier 1 high impact journals in respective disciplines

PIs must have good track record of Tier 1 publications, not meant for “rookies”

Cost-effectiveness at RM100K/Tier 1 paper

Other targets include manpower development, patents

Stringent internal and external review process

Tough but transparent monitoring and audit systems

Regular progress reports and oral presentations

Dedicated HIR Secretariat to expedite process of purchases, employment of RA, etc.

Flagship projects which can attract Bright Sparks

Investment in high-end equipment (RM100 million)for central facility labs

No PTj Year 2012 (RM) Year 2013 (RM) 2012+2013(RM) 6. CHANCELLORY 36,806,500 800,000 37,606,500

PECAHAN PEROLEHAN PERALATAN HIR - CANSELERI

No. Major Equipments Amount (RM)1. LC/MS 800,000.002. Nanodrop spectrophotometer 250,000.003. Ultracentrifuge 190,000.004. Genome sequencer FLX instrument 1,600,000.00

5. Phenotype microarray 1,500,000.00

6. Liquid chromatography/Mass spectrometry C/MS/MS protein profiling

1,500,000.00

7. 3730x1 DNA Analyzer 400,000.008. COBAS Taqman 48 Analyzer 360,000.009. Carbon dioxide incubator 30,000.00

10. Atomic force microscopy 3,500,000.0011. High resolution spectrometer and detecter 100,000.0012. X-ray Difractometer 1,800,000.0013. Kugelrohr Distillation device 100,000.0014. Basic lab equipment and freezers 616,500.0015. Next generation sequencer 2,000,000.0016. 384 well PCR machine 200,000.0017. Real-time PCR 320,000.0018. Liquid handler 100,000.0019. Freezers -20 & -80 150,000.0020. Computer servers 230,000.0021. Cleanroom wet bench and facilities 200,000.00

No. Major Equipments Amount (RM)22. Scopes and power meters 100,000.00

23. Laser sources 35,000.0024. Optical benches 50,000.0025. Photon camera 2,000,000.00

26. 600 MHz MRI/NMR 2,500,000.00

27. Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) system 2,000,000.0028. Microarray with scanner, nano-printer,

software and robotics arm 2,500,000.00

29. Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRETS)

2,000,000.00

30. 3730x1 DNA Analyser for high throughput 800,000.0031. CHEF Mapper Pulse field gel electrophoresis 300,000.0032. Autoanalyser nutrients (6 nutrients) 250,000.0033. CHN Elenmental analyser 250,000.0034. Amaxa nucleofactor 400,000.0035. Sequenome 3,358,000.0036. Single-cell laser capture microdisection 1,500,000.0037. Illumina iSCAN 1,500,000.0038. UPLC 700,000.00

GCMS

Cary 60

GC MIDI

EQUIPMENT IN PLACE

HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH (HIR) ADVISORY COUNCIL

UM Nobel Fellow Dr. Barry MarshallUM Nobel Fellow Dr. Ryoji Noyori

UM Nobel Fellow Dr. David BaltimoreUM Distinguished Fellow Dr. Rita Colwell

UM HIR BUILDING UM HIR BUILDING

UM MARSHALL CENTRE

UM RYOJI NOYORI

UM BALTIMORE CENTRE

UM COLWELL CENTRE

HIR RESEARCH COLLABORATORS

Helicobacter/Tropical Diseases

Systems Biology/Bioinformatics

Epigenetics

Chemistry/Materials Science

Ryoji Noyori

Rita Colwell

UM Publications Indexed in Web of Science 2008-2012 As of 17th April 2012

Year Published No. of Articles indexed (excluded journals banned by MOHE)

No. of Tier 1 Article

%

2008 594 102 17.17%2009 1074 174 16.20%2010 1481 279 18.84%2011 1955 430 21.99%

2012 # 414 --

# 2012 publications is based on JCR2011; and it will only be released in July 2012

Source : UM Library

UM Publications in the following journals (2008-2012) as of 17th April 2012

Journal / Year Impact Factor (JCR2010) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Nature 36.104 0 0 0 0 0Science 31.377 1 0 0 0 0Lancet 33.633 0 0 3 2 1New England Journal of Medicine

53.486 0 0 0 0 0

Cell 32.406 0 0 0 0 0Plos Medicine 15.617 0 0 0 0 0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)

9.771 0 0 0 0 0

Total 1 0 3 2 1

Source : UM Library

2012 2013 2014 2015 Total

Nature 1 2 4 5 12

Science

1 1 3 0 5

Lancet 0 0 0 1 1

PNAS 0 2 3 3 8

PLoS 0 2 3 12 19

TARGETING HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS

I.F. = 53.486I.F. = 36.104

I.F. = 33.633

I.F. = 31.377An Impossible Dream?

IT IS IN DREAMS THAT WE BEGIN TO FIND REALITYS. K. LAM