HIGH IMPACT
RESEARCH (HIR)
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
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 1 ISI 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 HIR-MoHE
• 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
• MOHE Fund started in July/August 2011
• Total allocation – RM590 million for 5 years
• Five faculties and one Special Chancellory Project
HIR Structural
HIR Committee (Central)
Chairman – Tan Sri Dr. Ghauth Jasmon
Committee Members:
1) Prof. Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin
2) Emeritus Prof. Dr. Lam Sai Kit
Central
(VC’s OFF)
3) Prof. Dr. Ishak Abdul Razak
4) Emeritus Prof. Dr. Yong Hoi Sen
5) Prof. Dr. Mohd Ali Hashim
ENG
MED
DENT
HIR Committee (Faculty Level)
Chairman – Dean
Committee Members:
1) 1 person from the faculty
2) Director of IPPP/1 Cluster Chairman
3) 1 person from HIR Central
4) 1 person from another PTj
5) Secretary – Deputy Dean/Appointed Officer
*Chorum: 4 people including Secretary
SC
SC.COMP
WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING
1)
2)
3)
4)
Research Output – 40%
Quality of Faculty – 40%
Quality of Education – 10%
Size of Institution – 10%
2025
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
Academic Peer Review – 40%
Research Excellence – 20%
Teaching Excellence – 20%
Employer Survey – 10%
International Students – 5%
International Faculty – 5%
2020
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
Academic Peer Review – 40%
Citations per faculty – 20%
Student faculty ratio – 20%
Employer/Recruiter review – 10%
International Students – 5%
International Faculty – 5%
2015
SHANGHAI JIAO TUNG
UNIVERSITY RANKING (SJTU)
THE World
University Ranking (QS)
QS World
University Ranking (QS)
OVERALL BUDGET HIR-MoHE PER CYCLE
Year
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Total
2011
80,000,000
-
-
80,000,000
2012
110,166,980
53,122,460
-
163,289,440
2013
49,414,114
25,389,349
95,639,831
170,443,294
2014
41,119,437
17,768,206
40,843,374
99,731,017
2015
36,063,479
12,088,706
28,540,524
76,692,709
316,764,010 108,368,721
165,023,729
590,156,460
Total Per Cycle
DETAILS BUDGET FOR HIR-MoHE
No
Proposed & Approved
by MOHE
PTj
RM
No. of
projects
Allocation for
Cycle 1
RM
Allocation for
Cycle 2
No. of
projects
RM
No. of
projects
Amount Balanced
for Cycle 3 (RM)
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
78
108,368,721
52
165,023,729
Balanced Revised 68% :
Secretariat
590,156,460
Total :
140
4,329,517
316,764,010
CRITERIA FOR HIR-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
STRATEGIES
 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
EQUIPMENT IN PLACE
GC MIDI
Cary 60
GCMS
HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH (HIR)
ADVISORY COUNCIL
 UM Nobel Fellow Dr. Barry Marshall
 UM Nobel Fellow Dr. Ryoji Noyori
 UM Nobel Fellow Dr. David Baltimore
 UM Distinguished Fellow Dr. Rita Colwell
 UM Distinguished Fellow Dr. Chi-Huey Wong
UM HIR BUILDING
THE NOBEL WINNERS LABORATORIES
UM RYOJI NOYORI
Chemistry/Materials Science
UM COLWELL CENTRE
Systems Biology/Bioinformatics
UM MARSHALL CENTRE
Helicobacter/Tropical Diseases
Ryoji Noyori
Rita Colwell
HIR RESEARCH COLLABORATORS
UM BALTIMORE CENTRE
Epigenetics
UM Publications Indexed in Web of Science 2008th
2012 As of 17 April 2012
Year
Published
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 #
No. of Articles indexed No. of Tier 1
(excluded journals
Article
banned by MOHE)
594
1074
1481
1955
414
102
174
279
430
--
%
17.17%
16.20%
18.84%
21.99%
# 2012 publications is based on JCR2011; and it will only be released in July 2012
Source : UM Library
TARGETING HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS
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