[Commlist] Hong Kong Postdoctoral Fellowship

Hong Kong Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Non-local (non HK citizenship) candidates are welcome. 50 awardees for 
36 months of full-time appointment.
Deadline: Nominations should reach the UGC Secretariat by 5:00 p.m. on 
30 October 2020 (Friday).

More details  https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/funding_opport/pdfs.html

RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS) Opens for Nominations (2021/22 
Exercise)



Objective and Coverage

The Government has reserved recurrent funding for the RGC's PDFS on a 
regular yearly basis to support young research talent in building up 
research and development (R&D) careers in Hong Kong.

Aiming at promising local and non-local postdoctoral researchers at 
UGC-funded universities at a pivotal time of their very early careers, 
PDFS will provide support to 50 awardees for 36 months of full-time 
appointment as Postdoctoral Fellow (PdF) at a UGC-funded university. 
Similar to the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, PDFS covers all academic 
disciplines which are grouped into two streams: (i) Science, Medicine, 
Engineering and Technology (S disciplines); and (ii) Humanities, Social 
Sciences and Business Studies (H disciplines).



Eligibility of Nominees for 2021/22 Exercise

The PDFS nominee must (i) obtain a legal right to work and reside in 
Hong Kong during the fellowship period; (ii) have obtained / been 
conferred a PhD degree or an equivalent qualification on or after 1 
January 2017 (i.e. not more than three years before 2020), or will 
complete the requirement of a PhD degree or an equivalent qualification 
by 31 August 2021; and (iii) be supported by a UGC-funded university at 
which he / she wishes to hold the fellowship.



Quota and Fellowship

All eight UGC-funded universities are eligible to make nomination for 
the fellowship in support of full-time employment of PdF for research 
projects / activities. Each university may nominate up to 12 PdF 
candidates (PDFS nominees). Please specify in the nomination the 
research projects / activities to be assigned to the PDFS nominee during 
the fellowship period.

Each PDFS awardee will be eligible for a full-time appointment as PdF at 
the supporting university. For each PDFS awardee, his / her supporting 
university will receive an annual stipend which is to cover the 
awardee's basic salary as well as a conference and research-related 
travel allowance throughout the 36-month fellowship period. Universities 
are welcome to supplement the fellowship with other fringe benefits on 
par with ordinary employment of a PdF, on top of the stipend to attract 
outstanding candidates.



Nomination and Explanatory Notes

Nominations should be submitted via email to (PDFS /at/ ugc.edu.hk), with two 
sets of hard copies (including the original version) delivered to:

Assistant Secretary-General (Research) Special Duties 1
University Grants Committee Secretariat
7/F Shui On Centre
6 - 8 Harbour Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong

Supporting universities are advised to conduct internal assessment, 
preferably including interviews, of the nominees first. Nominations 
should reach the UGC Secretariat by 5:00 p.m. on 30 October 2020 
(Friday). Late nomination will not be processed.

The updated operation guide, together with a set of Frequently Asked 
Questions (FAQs) and explanatory notes for completing the nomination 
form, are available at 
https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/funding_opport/pdfs.html for your 
reference. Nominees and supporting universities are advised to read the 
nomination details as set out in the operation guide and the explanatory 
notes carefully before completing the nomination forms.



Enquiries

For enquiries about the nomination procedures or other aspects of the 
PDFS, please feel free to contact the UGC Secretariat via 
email:(PDFS /at/ ugc.edu.hk).

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