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Applications are now opened for the 2021-2022 Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS). The fellowship has been created in 2009 by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong and aims to attract the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong’s universities.
The Fellowship Scheme will provide a competitive annual stipend and conference and research-related travel allowance per year up to three years to selected applicants.
Hong Kong is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. Hong Kong is one of the most populated places in the world with over 7.5 million people in a 1,104-square-kilometre territory.
The territory is highly developed and ranks fourth on the UN Human Development Index. The city has the largest number of skyscrapers of any city in the world, and its residents have some of the highest life expectancies in the world. Hong Kong is ranked sixth in the Global Financial Centres Index and is ranked fourth in Asia after Tokyo, Shanghai and Singapore.
The PhD Fellowship provides an annual stipend of HK$319,200 (approximately US$40,900) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$13,300 (approximately US$1,700) per year for each awardee for a period up to three years. 300 PhD Fellowships will be awarded in the 2021/22 academic year. For awardees who need more than three years to complete the PhD degree, additional support may be provided by the chosen universities. For details, please contact the universities concerned directly.
The Hong Kong Fellowship program is open for candidates who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in one of the eight universities, irrespective of their country of origin, prior work experience and ethnic background. Applicants should demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, research ability / potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.
While candidates’ academic excellence is of primary consideration for the Fellowship Scheme, the Selection Panels will take into account factors as follows:
Eligible candidates should first make an Initial Application online through the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme Electronic System (HKPFSES) to obtain an HKPFS Reference Number by 1 December 2020 at Hong Kong Time 12:00:00 before submitting applications for PhD admission to their desired universities.
Applicants may choose up to two programmes / departments at one or two universities for PhD study under HKPFS 2020/2021. They should comply with the admission requirements of their selected universities and programmes.
Step 1: Submit Initial Application to the Research Grants Council through the online application platform (Initial Application). Here is an explanatory Notes for completing the Initial Application (in PDF format).
Step 2: Submit Full Applications to Proposed Universities.
After completing an initial application, applicants should submit full applications for their selected PhD programmes to the proposed universities quoting their HKPFS Reference Number before the universities’ respective deadlines. For programme information, requirements for PhD admission, application methods, regulations and policy of individual universities, please refer to the universities.
The deadline to apply for the eight universities is . For more detail on the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, please visit the official page. To be the first to see latest opportunities, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
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