Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)

[Felix Emeka Anyiam]

https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html 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 universities.   Eligibility Candidates who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in the following eight universities, 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 Education University of Hong Kong 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 an annual stipend of HK$340,800 (approximately US$43,690) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$14,200 (approximately US$1,820) per year for each awardee for a period up to three years. 400 PhD Fellowships will be awarded in the 2026/27 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. * Universities in Hong Kong normally start their academic year in September.   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 of 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.		Download Leaflet Download Poster
		Pursue your dream with the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (30.08.2021)

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Felix Emeka Anyiam (MPH,MScPH,DataSc.) Research & Data Scientist Centre for Health & Development | University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria (https://www.uniport.edu.ng/) Member, the PLOS ONE Editorial Board: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/static/editorial-board Member, the Telehealth and Medicine Today Editorial Board Member, Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka Editorial Board Member, Statistics Without Borders/American Statistical Association: https://www.statisticswithoutborders.org/ Member, RDA COVID-19 Working Group: https://www.rd-alliance.org/node/68704/members Certified in: Digital and Computational Demography (Max Planck IDR, Germany), Global Health (Barcelona Institute of Public Health), Scholarly Communications (FORCE11, USA), Grant Writing (Gothenburg, Sweden), Advanced Bio-statistical Methods (Brown University, USA; Moi Kenya), STI/HIV Research (Washington, USA), Data Science (Trieste, Italy) Expert grant reviewer/evaluator: Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Research Data Alliance (RDA) +2348064995462 felix....@uniport.edu.ng http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2774-7406 Initial Lead, CODATA Connect [https://codata.org/initiatives/data-skills/codata-connect/members/], AuthorAID Stewards Team [https://www.authoraid.info/en/about/authoraid-team/] "To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of." -Ronald A. Fisher