Alumni Endowment Fund Athletic Awards

The Alumni Endowment Fund Athletic Awards, established in 2012/13, aim at recognizing the achievements of HKUST students in sports and their contribution to sports development.  The Awards are supported by an annual allocation of funding from the Alumni Endowment Fund (AEF).

Application/nomination deadline: 25 August 2025

  • Personal Achievement in Sports
  • Team Achievement in Sports
  • Outstanding Sports Group
  • Personal Achievement in Sports
    • Award to the individual(s) who has achieved outstanding performance in international competition, local/open competition, intervarsity competition and others (Sports include all those with National Sports Associations affiliated to ANY National Olympic Committee under the auspice of the International Olympic Committee).
    • When more than one individual have the same achievement, the award shall be shared equally.
  • Team Achievement in Sports
    • Award to the HKUST Team which has achieved the highest-ranking (the top 4 teams ranking) in international competition, local/open competition, intervarsity competition and others (Sports include all those with National Sports Associations affiliated to ANY National Olympic Committee under the auspice of the International Olympic Committee).
    • When more than one team achieves the same highest ranking, the award shall be shared equally.
  • Outstanding Sports Group
    • Award to sports group who has outstanding contribution in organizing university-wide sports events for the student/ university/ larger community and has demonstrated good team spirit and served as good model in active promotion of sports in HKUST.
  • Selection of Awardees
    • The Selection Panel, consisted of staff and student representatives, will assess the applications and select the awardees based on the assessment criteria.
    • The selection should be open and fair so that the award recipients are well-deserved the honor. When there is no suitable awardee in a particular category in a particular year, no award will be issued.

Co-chairs:
Staff Association - Mr Ricky HUI, DBM
Dean of Students' Office - Mr Ricky YEUNG, DSTO

Members:
Faculty/Staff Representative - Mr Forrest KAM, MGMT and Mr Doug WONG, ITSC nominated by Staff Association
Student Representatives - Two student athletes and sports leaders nominated by Sports Association, HKUSTSU
Secretary:
Dean of Students' Office - Miss LO Yuen Hung, DSTO

Cash awards amount for each Award:

  • Personal Achievement in Sports: Max. of HK$5,000
  • Team Achievement in Sports: Max. of HK$5,000
  • Outstanding Sports Group: Max. of HK$5,000

A Certificate of Achievement will be presented to each awardee.
 

Complete the application/nomination form, together with supporting documents such as copies of certificates wherever applicable, and send it to:  aefsports@ust.hk


Application:

  • All full-time HKUST students including undergraduate, postgraduate and exchange-in students


Nomination:

  • Any member of the University is welcome to nominate candidates for the Awards

For enquiries, please email aefsports@ust.hk