Eligibility
Those who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in Hong Kong institutions funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC), irrespective of their country of origin and ethnic background, should be eligible to apply. Applicants should demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, research ability / potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.

The Fellowship
The Fellowship provides a monthly stipend of HK$20,000 (approximately US$2,600) and a conference and research related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (approximately US$1,300) per year for the awardees for a period of three years. About 135 PhD Fellowships will be awarded each academic year1. For awardees who need more than three years to complete the PhD degree, additional support may be provided by the chosen institutions. For details, please contact the institutions concerned directly.

1Academic year in Hong Kong normally starts in September.

Selection Panels
Shortlisted applications, subject to their areas of studies, will be reviewed by one of the two HKPF Selection Panels with experts in the relevant broad areas — one for science, medicine, engineering and technology and another one for humanities, social science and business studies.

Selection Criteria
While the academic excellence is of prime consideration, the Selection Panels will take into account, but is not limited to, the four yardsticks below for the selection of candidates:

1. Academic excellence;
2. Research ability and potential;
3. Communication, and interpersonal skills; and
4. Leadership abilities.

Application Process
Applicants may choose up to two programmes in one or two institutions for PhD study in their HKPFS applications. They are also required to submit application(s) for PhD admission to the relevant institution(s) directly for their selected programme(s). Applicants are therefore required to fully comply with the admission requirements of their selected institutions and programmes. The HKPFS 2011/12 will call for applications in September 2010. Detailed arrangements for the application process will be announced later.

Admission requirements of individual institutions are as follows:

City University of Hong Kong
(http://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/hkphd/index.htm)

Hong Kong Baptist University
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~gs/hkpfs/ent_req.html)

Lingnan University
(http://www.ln.edu.hk/reg/info/phd/require.php)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
(http://www2.cuhk.edu.hk/gss/entry.php)

The Hong Kong Institute of Education
(http://www.ied.edu.hk/acadprog/rpg/prog_info.htm)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
(http://www.polyu.edu.hk/ro/hkphd-fellowship/)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(http://www.ust.hk/hkpfs/how.html)

The University of Hong Kong
(http://www.hku.hk/gradsch/web/apply)

Individual institutions may conduct interviews with applicants as part of the assessment for selection. Candidates not selected for the HKPFS may also be accepted by the concerned institution for admission and offered with postgraduate studentship of the institutions.

Postgraduate Studies in Hong Kong
For more information on postgraduate studies in Hong Kong, please visit the Joint Institutions homepage at http://www.grad.edu.hk/grad/ and the website of Immigration Department at http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/faq_ipoe.htm for details concerning the immigration policy on study in Hong Kong.

Contact detail: HKPF@ugc.edu.hk

Source:
http://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/hkphd/hkphd.htm

Closing date: May, 31 is deadline for preliminary applications at the National Commission. June, 30 is deadline for application done by the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO at UNESCO headquarters in Paris .

Availability: l’Oréal – UNESCO offers yearly 15 fellowships worldwide to young female researchers, for each UN election group 3 fellowships are available.

Grant provider: L’Oréal – UNESCO

Application procedure

Please contact the National Commission for UNESCO of the country of origin.

Application must include:

Application form; diplomas; results of TOEFL-test; letter of recommendation; host institute’s letter of acceptance; detailed description of research work

Additional information

The Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO every year can propose four Dutch candidates for the fellowship to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris . Non-Dutch nationals are requested to contact their National Commission for UNESCO of their country of origin. However, information about the fellowship of course can be obtained via The Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO: (+31)70 – 42 60 263.

The fellowship programme advocates the establishment of an international network. Candidates are encouraged to study in a country abroad for at least 12 months. Hence a letter of acceptance of a host institute is requested.

For more information see:

http://www.unesco.org/en/fellowships/l’oreal

Scholarships are available for undergraduates (Srata Satu – S1) and postgraduates (Strata Dua – S2) in local and overseas universities.

