甄选工作将由国际专业科学总评审团负责，总评审团按照一组两级制进行甄选：第一层级为科学评审委员会，由天文学、生命科学与医学和数学科学这三个学科的专家组成的，每个有效申请将由至少两位科学评审委员会的成员进行评审；第二层级为科学评审大会，大会最终将选出200名青年科学家参加桂冠论坛。
科学评审委员会
Astronomy Scientific Review Committee
Prof Kenneth YOUNG (Committee Chairman)
- Chair of the Shaw Prize Council
- Emeritus Professor of Physics of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof Luis HO
- Director and University Chair Professor of Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of Peking University
Prof Paul HO
- Director General of East Asian Observatory
Dr Joseph HORA
- Astronomer of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Prof Kinwah WU
- Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics of University College London
Life Science and Medicine Scientific Review Committee
Prof the Hon TSUI Lap-chee, GBM, GBS, JP (Committee Chairman)
- Founding President of The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
- Former Vice Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong
Prof Danny CHAN
- S Y and H Y Cheng Professor in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine of The University of Hong Kong
Prof Edwin CHAN
- Director and Professor of School of Life Sciences of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof Shuk Han CHENG
- Chair Professor of Molecular Medicine of City University of Hong Kong
Prof King CHOW
- Professor of Division of Life Science of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Prof Stephanie MA
- Endowed Professor in School of Biomedical Sciences at LKS Faculty of Medicine and Associate Vice-President (Research and Innovation) of The University of Hong Kong
Prof Claudia MAURI
- Professor of Immunology of University College London
Mathematical Sciences Scientific Review Committee
Prof Timothy W TONG, SBS, BBS, JP (Committee Chairman)
- CEO of AMTD Foundation
- President Emeritus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof Habib AMMARI
- Professor of Applied Mathematics of ETH Zürich
Prof Wei-ping LI
- Chair Professor of Department of Mathematics of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Prof Michael NG
- Chair Professor in Mathematics and Chair Professor in Data Science of Hong Kong Baptist University
Prof Li-qun QI
- Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
科学评审大会
Chairman of Scientific Review Committees
Prof Timothy W TONG, SBS, BBS, JP
- Chairman of Research Grants Council
- President Emeritus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof the Hon TSUI Lap-chee, GBM, GBS, JP
- Founding President of The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
- Former Vice Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong
Prof Kenneth YOUNG
- Chairman of The Shaw Prize Council
- Emeritus Professor of Physics of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Members of the Council of the Hong Kong Laureate Forum
Dr Raymond CHAN
- Chair of The Shaw Foundation Hong Kong and The Shaw Prize Foundation
- Managing Director of Shaw Group of Companies
External Academics
Prof Fanny CHEUNG, SBS, JP
- Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President for Research of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Emeritus Professor of Psychology of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof Kwok-yin WONG
- Vice President (Education) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Patrick S C Poon Endowed Professor in Applied Chemistry and Chair Professor of Chemical Technology of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
