<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""></blockquote><font color="#5856d6" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Mr. SO Ka Pak" <<a href="mailto:so.steven@cityu.edu.hk" class="">so.steven@cityu.edu.hk</a>></span><br class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2022/23</b></span><br class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">9 September 2021 at 4:23:04 PM GMT+8</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">With the aim to recruit the best and brightest students in the world to pursue PhD studies in Hong Kong, the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the Government of Hong Kong SAR has established the “<b class="">Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme</b>”. We are looking for outstanding potential candidates to apply for the Scheme through </span><a href="http://www.cityu.edu.hk/" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">City University of Hong Kong</span></b></a><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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. </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In addition, Fellowship recipients at CityU will be awarded the</span> <i class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Entrance Scholarship<b class=""> </b></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">which</span><b class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""> </i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">covers students' tuition and on-campus hostel accommodation fees in their first year of research studies. </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme will invite applications for 2022 entry from 1 September – 1 December 2021 (</span><i class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">12.00.00 GMT +8 hours</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">). The key milestones and application procedures are as follows:</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><u class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Step 1:</span></u><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -42.55pt; font-size: 12pt;"> Applicants should first submit an initial application at RGC's Online Application System (OAS) (</span><a href="http://www.rgc.edu.hk/hkphd" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -42.55pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">www.rgc.edu.hk/hkphd</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -42.55pt; font-size: 12pt;">) to obtain a RGC reference number (<b class="">RGC’s deadline: 1 December 2021</b> <b class="">[<i class="">12.00.00 GMT +8 hours</i>]</b>)<b class="">.</b></span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><u class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Step 2:</span></u><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -42.55pt; font-size: 12pt;"> Applicants are then required to submit full application, together with supporting documents, to CityU's </span><a href="http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/prospective/apply/procedures" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -42.55pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Online Admission System</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -42.55pt; font-size: 12pt;">, and quote the RGC reference number (<b class="">CityU’s deadline:</b> <b class="">1 December 2021</b>).</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Announcement of Fellowship results by the RGC: March/April 2022.</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Firm admission offer with regular postgraduate studentship will be given to selected CityU’s nominees, even if they are not awarded the Fellowship by RGC. The admission offer will be confirmed by the University in January 2022.</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am enclosing a departmental call for application as well as an e-poster prepared by our Graduate School for your information/dissemination to potential students. Should you or your students wish to know more about the Fellowship Scheme, please visit our website (</span><a href="https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/hkphd" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/hkphd</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">) or contact the School of Graduate Studies by email {</span><a href="mailto:sgfellow@cityu.edu.hk" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">sgfellow@cityu.edu.hk</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">}.</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you very much in advance for your assistance. Please let me know if we can reciprocate in any way.</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best regards,</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dr Alex Chengyu Fang</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Research Degree Programme Leader</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Department of Linguistics and Translation</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Director</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">City University of Hong Kong</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Tel: +852 3442 8793</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Office: B7709/AC1</span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Centre URL: </span><a href="http://hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">http://hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk</span></a><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Personal URL: </span><a href="https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/person/acfang" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/person/acfang</span></a><br class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></div></div></blockquote><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><blockquote type="cite" class=""></blockquote><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;" class="">Disclaimer: This email (including any attachments) is for the use of the intended recipient only and may contain confidential information and/or copyright material. 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