For further enquiries, please contact us:
E-mail: scholarship.indonesia@simedarby.com

The Fellowship will provide an annual stipend of HK$240,000 (approximately US$30,000) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (approximately US$1,300) per year for a maximum period of three years.

135 PhD Fellowships will be awarded for the 2010 /11 academic year.

Website: www.rgc.edu.hk/hkphd/

Call for Applications: 8 September 2009
Application Deadline: 1 December 2009

Participating Institutuins:

• City University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Lingnan University
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• The University of Hong Kong

The School of English of the University of Hong Kong, which has an international academic staff and postgraduate student body working in many areas of linguistics, offers full- and part-time research postgraduate programmes for MPhil and PhD degree.

For more details about us, our research work, and how to apply please visit our website at:

http://www.hku.hk/english/mphilphd_info.htm

Successful full-time applicants will receive a grant of HK$13,100 (± US$1,650) per month, but interested candidates are encouraged to apply through the Online Application System of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2010/11 to compete for a higher monthly grant of HK$20,000 (±US$2560) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (±US$1300) per year.

For more information on the PhD Fellowship Scheme, please visit

http://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html.

Application Deadline

MPhil: 31-Dec-2009
PhD: 01-Dec-2009

Contact Information

Dirk Noel
dnoel@hkucc.hku.hk

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is recruiting PhD students to start in Fall 2010. We are looking for outstanding undergraduate students as well as outstanding graduate students with master’s degree with some research experience. We are looking for postgraduate students in all areas in computer science and related areas, including but not limited to, artificial intelligence, data and knowledge management, networks and networking systems, software technologies, theoretical computer science and vision and graphics. We also encourage students interested in multi-disciplinary areas such as bioinformatics, risk management and business intelligence and computational finance.

To find out more about us, please visit our CSE website at:

http://www.cse. ust.hk

Our department consists of outstanding faculty members and graduate students with over 40 faculty members and over 100 PhD students. Our medium of teaching and research is English. Besides having a strong publication track record, our faculty and students are among the first to develop advanced and popular P2P systems, industry standards on RFID and sensor networks, computer graphics and vision systems, large-scale data mining and machine learning systems for Web search, GPU and parallel computing for database query processing, to name a few. After getting their PhDs, our students find jobs in worldwide research labs such as Microsoft Research, Google, IBM and top universities in Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. A student who has a master’s degree is expected to graduate with a PhD in 3 years, and an undergraduate degree to graduate in 4 years.

Starting in 2010, we are particularly happy to offer the prestigious Hong Kong PHD Fellowship of HK$20,000 (~USD 2,580) per month, plus a travel allowance of HK$10,000 (~USD 1,290) for three years. Exceptionally qualified PhD applicants (top 10% in class, >85% GPA, excellent English command) are welcome to contact potential faculty supervisors and apply by Dec 1, 2009. This fellowship award is offered centrally by University Grant Council of Hong Kong.

We also offer a large number of postgraduate research studentship awards at HK$156,000 per year (~USD 20,000/year) . Our admission requirement for English is one of recent TOEFL(cbt)>= 580, IELTS>=7, or TOEFL(ibt)>= 92 by the time you enter HKUST. Applicants can send application material to our PG program at any time, but preferably before March 15, 2010. More information is available at (http://www.cse.ust.hk/pg/), or write: pgadmin@cse.ust.hk

You can learn more about our Postgraduate Programs at (http://www.cse.ust.hk/pg/) and see where our PhD graduates go at (http://www.cse.ust.hk/pg/ourgraduates/).

The Department of English at the City University of Hong Kong offers a range of programmes and courses in English for Professional Communication, Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, Bilingual Education, English for Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes, English Literature, Cultural Studies, English Language Studies, and European Languages. We have an outstanding international faculty, including many world-renowned scholars in the fields of Applied Linguistics and Professional Communication. Each year, members of the department produce a range of international and local publications, including books, journal articles, and book chapters, and also present their work at major academic conferences all over the world.

