1. The fellowships are open to scientists working in natural sciences, technology and medicine (not applicable to staff members on the clinical salary scales), for relieving all teaching and administrative duties for a period of one year to do full-time research. The reimbursement is equivalent to 12 months’ salary payable to a replacement teacher for the candidate selected for the fellowship, subject to a limit to be prescribed by the Foundation, which currently stands at HK$ 86,845 per month. On top of the grant for the replacement teacher, the selected fellow will be offered a grant of maximum HK$2 million for his/her research work, upon submission of a research proposal and an estimate of costs. The grant will be released in two annual instalments.  If the selected fellow is not able to use up the HK$2 million grant in two years, he/she is advised to keep the Foundation informed of the progress by submitting an annual report and a summary statement of income and expenses until the grant is used up (in not more than five years).
2. Selected candidate are expected to be full-time academics, who are permanent Hong Kong residents and aged between 30 and 55, have served the University for more than three years and undertook to continue their service for a minimum of three years at the University after completion of the fellowships. Applicants who envisage difficulty in complying with the regulations for the fellowship scheme must not proceed with an application.
3. All applications will be subject to selection by the Research Committee if the number of applications exceeds the institutional quota of 3. In this connection, kindly note that application materials should reach ORKTS by the internal deadline and late applications would not be accepted.
4. For internal vetting and selection purposes, CUHK applicants please submit the following to Grants Team, ORKTS <orkts_grants@cuhk.edu.hk>; by the internal deadline:
   a) Application form (in PDF format), which should be generated from the Croucher Foundation online application system;
   b) Endorsement of Application for CSRF from Head of relevant academic unit and Faculty Dean (in PDF format);
   c) Undertaking for CSRF signed by the applicant and witnessed by Head of relevant academic unit (in PDF format);
   d) Duly endorsed Declaration form (original copy).

An acknowledgement email would be sent to applicant upon receipt of application materials.

Guidelines for Croucher Senior Research Fellowships (CSRF)

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• CUHK-led Projects 
• All Universities

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Croucher Foundation

Fellowship

AP or above

Engineering, Medicine, Science, STEM

Online

https://apply.croucher.org.hk/rounds/srf/2023/

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Mr Tony Yau
Email: tonyyau@cuhk.edu.hk
Phone: 3943 1954

Miss Nicky Leung
Email: nickyymleung@cuhk.edu.hk
Phone: 3943 0668