Hong Kong Jockey Club Fellowships 2019/2020 for Association of Commonwealth Universities

The ACU offers up to GBP £5000 for visiting grants for professionals or academics from ACU member institutions.

Application Deadline: 8th May 2019 at 23:59 UTC+1.

Eligible Institutions: ACU member institutions

To Be Taken At (Country): Hong Kong and any ACU member institution in a country other than Hong Kong.

About the Award: Fellowships are not intended for degree courses, or for postdocs. The ACU cannot arrange fellows’ attachments, travel or accommodation, nor can it work out itineraries for them. Applicants should be aware that ACU Fellowships allow for small scale conference or course attendance within a wider fellowship programme, but applications where the primary or sole purpose is the attendance of a conference or course will not be considered.

Two types of fellowships are available

• Inward fellowship – Tenable at The Chinese University of Hong Kong or The University of Hong Kong.
• Outward fellowship – Tenable at any ACU member institution in a country other than Hong Kong.

Both fellowships can be used for either a collaborative academic research visit, or a collaborative fact-finding visit.

Fields of Study: Awarded for any of the priority subject areas:

• Education
• Health and related social sciences
• Information technology
• Information management
• STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects
• Sustainable development
• University development and management

Type: Fellowship

Eligibility: 

• Inward fellowship – Applicants must be professional or academic staff of, or a nominee of, an ACU member university in a country other than Hong Kong.
• Outward fellowship – Applicants must be professional or academic staff of, or a nominee of, The Chinese University of Hong Kong or The University of Hong Kong.

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: Up to GBP £5000 and intended to cover:

• international economy return airfare and other travel costs
• medical insurance and visa fees
• board and lodging fees
• research costs

Duration of Program: Travel must take place between 1 August 2019 and 31 July 2020.

• The tenure of research-focused fellowships must be for a period of between one and six months
• The tenure of fellowships not focused on research can be between two weeks and six months

How to Apply: Fellows are required to submit a short written report using a form provided by the ACU within two months of the fellowship ending, and to respond to a follow-up survey a year later. Fellows will also be invited to join the ACU’s alumni programme.

• Apply here

Visit the Program Webpage for Details

Award Providers: Association of Commonwealth Universities