Areas of Study

The Department of English admits postgraduate students with research interests in fields relevant to the Department’s areas of expertise. The programmes focus on a wide range of interdisciplinary theories and perspectives drawn from relevant domains in the social and behavioural sciences, the humanities and related professional fields. Our research areas include:

• Studies of English applied linguistics and discourse analysis as used in professional communication, especially in cross-cultural settings, with particular focus on such areas as business, law, medicine, education, creative and cultural industries, computer-mediated discourse

• Other areas of study include corpus linguistics, genre analysis, cross-cultural studies, language and law, forensic linguistics, second language acquisition, pragmatics, critical discourse analysis, language policy and planning.

Our offer

Successful applicants of studentships receive stipends of HK$13,440 (about €1,200 or US$1,730) per month for a maximum of three years. The studentships require residence in Hong Kong for at least half of the study period and they must result in a Ph.D. dissertation.

Research Degree tuition scholarships are also available which will waive half of the tuition fees for a maximum of three years.

Eligibility

Applicants should hold a higher degree by research (or equivalent qualification) from a recognized university in a related field such as Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Professional Communication, and Cultural Studies. Prior research experience is a plus.

Application

For information about the Department of English and the application procedures, please visit our website provided above. For information about online application, please visit

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/sgs.htm

Additional information

For additional information, interested applicants are welcome to contact

Dr. Alice Chan
Department of English, City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
Email: enalice@cityu.edu.hk

Applications Deadline: 02-Sep-2009

Contact Information:
Dr. Alice Chan
enalice@cityu.edu.hk
Fax:852-2788-8894

Department of Building & Real Estate
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The Department has the following PhD student place funded under the Faculty’s Sustainable Urbanization Research Fund Scheme (SURF) and would like to invite applications from prospective candidates:

Project title: Creating Transactional Spaces for Knowledge Exchange in Sustainability

Issues: Case Studies of Hong Kong’s Urban Environment

Duration: 3 years

Start Date: around June 2009

Requirements:

Good honours degree and master’s degree (research-based or with substantial research element) in any social science-related discipline. Prior study and/or experience in Knowledge Management and/or Sustainable Development essential. Prior experience in qualitative data analysis and/or action research. Good communications and writing skills. Mature personality required for data collection from a wide range of stakeholders.

Enquiry:

Dr. Patrick Fong (Principal supervisor)
Tel: +852 2766 5801; Email: bspafong@polyu.edu.hk

Prof. Geoffrey Shen (Co-supervisor)
Tel: +852 2766 5817; Email: bsqpshen@inet.polyu.edu.hk

Dr. Wilson Lu (Co-supervisor)
Tel: +852 2766 5565; Email: bswilson@inet.polyu.edu.hk

Recruitment will continue until the position is filled.

Over 10 scholarships funded by the Hong Kong Government as well as private donations are available for international students commencing full-time undergraduate studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in September 2009.

The value of the scholarships may vary from HK$80,000 to HK$125,000 per year. These awards are renewable on an annual basis and tenable for up to the duration of undergraduate studies undertaken by the awardees at CUHK, subject to continued satisfactory academic performance. To qualify for such awards, the students should have outstanding academic records and demonstrable financial need. All international applicants will automatically be considered for Scholarships once formal admission offers have been given. No separate application is required. For entrance requirement, application procedure and Programme details, please kindly refer to our website at

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm/intl

The application deadline is February 27, 2009.

It is expected to start the project from July 2009. The student must have a master degree or is expected to secure the master degree before the official registration at HK PolyU. Heshe will be awarded full scholarship for 3 years and enjoy relevant conference fees and training opportunities.

Further information can be obtained from:

Dr. Ying Liu
Email: mfyliu@polyu.edu.hk
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Please send me your full CV, three representative publications and a statement of research, if you are interested. Thank you.