Dear Students,

 

With the aim at recruiting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue PhD study in Hong Kong, the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the Government of Hong Kong SAR has established the “Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme”.  I am writing to appeal to you for your assistance in recommending outstanding and good research potential candidates to apply for the Scheme through City University of Hong Kong.

 

Each Fellowship recipient will receive financial award in the amount of USD195,300 for the 4-year PhD study.  The financial award consists of CYC SGS Entrance Scholarship (which covers the tuition and on-campus hostel fees in the first year of research study), and a monthly stipend and a conference and research-related travel allowance.  Students with outstanding academic progress in their later years of study may receive a Research Tuition Scholarship to cover their full tuition fees.

The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme will invite applications for 2021 entry from 1 September – 1 December 2020 (12.00.00 GMT 8 hours). The key milestones and application procedures are as follows:

 

Step 1:

Applicants should first submit an initial application at the RGC's Online Application System (OAS) (www.rgc.edu.hk/hkphd) to obtain a RGC reference number (RGC’s deadline: 1 December 2020 [12.00.00 GMT 8 hours]).

 

Step 2:

Applicants are then required to submit full application, together with supporting documents, to CityU's Online Admission System, and quote the RGC reference number (CityU’s deadline: 1 December 2020).

 

Announcement of Fellowship results by the RGC: March/April 2021

 

Firm admission offer with regular postgraduate studentship will be given to selected CityU’s nominees, even if they are not awarded the Fellowship by the RGC. The admission offer will be confirmed by the University in January 2021.

 

I have pleasure in enclosing an e-poster prepared by our Graduate School for your information/dissemination to potential students.  Should you or your students wish to know more about the Scheme, please visit School of Graduate Studies’ website at  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/hkphd/index.htm or contact by email at sgfellow@cityu.edu.hk.

 

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

 

Best regards,