The HKUST President’s Cup is an annual competition that invites students to embark on a tenacious pursuit of excellence in research and innovation. Inaugurated in 2002, the competition provides a unique learning experience to students – it encourages students’ creativity, cultivates students’ interest and expertise in research, and recognizes students’ excellence in achieving innovativeness. The competition is open to undergraduate students of all years and all disciplines. Students are welcome to join individually or as teams. The Entry Students compete for the prestigious President’s Cup through a series of written and oral presentations to illustrate their ingenious ideas to the judges. Each year around late September, the President’s Cup calls for applications from students. The entry is submitted as a Concept Proposal of an academic paper or survey report in any field or a new invention, innovation, software or novel idea. It can be based on final year projects, case studies and term papers. The Award There are three classes of awards: President’s Cup, Gold and Silver. The eminent winners get an extravagant treatment for winning the prestigious awards. Winners not only are entitled to trophies, certificates and cash prizes*, a gathering with the President is arranged for the winners to present their projects to the President and exchange ideas on related topics. Winners are also invited to the HKUST Congregation where they are presented with the President’s Cup trophies on stage. On top of that, the award-winning projects may be recommended to participate in the Challenge Cup, a national academic competition held every two years, subject to the rules of the competition.