Scholarships
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPF)
Application Deadline: December 1, 2020 (Hong Kong Time 12:00 noon)
The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPF) is a prestigious award established by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong. Awardees will be provided an annual stipend of HK$319,200 (~US$40,900) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$13,300 (~US$1,700) per year for each awardee for a period up to three years.
Further support for HKPF awardees:
a) Faculty Entrance Scholarship of HK$15,000 (~US$1,900) in their first year of study; and
b) The HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship of HK$40,000 (~US$5,100) in Year 1 and HK$20,000 (~US$2,550) per year in the remaining normative study period; and
c) A guaranteed hall place for their first year of study with possibility of renewal in the second year; and
d) Composition fees will be waived for the whole normative study period (HK$42,100 (~US$5,300) per year)
HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship (HKU-PS)
The HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship (HKU-PS) is launched to offer the most prestigious package to selected outstanding full-time PhD students admitted to The University of Hong Kong. Each President's Scholar will receive a package of up to around HK$404,000 (~US$51,000) in the first year, and up to around HK$384,000 (~US$49,000) in each of the subsequent years during the normative study period, subject to satisfactory study progress.
The package includes:
(a) Cash Award to support research and living expenses: HK$40,000 (~US$5,100) in Year 1 and HK$20,000 (~US$2,550) per year in the remaining normative study period; and
(b) Composition fees will be waived for the whole normative study period (HK$42,100 (~US$5,300) per year)
(c) Postgraduate Scholarship of $25,800 (~US$3,300) per month
(d) Conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$12,900 (~US$1,650) per year
(e) a guaranteed hall place in Year 1, with possibility of renewal in Year 2