200名青年科學家參加者的甄選將由一組兩級制的國際專業科學總評審團負責。總評審團的首層是由天文學、生命科學與醫學和數學科學這三個學科的專家組成的科學評審委員會，每個申請將由至少兩位科學評審委員會的成員進行評分。及後，科學評審大會（即總評審團的第二層）將選出200名青年科學家參加桂冠論壇。
科學評審委員會
天文學科學評審委員會
Prof Kenneth YOUNG (Committee Chairman)
- Chairman 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
生命科學科學評審委員會
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 Edwin CHAN
- Professor of School of Life Sciences of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof King CHOW
- Professor of Division of Life Science of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dr Stephanie MA
- Associate Professor of School of Biomedical Sciences of The University of Hong Kong
Prof Claudia MAURI
- Professor of Immunology of University College London
數學科學科學評審委員會
Prof Timothy W TONG, 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 Rama CONT
- Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Mathematical Finance of University of Oxford
Prof Ngai-ming MOK
- Edmund and Peggy Tse Professor in Mathematics and Chair of Mathematics of The University of Hong Kong
Prof Li-qun QI
- Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
科學評審大會
科學評審委員會主席
Prof Timothy W TONG, BBS, JP
- CEO of AMTD Foundation
- 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
科學評審大會論壇委員會委員
Mr Raymond CHAN
- Chairman of The Shaw Prize Foundation
- Managing Director of Shaw Group of Companies
Dr the Hon Rita FAN, GBM, GBS, JP
- Former President of the Hong Kong Legislative Council
- Former Member of the Standing Committee of National Peoples’ Congress, PRC
The Hon Joseph YAM, GBM, GBS, JP
- Non-Official Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
- Former Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
其他學者
Prof Fanny CHEUNG, SBS, JP
- Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Co-Director of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
Prof Kwok-yin WONG
- Interim Vice President (Research & Innovation) 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
