Showing posts with label Hong Kong PhD Fellowship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hong Kong PhD Fellowship. Show all posts

Saturday, 16 July 2011

PhD Scholarships, Studentships and Fellowships For African Students

University of Bristol - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Placed on: 20-05-2011 Salary: £13,590
Deadline for application: Jul 20/2011

Theoretical Studies of Metamaterials
University of Southampton - School of Mathematics
Placed on: 24-05-2011 Salary: Not specified.
Deadline for application: Jul 23/2011

EPSRC - Interactive Systems Modelling for Low Effort Demand Energy Reduction Domestic Energy Consumption
Loughborough University
Placed on: 24-05-2011 Salary: Not specified.
Deadline for application: Jul 24/2011

Mechanisms underlying the Impacts of Triploidy on Production Traits in Atlantic Salmon
University of Stirling - Institute of Aquaculture
Placed on: 25-05-2011 Salary: Not specified.
Deadline for application: Jul 25/2011

'Multiscale Methods In Spatial Inference'
University of Warwick
Placed on: 25-05-2011 Salary: Not specified.
Deadline for application: Jul 25/2011

University of Warwick
Placed on: 25-05-2011 Salary: Not specified.
Deadline for application Jul 25/2001
Bournemouth University - The Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE)
Placed on: 27-05-2011 Salary: Up to £15,090
Deadline for application: Jul 27/2011

Bournemouth University - The Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE)
Placed on: 27-05-2011 Salary: £15,090 +
Deadline for application: Jul 27/2011

Discovery & Characterisation Of Novel Ligands For Deubiquitinating Enzymes
University of Nottingham - Centre for Biomolecular Sciences & the School of Veterinary Medicine & Science
Placed on: 29-05-2011 Salary: £13,500
Deadline for application: Jul 29/2011

Chemical, Physical And Computer Sciences For Biomedicine: Imaging Lipids In Childhood Brain Tumours - Novel Markers Of Malignancy And Treatment Response
University of Birmingham - PSIBS Doctoral Training Centre
Placed on: 17-02-2011 Salary: £13,590
Deadline for application: Jul 31/2011

Optical Coherence Tomography, multiple path resonators and sensors
University of Kent - Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences
Placed on: 16-02-2011 Salary: £13,590
Deadline for application: Aug 01/2011

Center for Integrated Point of Care Technologies (CiPoC)
Technical University of Denmark - Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
Placed on: 30-06-2011 Salary: Not specified
Deadline for application: Aug 01/2011

Center for Integrated Point of Care Technologies (CiPoC)
Technical University of Denmark - Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
Placed on: 30-06-2011 Salary: Not specified.
Deadline for application: Aug 01/2011

Biomedical Sciences, Biology, Pharmacy, Optometry and Psychology
Aston University - School of Life & Health Sciences
Placed on: 02-06-2011 Salary: Not specified. The scholarships for international students will cover payment of £6,000 per year towards tuition fees against the international fee of approx. £13,400 per year.
Deadline for application: Aug 04/2011


Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
All fields of study
Application opening in September
Monthly US$2,600
Deadline for application: Dec 01/2011

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Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2012/13

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2012/13 will call for applications in early September 2011. Details will be announced in due course.

 Background
Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's institutions.
 Eligibility
Candidates who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in the following eight institutions, irrespective of their country of origin, prior work experience, and ethnic background, should be eligible to apply.
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Lingnan University
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • The Hong Kong Institute of Education
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • The University of Hong Kong
Applicants should demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, research ability / potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.

Fellowship Award

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 to each awardee for a period of three years. About 135 PhD Fellowships will be awarded in each academic year*. For awardees who need more than three years to complete their PhD studies, additional support may be provided by the chosen institutions. For details, please contact the institutions concerned directly.
* Institutions in Hong Kong normally start their academic year in September.
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Selection Panel

Shortlisted applications, subject to their areas of studies, will be reviewed by one of the following two Selection Panels comprising experts in the relevant board areas:
  • sciences, medicine, engineering and technology
  • humanities, social sciences and business studies
Selection Criteria
While candidates' academic excellence is the primary consideration, the Selection Panels will take into account factors as follows:
  • Academic excellence;
  • Research ability and potential;
  • Communication and interpersonal skills; and
  • Leadership abilities.
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