MCLC: HK PhD fellowships

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Anne Henochowicz <anne at chinadigitaltimes.net>
Subject: HK PhD fellowships
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The following PhD fellowship was posted by David Herold to the Chinese
Internet Research Yahoo group (chineseinternetresearch at yahoogroups.com)

Anne

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Dear all,

Please pass this on to any students who might be interested:

Hong Kong Universities are looking for PhD students with evidence of
academic excellence, research ability and potential, and good
communication, interpersonal and leadership abilities for full-time PhD
study in Hong Kong within the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme.

The scheme pays for:

- Full 3 year tuition scholarship
- Monthly stipend of HK$20,000 (approx. US$2,600)
- Annual book and equipment allowance of HK$20,000 (approx. US$2,600)
– not at all universities !!!
- Annual Conference Funding of HK$10,000 (approx. US$1,300)

THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS VERY COMPETITIVE!

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: December 1, 2013 for a September 2014 start.

HOW TO APPLY:

- Identify and approach potential supervisors as soon as possible (see
below);
- Develop a research proposal with interested supervisor;
- Submit application forms (incl. references) and research proposals by
the deadline.

University websites to start looking for departments and supervisors:
Hong Kong University – http://www.hku.edu.hk/
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – http://www.ust.edu.hk/
Chinese University of Hong Kong – http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/
City University of Hong Kong – http://www.cityu.edu.hk/
Hong Kong Polytechnic University – http://www.polyu.edu.hk/
Hong Kong Baptist University – http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/
Lingnan University – http://www.ln.edu.hk/ <http://www.ln.edu.hk/>
Hong Kong Institute of Education – http://www.ied.edu.hk/


My own info for interested students:

David Kurt Herold
Department of Applied Social Sciences (APSS)
HK Polytechnic University

Email: David.Herold at polyu.edu.hk

Research interests:

- Internet in China; Internet users and their practices (=culture?);
online/offline crossovers
- Cross-cultural comparisons; cross-cultural (mis-)communication
- Qualitative Research Methods, online research methods
- Social Theory, Theories of knowledge, Theories of society

From experience, the following are of help in the application process:

- Undergraduate degree and postgraduate degree from different
universities, preferably in different countries;
- 'Good' universities, very good GPA;
- Very good research proposal (incl. literature review, interesting and
doable project, etc.);
- There is a preference for non-Chinese (there are different programs for
Chinese students) to increase their ratio among Hong Kong students.

More information: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/ro/hkphd-fellowship/

Best,

David

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Dr. David Kurt Herold,
Assistant Prof. for Sociology,
APSS - GH325,
HK Polytechnic University,
Hung Hom, Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Tel.: +852-3400 3015
Fax: +852-2773 6558
http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~ssherold/.