About Us

Y-LOT (Y-LOT Foundation Limited) stands for ‘Youths. Love. Opportunities. Technology.’. We are registered as a charitable organization under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance of Hong Kong (IR# 91/14991). 

Mission and Vision

Y-LOT is a nonprofit promoting social mobility of our youths and combating the world’s most pressing humanitarian problems by supporting development of frontier science and technology.

How we work

Y-LOT upskills the Science and Technology knowledge of young people. Better science and digital literacy is the force for better social mobility. 

Our team also facilitates the process of technology transfer so frontier science knowledge can bring disruptive solutions meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals

We set up Make It Happen (MIH) Club to gather impact-minded and venture philanthropists as collaborations will amplify our contributions. 

Donations and patient capital offered by SciTech Future Fund of Y-LOT support our projects. 

Andy FEI Chi En

Founder & Chairman of Y-LOT Foundation
Member of the Court, HKUST

Message from Founder & CHAIRMAN

Technology drives economic development. Science drives social development. We need to equip scientists and innovators with adequate resources so they can keep breaking through.

A lot of people take technological and social progress for granted. These advancements, however, don’t happen overnight. Instead, lots of brains have been contributing relentlessly and silently behind these developments. Unfortunately, these efforts are often overlooked.

We aim at making knowledge of SciTech more accessible and approachable to everyone. With better knowledge, we all will aspire to have a brighter future. I wish us all a brand new page soon coming with all these technological advancements!

“FEI CHI EN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FUND”

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In December 2020, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) established the HK$20M ‘Fei Chi En Education and Research Fund’ to promote the future development of SciTech and its education, such as advanced materials research, aerospace and automotives projects, biomedical research and procurement of related facilities. 

“Fei Chi En Dream Team Open Lab” of HKUST lets students and teams across disciplines work together to turn their SciTech ideas into projects or prototypes for international competitions.

“Y-LOT Foundation Scholarship”

In 2021, Y-LOT set up a HK$2 million scholarship to The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to reward students with outstanding academic achievements and encourage them to strive for excellence.

We are pleased to announce that 20 outstanding students of HKUST were awarded for the “Y-LOT Foundation Scholarship” in academic year 2022 – 2023. 

SciTech Advisory Committee

Dr. KO Wing Man

Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

Former Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong

Candidate for Executive Council

Dr. George LAM

Senior Advisor of Macquarie Group Asia

Former Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited

Prof. QIN Dahe

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Former Director of the China Meteorological Administration

Winner of the Volvo Environment Prize

Prof. ZHANG Jianhua

Chair Professor of Plant Biology and Associate Vice President (Global Research Cooperation), HKBU

Mr. Peter CHAN

Partner, Assurance, TMT Assurance Leader at Ernst & Young, Hong Kong

Mr. Michael HO

Director of OurCrowd, Israel Venture Capital

Mr. Charles CHAU

Partner at Jones Day

Ms. Justina CHIU

Chief Executive Officer of ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Limited

Prof. XIE Ting

The head of Division of Life Science, HKUST

Prof. QIAN Peiyuan

Chair Professor of Division of Life Science, HKUST

Prof. XU Jiang

Acting Head of Microelectronics Thrust, Function Hub, HKUST (Guangzhou)

Prof. WU Enboa

Former Associate Vice-President for Knowledge Transfer, HKUST

Dr. Ricky CHIU

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, PHASE Scientific

Dr. Charleston SIN

Executive Director, MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node

Management TEAM

Ms. Elaine WONG

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Rex TUNG

Chief Financial Officer