Croucher Foundation 2025 Studentships in Hong Kong (Fully-funded)

Thank you for your interest in the Croucher Foundation. One of our regular funding initiatives is to provide financial support for promising young people in Hong Kong who are looking to pursue scientific research at a doctoral level in Hong Kong.

Croucher Studentships allow you to devote yourself to a period of full-time study or research in natural sciences, technology and medicine in approved academic institutions in Hong Kong, leading to a PhD degree.

Does that sound like you? If so, we hope you will consider applying for a studentship. But before you do, please read the information below carefully.

• Table of Content
• About Croucher Foundation
• Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong
• Aim and Benefits of Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong
• Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong Courses
• Requirements for Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong

Application Deadline	15 Nov 2024
Value	HK$95,600
Country to study	Hong Kong
Type	Fellowship
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	Croucher Foundation
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong

As a holder of a Croucher Studentship, you can expect to receive the following benefits:

• An annual cash award (currently at HK$80,000 per annum);
• An academic development allowance of up to HK$15,600 per annum to allow you to attend conferences, workshops or courses during the tenure of your award;
• And, if you are interested in science education, we will grant you an allowance to support well-designed activities and projects in schools and in the community where you are based for your studentship. You would need to submit a simple proposal for this. Your programme of activities should be designed to involve local school students, teachers, families and/or other non-specialist audiences in dialogue and debate. It should be completed within the period of your award.

Croucher Studentships may be held concurrently with a university postgraduate studentship or any other award.

Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong Courses

• Medicine
• Natural sciences
• Technology

Requirements for Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong Qualification

To be eligible to apply, you must:

• Be a permanent resident of Hong Kong;
• Have either gained First-Class Honours or equivalent qualifications in your first degree, or hold (or expect to have) a higher degree (e.g., MSc or MPhil degree) by September 2025.

Please note that an MPhil transfer to doctoral candidature is not considered equivalent to an ordinary MPhil or MSc.

You are also welcome to apply if you are in your final year of your first degree, but any offer of an award will be conditional on your gaining First-Class Honours or equivalent qualifications by July 2025.

Holders of a studentship must be full-time students.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Croucher Foundation Studentships in Hong Kong

Short-listed candidates will be invited to attend an interview in March/April 2025.

If you are not contacted by late April, you may consider that you have not been shortlisted. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide feedback on unsuccessful applications. We aim to write to unsuccessful applicants by late May, if not earlier.

While we cannot provide support on any aspect of your proposal, if you have questions about the application process, you can email us at [email protected].

Documents Required for Application

What you need to upload with your application:

• Your proposal, which can be up to 6 pages in length, should include:
  • A description of the research you wish to undertake;
  • The names of potential supervisors and their research groups;
  • A description of your research experience;
  • A list of your publications (where applicable).

Notes:

• • Your proposal can be up to 6 pages in length.
  • Once your proposal has been submitted, it cannot be amended.
• Copies of your HKCEE and HKALE or HKDSE certificates or equivalent qualifications and copies of official transcripts of your university records;
• Copies of reprints of up to three of your most significant publications (if applicable);
• Documentation to prove that you are a permanent resident of Hong Kong, which is a pre-requisite for the award.

Notes:

If you choose to send copies of your ID card, please make sure that both sides of the card are provided.

All documents should be submitted as PDF files (unencrypted), with a maximum size of 8 MB each.

We will not be able to proceed with your application if there is any doubt about your residential status; for example, because you have not provided the right documentation.

Application Deadline

November 15, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Croucher Foundation on apply.croucher.org.hk to apply

Please refer to the Notes for applicants for detailed guidelines.

Deadline

Your application should be submitted via Croucher Foundation’s online application system. For the 2025-26 selection exercise, your application must be submitted by 5pm (Hong Kong time) on 15 November 2024.

What you need to send us

Please invite two referees to provide signed letters of reference on your behalf.

These should include your full name and be written on official letterhead.

They should be sent directly to [email protected] as PDF files.

For more details visit: Croucher Foundation website.