2019 PhD Student Openings in Applied Machine Learning and
Bioinformatics at CityU(HK)
(http://bioinfo.cs.cityu.edu.hk/)
Each Fellowship recipient will receive financial award in the
amount of USD169,200 for the 4-year PhD study. The financial award consists of CYC SGS Entrance Scholarship (which
covers the tuition and on-campus hostel fees in the first year of
research study), and a monthly stipend and a conference and
research-related travel allowance. Students with
outstanding academic progress in their later years of study may
receive a Research Tuition Scholarship to cover their full tuition
fees.
The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme will invite applications
for 2019 entry from 1 September – 1 December 2018 (12.00.00 GMT +8
hours). The key milestones and application procedures are as
follows:
Step 1:
Applicants should first submit an initial application at the
RGC's Online Application System (OAS) (www.rgc.edu.hk/hkphd) to
obtain a RGC reference number (RGC’s deadline: 1 December 2018
[12.00.00 GMT +8 hours]).
Step 2:
Applicants are then required to submit full application,
together with supporting documents, to CityU's Online Admission
System or (https://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/prospective/apply/notesrp),
and quote the RGC reference number (CityU’s deadline: 1 December
2018).
Please put down "Ka-Chun Wong" as your potential supervisor in
your applications (i.e. please type "Ka-Chun Wong" in the question
"If you have contact any CityU academic staff member, please
provide his/her fullname." in the Other Information section in the
CityU(HK) graduate school application system); otherwise, your
applications may not reach us.
Announcement of Fellowship results by the RGC: March
2019
Firm admission offer with regular postgraduate studentship
will be given to selected CityU’s nominees, even if they are not
awarded the Fellowship by the RGC. The admission offer will be
confirmed by the University in January 2019.