Hong Kong PhD Fellow­ship Scheme, 2022–23

With the aim to recruit the best and brightest students to pursue PhD studies in Hong Kong, the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the Hong Kong SAR Government has established the “Hong Kong PhD Fellow­ship Scheme”. 

The Fellow­ship awarded by RGC provides a monthly stipend of HK$26,900 (approximately US$3,449) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$13,500 (approximately US$1,731) per year for the awardees for a maximum period of three years.

CityU will provide a monthly student­ship at the same level as the Fellow­ship awarded by RGC for their fourth year of study. 

In addition, Fellow­ship recipients at CityU will be awarded the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Entrance Scholar­shipwhichcovers students' tuition and on-campus hostel accommodation fees in their first year of research studies. 

The Hong Kong PhD Fellow­ship Scheme will invite applications for 2022 entry from 1 September – 1 December 2021 (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 RGC's Online Application System (OAS) to obtain a RGC reference number

(RGC’s deadline: 1 December 2021[12.00.00 GMT +8 hours]).

Step 2:

Applicants are then required to submit full applications, together with supporting documents, to CityU's Online Admission System, and quote the RGC reference number

(CityU’s deadline:1 December 2021).

The announcement of Fellow­ship results by the RGC will take place in March/April 2022. 

Admission offers with regular postgraduate student­ships will be granted to selected CityU nominees, even if they are not awarded the Fellow­ship by RGC. The admission offer will be confirmed by the University in January 2022.

If you wish to know more about the Fellow­ship Scheme, please visit the website or contact the School of Graduate Studies by email.